Elementary · California

Vista La Mesa Academy

Free meals for all

Vista La Mesa Academy, a public elementary school in La Mesa, California: grades k–8, 518 students, 24.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lemon Grove.

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: 518
Teachers (FTE): 21.4
Students per teacher: 24.3
Grades: K–8; Elementary

More students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 96% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 63% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Larger than 69% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

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: Lemon Grove

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lemon Grove.

Location

Address: 3900 Violet St., La Mesa, CA 91941
Phone: (619)825-5645
City or town: La Mesa
County: San Diego County

Website Quality of life in La Mesa Schools in La Mesa

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Rolando Park ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	270	20.8	0.5 mi
San Miguel ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	435	22.9	0.9 mi
Rolando ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	371	28.5	1.0 mi
La Mesa Dale ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	460	26.3	1.0 mi
Lemon Grove Academy ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	399	25.7	1.1 mi
Darnall CharterCharterFree meals for all	K–8	442	21.6	1.2 mi

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).

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