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Alumni: what's one memory from Lindo Park Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKESIDE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062079002496
Lindo Park Elementary
12824 Lakeshore Dr., Lakeside, CA 92040 · (619) 390-2656 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
308 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.9pp since 2014
Math
21.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.7% | 14.2% | 27.9% | 44.2% |
| Math | 6.4% | 15.3% | 26.6% | 51.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 21.2% | 13.4% |
| 2021-22 | 24.5% | 16.3% |
| 2018-19 | 37.9% | 33.6% |
| 2017-18 | 37.9% | 24.4% |
| 2016-17 | 41.3% | 30.1% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 14.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lindo Park Elementary
Lindo Park Elementary's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindo Park Elementary this school | 421 | 73.2% | 24.3% |
| D. H. White Elementary Rio Vista | 432 | 76.9% | 21.3% |
| Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy Atascadero | 377 | 70.3% | 31.3% |
| Covillaud Elementary Marysville | 518 | 73.0% | 41.2% |
| William M. Metteer Elementary Red Bluff | 458 | 77.5% | 20.6% |
| Murdock Elementary Willows | 488 | 74.0% | 16.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lindo Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #4,157 of 5,151 | #335 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #4,140 of 5,172 ▲ 190 | #335 of 393 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #4,185 of 5,172 ▼ 279 | #339 of 393 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #1,839 of 5,116 | #114 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #3,409 of 5,915 | #264 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,229 of 5,352 | #126 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #1,643 of 5,354 | #170 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #2,758 of 5,625 | #145 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #1,705 of 3,837 | #121 of 279 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
421
+34 (+9%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 20.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 421 | 19.1 | 22.1:1 | 73% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 20.9 | 20.9:1 | 73% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 67% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 19 | 20.4:1 | 81% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 22 | 23.2:1 | 84% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 24 | 22.7:1 | 77% (418) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | N/A | N/A | 70% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 28 | 23.4:1 | 40% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 739 | 28 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lindo Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (510 to 421); teachers down 13% (22 to 19.1).
About Lindo Park Elementary
Lindo Park Elementary is an elementary school located in Lakeside, California, in San Diego County. Its 421 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
The district for Lindo Park Elementary is Lakeside Union Elementary, with 9 schools and 4,504 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Lindo Park Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 49%. The remaining students are 36% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census figures show San Diego County is about 35% Hispanic. Lindo Park Elementary's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
Lindo Park Elementary employs 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 22.1:1. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. Lindo Park Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 73%. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in San Diego County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 36.7%.
Within San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, San Diego County has 766 public schools and roughly 467,437 students.
Tierra del Sol Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Lindo Park Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Lindo Park Elementary is behind the 40.9% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
The NCES locale for Lindo Park Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 34 students since 2020-21, to 421. By 2024-25, the school had 22.1 students per teacher, compared with 20.4 in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakeside Union Elementary
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 724 students
- Tierra del Sol MiddleMiddle · 713 students
- Lakeside Farms ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 666 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Lemon Crest ElementaryElementary · 437 students
Other schools in Lakeside
- El Capitan HighHigh · 1,810 students
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 724 students
- Tierra del Sol MiddleMiddle · 713 students
- Lakeside Farms ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 666 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Tierra del Sol Middle0.4 mi · 713
- El Capitan High0.6 mi · 1,810
- Lemon Crest Elementary0.7 mi · 437
- Lakeview Elementary1.2 mi · 666
- Lakeside Farms Elementary1.3 mi · 667
- Riverview Elementary1.4 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Lindo Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lindo Park Elementary?
Lindo Park Elementary enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lindo Park Elementary serve?
Lindo Park Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Lindo Park Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Lindo Park Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lindo Park Elementary?
At Lindo Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 36% White, 49% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lindo Park Elementary public or private?
Lindo Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lakeside Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.