📍 6925 Tower St., La Mesa, San Diego County, 91941
Rolando Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Mesa, San Diego County. The school has 449 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Benjamin Klaus. It is part of the La Mesa-Spring Valley school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 27.9:1.
Rolando Elementary enrolls 449 students across grades K–6. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 27.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 8% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 220 | 49% |
| White | 132 | 29% |
| Asian | 36 | 8% |
| Black or African American | 31 | 6.9% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 6.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
314 of the school's 449 students (70%) 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.
Rolando 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.
Rolando 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 449 students, Rolando Elementary is close to the district average of about 475 students per school.