Lemon Grove Academy Elementary is a K-6 school.

It serves grades K-6 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

Lemon Grove Academy Elementary

Lemon Grove · San Diego County · Lemon Grove · Public

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How Lemon Grove Academy Elementary compares for families

What families should know about Lemon Grove Academy Elementary.

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Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

30% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~21%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
Chronic absent
30.0%
130 of 434 students

Absenteeism is down 11.1 pp since 2022-23. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

San Diego County median
18.8% · school is worse than 81% of 208 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
439 (2023)386 (2026)
-12.1%

If this trend holds (-4.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~369 -17 $0
3 yr (2029) ~338 -48 $0
5 yr (2031) ~310 -76 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Lemon Grove Academy Elementary really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Harriet Tubman Village Charter · College Preparatory Middle · Highlands Elementary · Kempton Street Literacy Academy · Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities · Integrity Charter · +4 more

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

85% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
85.1%
377 of 443 students

66 of 443 students who enrolled at Lemon Grove Academy Elementary this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (14.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.8% · school is in the 33rd percentile of 210 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 34th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (373) 85.0%
Hispanic / Latino (306) 87.9%
English learners (129) 76.7%
Students w/ disabilities (80) 83.8%
Black / African Am. (54) 79.6%
White (37) 75.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Harriet Tubman Village Charter 88.0% College Preparatory Middle 96.8% Highlands Elementary 89.2% Kempton Street Literacy Academy 86.7% Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities 87.0%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

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