Lemon Grove

Set in Ventura, California, Lemon Grove is a modestly sized elementary campus, part of Ventura Unified. It teaches 299 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Ventura Unified runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 14,346 students. Lemon Grove is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Lemon Grove reports that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 45% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lemon Grove tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ventura County) shows that median household income runs about $109,797, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lemon Grove is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

The closest other public school is Golden Valley Charter, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lemon Grove. On composite proficiency, Lemon Grove comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Lemon Grove's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 332 (now 299). The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 50% to 45% over that span.

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