Cowles Mountain across Lake Murray in neighboring San Diego, near La Mesa; photographed March 15, 2009.

Elementary school · La Mesa-Spring Valley

Lemon Avenue Elementary

Lemon Avenue Elementary serves grades K–6 for 513 students in La Mesa-Spring Valley.

It is the 3rd largest of the 6 La Mesa-Spring Valley elementary schools in La Mesa. Its 27 students per teacher compares with a median of 26.9 for those schools. Enrollment fell from 592 in 2019–20 to 513 in 2023–24. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was kindergarten, with 90 students. 46% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (189 free, 49 reduced-price). Federal records list it as not a Title I school in 2019–20. The closest park is Porter Park (0.4 mi).

At a glance

Lemon Avenue Elementary by the numbers

Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.

GradesK–6
Students513
Teachers19
Students per teacher27
Free or reduced-price lunch46%
School typeRegular School
DistrictLa Mesa-Spring Valley
Title INot a Title I school (2019–20)
Enrollment

Students at Lemon Avenue Elementary

Students by grade, 2023–24
  • K90
  • 184
  • 277
  • 381
  • 475
  • 556
  • 650
Total enrollment by school year
  • 2019–20592
  • 2020–21535
  • 2021–22504
  • 2022–23527
  • 2023–24513
Nearby

Parks near Lemon Avenue Elementary

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Contact

Address, phone and official links

8787 Lemon Ave., La Mesa 91941

(619) 668-5835

State school ID 6038517 (search it on California School Dashboard) · NCES ID 062025002435

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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.

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