📍 740 Kempton St., Spring Valley, San Diego County, 91977
Kempton Street Literacy Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Spring Valley, San Diego County. The school has 638 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Janet Josa. It is part of the La Mesa-Spring Valley school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.5:1.
Kempton Street Literacy Academy enrolls 638 students across grades K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 6% Black or African American and 3.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 550 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 38 | 6% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 3.3% |
| White | 19 | 3% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
563 of the school's 638 students (88%) 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.
Kempton Street Literacy Academy 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.
Kempton Street Literacy Academy is one of 22 schools in La Mesa-Spring Valley, based in La Mesa, California. The district serves 10,460 students district-wide and employs 437 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 638 students, Kempton Street Literacy Academy is larger than the district average of about 475 students per school.
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