NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Lakeside, CA

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12 public K-12 schools in Lakeside from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
6,631
Students
28.4/100
Avg Resource Index
23.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lakeside has more public-school enrollment than 67% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lakeside's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

8 of Lakeside's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 32-point gap between River Valley Charter and Lindo Park Elementary shows the range hidden by Lakeside's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 33%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
9th percentile
Teacher staffing
5th percentile

El Capitan High accounts for 27.3% of all Lakeside public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Lakeside-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Lakeside school enrollment varies 21× across entities

Lakeside school enrollment ranges from 86 students (lowest) to 1,810 students (highest), a spread of 1,724 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Lakeside student-teacher ratio is 23.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Lakeside's 12 listed schools are charters

17% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. River Valley Charter 48
2. Lakeside Union Alternative Education 34
3. Riverview Elementary 32
4. Lemon Crest Elementary 32
5. Barona Indian Charter 32
6. El Capitan High 31
7. Winter Gardens Elementary 27
8. Lakeside Farms Elementary 26
9. Tierra Del Sol Middle 24
10. Lakeside Middle 22
11. Lakeview Elementary 17
12. Lindo Park Elementary 16

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lakeside

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Barona Indian Charter 71.6/100
  2. 2 Lemon Crest Elementary 64.3/100
  3. 3 Riverview Elementary 63.8/100
  4. 4 Tierra Del Sol Middle 62.8/100
  5. 5 Lindo Park Elementary 61.8/100

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Which Lakeside school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

River Valley Charter has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lakeside schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lakeside, CA? ▼

Lakeside has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,631 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.