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Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities

· San Diego County · Lemon Grove · Public

Public San Diego County 🏛 Lemon Grove → CDS 3768205…
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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities compares for families

What families should know about Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Vista La Mesa Academy, The Learning Choice Academy - East County, Darnall Charter and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

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.

Chronic absent
31.9%
175 of 548 students

Absenteeism is up 20.1 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Diego County median
18.9% · school is worse than 84% 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
1,142 (2018)505 (2026)
-55.8%

If this trend holds (-11.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~446 -59 $0
3 yr (2029) ~348 -157 $0
5 yr (2031) ~272 -233 $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.

Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-9.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~372 by 2029 — about 133 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

505 students (2026)
~372 projected (2029)
at -9.7%/yr

That's about 133 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities Public 505
Peer-group median -0%
Vista La Mesa Academy Public 517
The Learning Choice Academy - East County Public 529 +12%
Darnall Charter Public 473
Kempton Street Literacy Academy Public 450
Lemon Grove Academy Elementary Public 386
Magnolia Science Academy San Diego Public 481
Spring Valley Academy Public 595
Iftin Charter Public 593
Health Sciences High And Middle College Public 552 -13%
San Diego Global Vision Academy Public 460

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

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.

Stability rate
87.0%
490 of 563 students

73 of 563 students who enrolled at Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (13.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.7% · school is in the 41st percentile of 207 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 43rd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (461) 87.2%
Hispanic / Latino (371) 87.3%
English learners (172) 83.7%
Students w/ disabilities (105) 84.8%
Black / African Am. (66) 83.3%
White (49) 87.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Vista La Mesa Academy 82.1% The Learning Choice Academy - East County 86.7% Darnall Charter 86.3% Kempton Street Literacy Academy 86.7% Lemon Grove Academy Elementary 85.1%

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.

For School Admins

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  • Your 5-year enrollment forecast (currently -11.6%/yr) with the revenue at stake
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