Buena Vista Elementary

Buena Vista Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Lompoc, California, run under Lompoc Unified. Current enrollment sits at 498 students spanning grades K through 6.

Across the 16 schools in Lompoc Unified (8,896 students total), Buena Vista Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Buena Vista Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 42% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Buena Vista Elementary lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at Buena Vista Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Barbara County (around 68%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Buena Vista Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.2%; this one delivers 42.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Santa Barbara County put median household earnings sit near $98,161, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Buena Vista Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students).

Cabrillo High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buena Vista Elementary. On composite proficiency, Buena Vista Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.5%.

Buena Vista Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Buena Vista Elementary's enrollment has fell 25% since 2018, when it stood at 664 (now 498). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 34% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.