📍 10355 Loma Ln., Spring Valley, San Diego County, 91978
Loma Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Spring Valley, San Diego County. The school has 283 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tara Bernal. It is part of the La Mesa-Spring Valley school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.7:1.
Loma Elementary enrolls 283 students across grades K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 161 | 57% |
| White | 39 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 9.5% |
| Asian | 18 | 6.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
215 of the school's 283 students (76%) 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.
Loma 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.
Loma Elementary 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 283 students, Loma Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 475 students per school.