Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUCIA MAR UNIFIED·NCES 062308003519
Grover Beach Elementary
365 South 10th St., Grover Beach, CA 93433 · (805) 474-3770 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
303 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 25% larger than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
50%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
33.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.2pp since 2014
Math
24.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.2% | 20.6% | 29.4% | 36.8% |
| Math | 9.3% | 15.6% | 29.8% | 45.4% |
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 | 33.8% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 19.7% |
| 2022-23 | 26.2% | 17.3% |
| 2021-22 | 34.3% | 18.0% |
| 2018-19 | 49.8% | 36.7% |
| 2017-18 | 41.3% | 30.0% |
| 2016-17 | 36.9% | 26.1% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Grover Beach Elementary
Grover Beach Elementary's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Beach Elementary this school | 368 | 82.3% | 27.4% |
| Dunlap Elementary Yucaipa | 382 | 83.0% | 25.9% |
| Rancho Mirage Elementary Rancho Mirage | 349 | 81.7% | 40.8% |
| Woodbridge Lodi | 393 | 78.9% | 28.2% |
| Hamilton Elementary Anza | 360 | 85.3% | 22.9% |
| Alice N. Stroud Elementary Modesto | 379 | 81.3% | 26.3% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Grover Beach Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #3,820 of 5,151 | #35 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #3,780 of 5,172 ▲ 416 | #34 of 37 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #3,575 of 5,172 ▲ 260 | #34 of 37 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #2,216 of 5,116 | #17 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #4,075 of 5,915 | #25 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #212 of 5,352 | #2 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #2,733 of 5,354 | #24 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.3% | #1,930 of 5,625 | #5 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.5% | #863 of 3,837 | #5 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
368
-26 (-7%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 368 | 20.9 | 17.6:1 | 82% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 19.9 | 20.2:1 | 78% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 20.7 | 18.8:1 | 79% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 21 | 18.8:1 | 83% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 21.4 | 23.1:1 | 73% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 21 | 23.4:1 | 77% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | N/A | N/A | 77% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 65% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 21 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grover Beach Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (494 to 368); teachers down 2% (21.4 to 20.9).
About Grover Beach Elementary
Grover Beach Elementary is a small elementary school in Lucia Mar Unified, located in Grover Beach, California. The school reports 368 students in kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Lucia Mar Unified enrolls 9,590 students in 19 schools, including Grover Beach Elementary.
At 65%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Grover Beach Elementary combined. The remaining students are 24% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in San Luis Obispo County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. By the diversity index, Grover Beach Elementary comes in at 50%.
With 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Grover Beach Elementary was 17.6:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 82%. Public schools in San Luis Obispo County average 54%.
Grover Beach Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 31.3%. Grover Beach Elementary scores 27.4%.
San Luis Obispo County has these Census figures: median household income is about $97,446, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of San Luis Obispo County number 83 and enroll about 33,339.
Grover Heights Elementary is the public school closest to Grover Beach Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Grover Beach Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 49.6% on proficiency, and Grover Beach Elementary is below that at 27.4%.
Grover Beach Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small.
Grover Beach Elementary had 394 students in 2020-21 and 368 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.8:1 to 17.6:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Grover Beach
- Fairgrove ElementaryElementary · 365 students
- Grover Heights ElementaryElementary · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Grover Heights Elementary0.7 mi · 290
- Fairgrove Elementary1.1 mi · 365
- Oceano Elementary1.1 mi · 377
- Ocean View Elementary1.1 mi · 547
- Harloe Elementary1.5 mi · 619
- Arroyo Grande High2.1 mi · 2,012
Frequently asked questions
About Grover Beach ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Grover Beach Elementary?
Grover Beach Elementary enrolls approximately 368 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Grover Beach Elementary serve?
Grover Beach Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Grover Beach Elementary?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Grover Beach Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Grover Beach Elementary?
Student demographics at Grover Beach Elementary are roughly 24% White, 65% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Grover Beach Elementary in?
Grover Beach Elementary is part of Lucia Mar Unified.
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