Lexington Elementary

Lexington Elementary is one of the heavily attended K-5 schools in El Cajon, California, run under Cajon Valley Union, with 878 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 89% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Lexington Elementary is one of 25 schools operated by Cajon Valley Union, a district that caters to 15,974 students overall.

Demographically, Lexington Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 35% White, 11% Asian, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lexington Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lexington Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for San Diego County shows median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Lexington Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Literacy First Charter, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lexington Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lexington Elementary at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 17.6%.

Lexington Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Lexington Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 870 (now 878). Over the same period, the White share fell from 49% to 35%.

On the community side, members of the Lexington Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.