Fairgrove Elementary

Fairgrove Elementary, a tight-knit primary school in Grover Beach, California, one of the schools within Lucia Mar Unified, works with 365 students, covering grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 22% leaner than typical.

Lucia Mar Unified comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 9,590 students; Fairgrove Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Fairgrove Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder comes out to 35% White, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Luis Obispo County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Fairgrove Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.5%.

In the surrounding community, San Luis Obispo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,446 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Luis Obispo County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students), Fairgrove Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oceano Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fairgrove Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairgrove Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairgrove Elementary has contracted 27%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 365 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Fairgrove Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.