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Lemon Grove Academy Elementary

· 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.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Harriet Tubman Village Charter, College Preparatory Middle, Highlands Elementary and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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
18.9% · school is worse than 80% of 205 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
88.7% · school is in the 33rd percentile of 207 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 35th percentile of 2,649 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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