Lemon Grove Academy Elementary

Lemon Grove Academy Elementary is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Lemon Grove, California, one of the schools within Lemon Grove, works with 399 students in grades K through 6.

Within Lemon Grove, which oversees 8 schools and 3,048 students, Lemon Grove Academy Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lemon Grove Academy Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 12% Black, 8% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Lemon Grove Academy Elementary shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 83% of students at Lemon Grove Academy Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lemon Grove Academy Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.9%; this one delivers 33.1%.

Around the school, San Diego County reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Lemon Grove Academy Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lemon Grove Academy Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.1%.

Lemon Grove Academy Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.