Enrollment
318
High
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUCIA MAR UNIFIED·NCES 062308013014
Central Coast New Tech High
523 North Thompson Ave., Nipomo, CA 93444 · (805) 474-3350 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
160 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 103 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 81 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 79 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 55 | 17% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
77.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.8pp since 2014
Math
53.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +22.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.6% | 26.6% | 19.0% | 3.8% |
| Math | 22.8% | 30.4% | 17.7% | 29.1% |
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 | 77.2% | 53.2% |
| 2023-24 | 98.3% | 43.1% |
| 2022-23 | 91.1% | 44.6% |
| 2021-22 | 87.5% | 45.3% |
| 2018-19 | 82.8% | 50.0% |
| 2017-18 | 84.6% | 53.0% |
| 2016-17 | 90.4% | 38.4% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 85.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 Central Coast New Tech High
Central Coast New Tech High's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Coast New Tech High this school | 318 | 50.3% | 67.9% |
| Portola Junior/Senior High Portola | 256 | 53.9% | 29.7% |
| High Tech LA Lake Balboa | 362 | 47.2% | N/A |
| Minarets High O'Neals | 265 | 50.9% | 42.5% |
| Nordhoff High Ojai | 576 | 50.9% | 48.2% |
| Middletown High Middletown | 421 | 55.1% | 46.9% |
Matched among California high 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 Central Coast New Tech High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #102 of 1,052 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #138 of 1,056 ▲ 81 | #1 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #135 of 1,056 ▼ 132 | #1 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #305 of 1,044 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #1,186 of 2,093 | #8 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #415 of 1,352 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #462 of 1,351 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #1,167 of 1,575 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #274 of 327 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
318
+20 (+7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 318 | 16.6 | 19.1:1 | 50% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 17.1 | 16.7:1 | 51% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 16.2 | 16.5:1 | 46% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 50% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 20.1 | 15.6:1 | 33% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 341 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 34% (116) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Coast New Tech High.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (313 to 318); teachers down 17% (20.1 to 16.6).
About Central Coast New Tech High
Central Coast New Tech High is a very small high school. Its address is in Nipomo, California. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 318 students. High schools in California have about 838 students on average; enrollment here is 62% lower.
Lucia Mar Unified has a total of 19 schools and 9,590 students, Central Coast New Tech High among them.
More than half of the students at Central Coast New Tech High are White (50%). Other reported shares: 39% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 69% White among all San Luis Obispo County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
A staff of 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.1:1. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Central Coast New Tech High holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 93% of California public high schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Central Coast New Tech High does better than predicted by 17.9 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.9%; the prediction is 50.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for San Luis Obispo County show that median household income comes to about $97,446, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 83, with about 33,339 students.
Central Coast New Tech High's closest public school neighbor is Nipomo High, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Central Coast New Tech High is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
Federal data place Central Coast New Tech High in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count increased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio increased from 16.6:1 to 19.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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San Luis Obispo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,555
Census ACS
Median income
$97,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
33,339 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lucia Mar Unified
- Arroyo Grande HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Nipomo HighHigh · 819 students
- Harloe ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- Dana ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Lange (Dorothea) ElementaryElementary · 577 students
- Ocean View ElementaryElementary · 547 students
Other schools in Nipomo
- Nipomo HighHigh · 819 students
- Dana ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Lange (Dorothea) ElementaryElementary · 577 students
- Nipomo ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Nipomo High0.1 mi · 819
- Nipomo Elementary1.0 mi · 436
- Dana Elementary1.6 mi · 612
- Lange (Dorothea) Elementary2.9 mi · 577
- Kunst (Tommie) Junior High5.0 mi · 912
- Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary5.5 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Central Coast New Tech HighHow many students attend Central Coast New Tech High?
Central Coast New Tech High enrolls approximately 318 students in grades 09-12.
Is Central Coast New Tech High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Coast New Tech High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Central Coast New Tech High?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Central Coast New Tech High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Coast New Tech High?
At Central Coast New Tech High, the student body is approximately 50% White, 39% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Coast New Tech High?
Central Coast New Tech High is overseen by Lucia Mar Unified in San Luis Obispo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.