Lemon Grove School District reports multi-year test gains, enrollment stabilization efforts
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Superintendent Vincent told the city and school boards that Lemon Grove School District has seen four consecutive years of growth on state assessments, a tripled reclassification rate for multilingual learners and plans to revise its five-year strategic plan while working to stabilize enrollment around 3,100 students.
Lemon Grove — Superintendent Vincent gave a district overview at the July 29 joint meeting, highlighting academic gains, targeted enrollment efforts and a strategic-plan revision process for 2025–27.
“We know our vision is to prepare tomorrow's leaders, workers and citizens,” Superintendent Vincent said as she summarized district priorities. Vincent reported that the district has seen growth in both English language arts and mathematics on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) for the fourth consecutive year and that the district’s reclassification rate for multilingual learners tripled last year.
Enrollment figures were a focus of the presentation. Vincent said the district is currently enrolling about 3,200 students total, including an estimated 100 preschool attendees. Because California funding is tied to TK–8 attendance, the district’s immediate stabilization goal is 3,100 TK–8 students. Vincent described marketing efforts, expanded summer enrollment, multi-language communications and a new Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) as part of the effort to attract and retain families.
The district is starting a two-year revision of its five-year strategic plan, which was adopted in 2020. Vincent said the first year will be reflective and the second year will produce a new plan, with an emphasis on questions such as what skills students will need and how the district should prepare them.
Board members praised the district’s outreach and programs, including Mount Vernon’s dual-immersion pathway (preschool through grade 8) and the Hike STEAM Academy. Trustees and councilmembers discussed enrollment declines statewide, steps to counteract those declines locally and the district’s plan to return sixth-grade camp this school year.
No funding decisions tied directly to the strategic-plan revision were made at the July 29 meeting; the presentation was informational and board members asked staff to continue community engagement for the plan update.
