Since 1970, Avocado Elementary School has been educating children in the Mount Helix and La Mesa areas. It has a very involved PTA with parents who frequently volunteer at the school.
It is a California Distinguished School, and is headed by Principal Ryan Burke, who has been at Avocado for three years. The most recent API score for the school was 865, which is 62 points higher than the score from just two years ago.