Total enrollment
9,590
-330 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
19 schools in Lucia Mar Unified
California · 9,590 students · 5 cities
Lucia Mar Unified runs 19 public K-12 schools per the latest NCES data, with combined enrollment near 9,590 and an average school size of 505.
4-year change in Lucia Mar Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
19
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Lucia Mar Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #191 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 9,590 | #155 of 587 | #965 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 19 | #108 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #126 of 587 | #8,297 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 59.3% | #325 of 587 | #2,932 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #224 of 530 | #1,965 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Lucia Mar Unified
State test results across the district's 17 scored schools run from Branch Elementary at 74.2% proficient to Nipomo Elementary at 25.9%, a gap of 48.2 points. That is the 85th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 18 district schools that reported both years went from 10,549 to 9,476 students (down 10%) and from 493 to 479 full-time teachers (down 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande High | Arroyo Grande | High | 09-12 | 2,012 |
| Nipomo High | Nipomo | High | 09-12 | 819 |
| Harloe Elementary | Arroyo Grande | Elementary | KG-06 | 619 |
| Dana Elementary | Nipomo | Elementary | KG-06 | 612 |
| Lange (Dorothea) Elementary | Nipomo | Elementary | KG-06 | 577 |
| Ocean View Elementary | Arroyo Grande | Elementary | KG-06 | 547 |
| Paulding Middle | Arroyo Grande | Middle | 07-08 | 544 |
| Mesa Middle | Arroyo Grande | Middle | 07-08 | 474 |
| Nipomo Elementary | Nipomo | Elementary | KG-06 | 436 |
| Judkins Middle | Pismo Beach | Middle | 07-08 | 431 |
| Oceano Elementary | Oceano | Elementary | KG-06 | 377 |
| Grover Beach Elementary | Grover Beach | Elementary | KG-06 | 368 |
| Fairgrove Elementary | Grover Beach | Elementary | KG-06 | 365 |
| Shell Beach Elementary | Pismo Beach | Elementary | KG-06 | 330 |
| Central Coast New Tech High | Nipomo | High | 09-12 | 318 |
| Grover Heights Elementary | Grover Beach | Elementary | KG-06 | 290 |
| Branch Elementary | Arroyo Grande | Elementary | KG-06 | 261 |
| Pacific View Academy | Arroyo Grande | Combined | KG-12 | 114 |
| Lopez Continuation High | Arroyo Grande | High | 10-12 | 96 |
About Lucia Mar Unified
Lucia Mar Unified runs 19 public schools across California, collectively serveing roughly 9,590 students.
Looking at the level breakdown, Lucia Mar Unified spans 11 elementary, 3 middle, 4 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 505 in this district, noticeably below the California typical of 578.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment declined 3%: 9,920 students in SY 2020-21 versus 9,590 in SY 2024-25.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Lucia Mar Unified discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.