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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Vista La Mesa Academy, La Mesa, CA

CEP schoolVista La Mesa Academy is a public elementary school in La Mesa, part of Lemon Grove School District. It enrolled 518 students in 2024-25, with 24.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
518
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Students per teacher
24.7
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is 1.9 higher than the district figure of 22.8. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school24.7
District22.8
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
3900 Violet St., La Mesa, CA 91941
Phone
(619)825-5645
District
Lemon Grove School District
County
San Diego County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
062133002556
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
329
Reduced-price lunch
43
Free or reduced-price lunch
37271.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
209Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Lemon Grove School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in La Mesa

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.