Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities is a 6-8 school.

It serves grades 6-8 (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 For The Sciences And Humanities

Lemon Grove · 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, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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

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  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Vista La Mesa Academy, Darnall Charter, Kempton Street Literacy Academy 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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Each counselor juggles about 505 students — above the level experts recommend. Ask how junior-year college advising is handled.
505:1
1.0 FTE counselors · 505 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 168 more students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

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.

32% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~21%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
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
18.8% · school is worse than 84% 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
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.

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Your similar-school group includes

Vista La Mesa Academy · Darnall Charter · Kempton Street Literacy Academy · Lemon Grove Academy Elementary · Magnolia Science Academy San Diego · Spring Valley Academy · +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.

87% of students who start the year here finish it here.
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
88.8% · school is in the 40th percentile of 210 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 42nd percentile of 2,689 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% Darnall Charter 86.3% Kempton Street Literacy Academy 86.7% Lemon Grove Academy Elementary 85.1% Magnolia Science Academy San Diego 95.1%

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.

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