Lindo Park Elementary

Lindo Park Elementary is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in Lakeside, California, part of Lakeside Union Elementary, works with 421 students in grades K through 5.

Lakeside Union Elementary runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,742 students. Lindo Park Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lindo Park Elementary reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lindo Park Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lindo Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Diego County shows median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Lindo Park Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

The closest other public school is Tierra del Sol Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lindo Park Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lindo Park Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lindo Park Elementary has ticked down 17%, going from 510 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

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