San Miguel Elementary

San Miguel Elementary, a moderately sized elementary school in Lemon Grove, California, overseen by Lemon Grove, serves 435 students, covering grades K through 6.

Lemon Grove comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,048 students; San Miguel Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, San Miguel Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%; the rest reads as 17% Black, 7% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the resource side, San Miguel Elementary records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), San Miguel Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household income runs about $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which San Miguel Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: San Altos Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), San Miguel Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. San Miguel Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 554 (now 435). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 58% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

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