Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities

Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities, a low-enrollment middle school in Lemon Grove, California, one of the schools within Lemon Grove, serves 516 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 659.

Lemon Grove comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,048 students; Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 11% Black, 9% White, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.2:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Diego County) logs that median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lemon Grove Academy Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 55%: 1,142 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 16% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.