📍 3845 Avocado Sch Rd., La Mesa, San Diego County, 91941
Avocado Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Mesa, San Diego County. The school has 557 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joy Delgallego. It is part of the Cajon Valley Union school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.0:1.
Avocado Elementary enrolls 557 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 33% White and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 227 | 41% |
| White | 183 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 70 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 44 | 7.9% |
| Asian | 23 | 4.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
342 of the school's 557 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Avocado Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Avocado Elementary is one of 26 schools in Cajon Valley Union, based in El Cajon, California. The district serves 15,992 students district-wide and employs 661 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 557 students, Avocado Elementary is close to the district average of about 615 students per school.