Northmont Elementary

Northmont Elementary, a mid-sized primary school in La Mesa, California, run under La Mesa-Spring Valley, educates 422 students, covering grades K through 5.

La Mesa-Spring Valley comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 10,491 students; Northmont Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Northmont Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% White, 12% multiracial, 9% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Northmont Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Northmont Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 35.4%.

In the broader community, San Diego County reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Northmont Elementary is one.

Parkway Sports and Health Science Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northmont Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northmont Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 44.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 422 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 38% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.9:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 today.

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