Contact Information (School Year 2020–2021)
Last updated: 1/21/2021
School Description and Mission Statement (School Year 2020–2021)
Business and Community Partners
Good Neighbor Gardens
Loma Portal Foundation
Naval Base Point Loma
Panera Bread
Bookstar/Barnes and Noble
Our school gratefully acknowledges the tremendous support we receive
from our partners, parents, and community volunteers.
Loma Portal Elementary School is located in the Point Loma area of San Diego. Our school is a warm, vibrant, and active learning community supported by strong community involvement and an excellent teaching staff.
Built in 1914, Loma Portal has a long history of nurturing excellence in education. Our dedicated staff members are committed to providing a quality education for all students.
Our active foundation, the Loma Portal Foundation, made up by parents and staff members, supports teaching and learning in our classrooms and sponsors a number of evening family events, which students and their families are able to enjoy. The Foundation has also supported and funded on-going technology at our school site.
Loma Portal Elementary School continues to provide an academically rich and dynamic education to all of its students in its unique, historic atmosphere. Over the years, its students have became astronauts, doctors, civil engineers, architects, Board of Education members, and swimmers of the English Channel....and they continue to change the world every day.
Loma Portal's Mission Statement
The Loma Portal educational community exists to inspire all students to realize and achieve their optimal potential to be productive citizens in a global society.
Loma Portal's Vision Statement
We will promote an atmosphere that fosters creativity, self-reliance, and academic success. We will implement State Standards and encourage the development of responsible students who are learning and working cooperatively in a safe environment.
Students on the Playground
Students Eating Lunch Outside
Our School
Grades: K-4
Point Loma Cluster School
Traditional August - June Calendar
Bell Schedule 8:20 AM - 2:40 PM
Thursday Minimum Day: 8:20 AM - 12:35 PM
Breakfast & Lunch M-F, including Thursdays
Total Enrollment: 402
Special Program Offerings:
EL
STEAM
GATE
Seminar
Music
Everyone-a-Reader
More about Loma Portal Elementary:
Loma Portal Elementary School is a vibrant, family-oriented school with a mission to inspire all students to achievement their optimal potential and to be productive citizens in today's global society. Instruction is focused on every student reaching or exceeding Common Core Standards. Teachers create rich, warm learning environments that invite and nurture Loma Portal students to do their best.
Loma Portal is a school that has fostered excellence since 1914. The school community earned the California Distinguished School award in 2010. We have an active Foundation that supports our students with many ongoing activities and fund-raisers such as the Monster Bash, Multicultural Festival, Silent Auction, Holiday Gift Shop, andJ og-A-Thon.
Our programs include:
GATE Seminar and GATE Cluster classes
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) Workshop
Outdoor STEAM garden
Music for all students
State of the Art Computer lab
Library lessons for all students
Support for English learning students
After school programs such as YMCA Play, soccer, basketball, Girls on the Run, Spanish, French, Art, and more.
Before school Run For Life jogging program
A dynamic school garden
Klassic Kids before and after school childcare
Field trips to city arts events such as the SanDiego symphony, ballet, and theatre.
We have many opportunities for parents and community members to serve our students such as:
Our amazing Loma Portal Foundation
"Everyone A Reader"
One-on-one reading volunteers
School governance (SGT) and School Site Council (SSC)
Special events committees
Our exceptional Dad's Club
Last updated: 1/21/2021
Student Enrollment by Grade Level (School Year 2019–2020)
Most of the data in this SARC are from the 2017–18 school year or the two preceding years (2015–16 and 2016–17). Graduation, dropout, and fiscal data are from 2016–17. Contact information and data on facilities, curriculum and instructional materials, and certain teacher information are from the 2018–19 school year. When no year is specified, data are from the most recent year available. Data included in this SARC are consistent with State Board of Education guidelines, available at the California Department of Education website: www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/sa/.
| Grade Level | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 109 |
| Grade 1 | 73 |
| Grade 2 | 77 |
| Grade 3 | 85 |
| Grade 4 | 60 |
| Total Enrollment | 404 |
Last updated: 1/21/2021
Student Enrollment by Student Group (School Year 2019–2020)
| Student Group | Percent of Total Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Black or African American | 1.00 % |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.20 % |
| Asian | 2.00 % |
| Filipino | % |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27.50 % |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | % |
| White | 60.10 % |
| Two or More Races | 8.90 % |
| Student Group (Other) | Percent of Total Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 28.00 % |
| English Learners | 8.40 % |
| Students with Disabilities | 8.40 % |
| Foster Youth | % |
| Homeless | 1.50 % |