Elementary school · La Mesa-Spring Valley
La Mesa Dale Elementary
La Mesa Dale Elementary serves grades K–6 for 520 students in La Mesa-Spring Valley.
It is the 2nd largest of the 6 La Mesa-Spring Valley elementary schools in La Mesa. Its 27.4 students per teacher compares with a median of 26.9 for those schools. Enrollment has held steady at about 520 since 2019–20. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was kindergarten, with 91 students. 67% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (283 free, 64 reduced-price). It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2019–20. The closest park is Highwood Park (0.3 mi).
La Mesa Dale Elementary by the numbers
Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.
Students at La Mesa Dale Elementary
Parks near La Mesa Dale Elementary
Address, phone and official links
4370 Parks Ave., La Mesa 91941
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State school ID 6038475 (search it on California School Dashboard) · NCES ID 062025002431
Other elementary schools in the district
Schools nearby
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2019–20 to 2023–24, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal; parks from OpenStreetMap. Contact the school or district to confirm enrollment boundaries, schedules and programs.