Winter Gardens Elementary

Located at 8501 Pueblo Rd., in Lakeside, California, Winter Gardens Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school that educates 269 students (grades K through 1), run under Lakeside Union Elementary. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Winter Gardens Elementary sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Winter Gardens Elementary shows that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 33% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Winter Gardens Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for San Diego County shows median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Winter Gardens Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

The closest other public school is W. D. Hall Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Winter Gardens Elementary.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 26%: 365 students in 2018 compared to 269 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 33% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.