Cabrillo High

Cabrillo High operates as a moderately sized high school in Lompoc, California, operated by Lompoc Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,060 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Cabrillo High sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

Lompoc Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,896 students; Cabrillo High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Cabrillo High records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 30% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. Compared to Santa Barbara County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Cabrillo High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Barbara County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Cabrillo High is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.7%; Cabrillo High posts 33.4%, -17.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Santa Barbara County put the typical household earns roughly $98,161 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Cabrillo High is one of 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students).

Nearest neighbor: Buena Vista Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cabrillo High at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 31.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Cabrillo High's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,291 (now 1,060). The White share of enrollment declined from 39% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

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