Elementary · California
La Mirada Academy
Free meals for allLa Mirada Academy, a public elementary school in San Marcos, California: grades k–8, 868 students, 23.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of San Marcos Unified.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 868
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.3
- Students per teacher
- 23.3
- Grades
- K–8
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in California
Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared
More students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 96% of elementary schools in California
Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared
Larger than 96% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%29%proficient
−3.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 79% of elementary schools in California
Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared
616 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%18%proficient
−2.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 87% of elementary schools in California
Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared
618 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- San Marcos Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with San Marcos Unified.
Location
- Address
- 3697 La Mirada Dr., San Marcos, CA 92078
- Phone
- (760)290-2000
- City or town
- San Marcos
- County
- San Diego County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High Tech Elementary North CountyCharterFree meals for all | K–5 | 438 | 24.3 | 36% | 24% |
Joli Ann Leichtag ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 579 | 22.3 | 43% | 49% |
Discovery ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 717 | 26.1 | 80% | 78% |
Paloma ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 758 | 22.3 | 77% | 73% |
San Marcos ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 546 | 22.8 | 21% | 22% |
Dual Language Immersion North CountyCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 276 | 17.4 | 77% | 52% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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