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Alumni: what's one memory from Buena Vista Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOMPOC UNIFIED·NCES 062241002676
Buena Vista Elementary
100 Aldebaran Ave., Lompoc, CA 93436 · (805) 742-2020 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
203 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 79% larger than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
50.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.2pp since 2014
Math
37.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.5% | 24.2% | 23.5% | 25.8% |
| Math | 14.4% | 23.1% | 31.6% | 30.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 40.4% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 36.9% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 41.3% |
| 2018-19 | 56.2% | 44.0% |
| 2017-18 | 55.8% | 39.8% |
| 2016-17 | 57.1% | 36.2% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 36.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Buena Vista Elementary
Buena Vista Elementary's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista Elementary this school | 498 | 40.8% | 43.3% |
| Ripon Elementary Ripon | 460 | 39.3% | 52.9% |
| Brandon Elementary Goleta | 429 | 42.2% | 50.6% |
| James Dukes Elementary Ramona | 502 | 39.2% | 58.0% |
| Discovery Bay Elementary Discovery Bay | 417 | 41.2% | 61.5% |
| Richard Henry Dana Elementary Dana Point | 461 | 46.2% | 52.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Buena Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #2,213 of 5,151 | #28 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #2,488 of 5,172 ▼ 338 | #28 of 66 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #1,969 of 5,172 ▲ 411 | #25 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #1,075 of 5,116 | #17 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #2,458 of 5,915 | #29 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,528 of 5,352 | #50 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #1,709 of 5,354 | #8 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #4,306 of 5,625 | #56 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #905 of 3,837 | #4 of 47 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
498
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 22.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 498 | 21 | 23.7:1 | 41% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 21 | 24.9:1 | 37% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 21 | 22.7:1 | 31% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 23 | 22.2:1 | 43% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 26 | 25.5:1 | 39% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 27 | 23.6:1 | 32% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | N/A | N/A | 31% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 13% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 18 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buena Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (664 to 498); teachers down 19% (26 to 21).
About Buena Vista Elementary
Buena Vista Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Lompoc, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 498 students.
Lompoc Unified enrolls 8,896 students, and its 16 schools include Buena Vista Elementary.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Buena Vista Elementary is Hispanic, with 45% of students. Other groups include 42% White, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Santa Barbara County overall, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The diversity index for Buena Vista Elementary is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buena Vista Elementary is 23.7:1, based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Santa Barbara County, the average eligibility rate is 68%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Buena Vista Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.3%; the prediction is 55.6%.
Census data for Santa Barbara County show median household income comes to about $98,161, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 129 public schools and about 66,191 students.
Buena Vista Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Cabrillo High, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Buena Vista Elementary is 1st of 6 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 510 in 2020-21 and 498 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (23.7:1) than in 2020-21 (22.2:1).
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Santa Barbara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
443,701
Census ACS
Median income
$98,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
66,191 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lompoc Unified
- Lompoc HighHigh · 1,593 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,060 students
- Arthur Hapgood ElementaryElementary · 768 students
- Lompoc Valley MiddleMiddle · 744 students
- Miguelito ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Vandenberg MiddleMiddle · 565 students
Other schools in Lompoc
- Lompoc HighHigh · 1,593 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,060 students
- Arthur Hapgood ElementaryElementary · 768 students
- Lompoc Valley MiddleMiddle · 744 students
- Miguelito ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- La Canada ElementaryElementary · 541 students
Other Buena Vista Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 6 states are named Buena Vista Elementary. Buena Vista Elementary is the 5th largest of the 11.
- Buena Vista ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 713 students
- Buena Vista ElementaryPalmdale, CA · 573 students
- Buena Vista ElementaryWalnut Creek, CA · 495 students
- Buena Vista ElementaryCarlsbad, CA · 281 students
- Buena Vista ElementaryTulare, CA · 180 students
Nearby schools
- Cabrillo High0.6 mi · 1,060
- Maple High1.1 mi · 135
- Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy2.0 mi · 398
- Manzanita Public Charter3.6 mi · 483
- La Honda STEAM Academy3.7 mi · 531
- La Canada Elementary3.8 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Buena Vista ElementaryHow many students attend Buena Vista Elementary?
Buena Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 498 students in grades KG-06.
Is Buena Vista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Buena Vista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buena Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buena Vista Elementary is approximately 23.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Buena Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Buena Vista Elementary are roughly 42% White, 45% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Buena Vista Elementary?
Buena Vista Elementary is overseen by Lompoc Unified in Santa Barbara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.