📍 450 Valmore Ave., Ventura, Ventura County, 93003
Lemon Grove is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ventura, Ventura County. The school has 279 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Susan Martinez. It is part of the Ventura Unified school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 14.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
Lemon Grove enrolls 279 students across grades K–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 14.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Hispanic or Latino, 40% White and 6.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 138 | 49% |
| White | 111 | 40% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 6.5% |
| Asian | 6 | 2.2% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
182 of the school's 279 students (65%) 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.
Lemon Grove is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Lemon Grove is one of 27 schools in Ventura Unified, based in Ventura, California. The district serves 14,379 students district-wide and employs 635 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 279 students, Lemon Grove is smaller than the district average of about 533 students per school.