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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUCIA MAR UNIFIED·NCES 062308003521
Harloe Elementary
901 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 · (805) 474-3710 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
334 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
59%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
59.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.7pp since 2014
Math
51.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.9% | 29.9% | 20.3% | 20.0% |
| Math | 27.3% | 23.9% | 26.2% | 22.5% |
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 | 59.7% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 50.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.5% | 48.5% |
| 2021-22 | 55.1% | 43.4% |
| 2018-19 | 69.4% | 60.2% |
| 2017-18 | 63.6% | 56.8% |
| 2016-17 | 58.3% | 52.1% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Harloe Elementary
Harloe Elementary's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harloe Elementary this school | 619 | 54.0% | 55.3% |
| Magnolia Elementary Oakdale | 636 | 49.4% | 34.5% |
| Golden Hills Elementary Tehachapi | 663 | 50.4% | 24.1% |
| Kermit King Elementary Paso Robles | 507 | 55.8% | 53.5% |
| Mira Monte Elementary Ojai | 523 | 54.7% | 37.4% |
| George Washington Charter Palm Desert | 746 | 50.3% | 68.0% |
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 Harloe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,388 of 5,151 | #12 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #1,501 of 5,172 ▼ 3 | #13 of 37 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #1,352 of 5,172 ▼ 75 | #11 of 37 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #1,321 of 5,116 | #8 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #1,233 of 5,915 | #2 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,623 of 5,352 | #19 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #1,920 of 5,354 | #9 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #3,751 of 5,625 | #20 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #3,301 of 3,837 | #19 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
619
+83 (+15%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 619 | 27.5 | 22.5:1 | 54% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 605 | 25.8 | 23.4:1 | 53% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 24.6 | 23.6:1 | 52% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 23 | 23.3:1 | 54% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 26.3 | 24.8:1 | 45% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 23 | 29.0:1 | 49% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | N/A | N/A | 43% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 34 | 20.5:1 | 33% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 22 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harloe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (653 to 619); teachers up 4% (26.3 to 27.5).
About Harloe Elementary
Harloe Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Arroyo Grande, California. Its 619 students are spread across kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 33% above the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Lucia Mar Unified has 19 schools and 9,590 students, and Harloe Elementary is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Harloe Elementary, at 50%. Other students are 38% Hispanic and 10% multiracial. That is lower than the 69% White share among all San Luis Obispo County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Harloe Elementary's 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 22.5:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 54%. For comparison, public schools in San Luis Obispo County average 54%.
Harloe Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Harloe Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 55.3% is 7.4 points above the 47.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among San Luis Obispo County residents, the median household income is $97,446, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Harloe Elementary is one of 83 public schools in the county.
Arroyo Grande High is the public school closest to Harloe Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Harloe Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 55.3% versus a 44.8% average.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).
Harloe Elementary's enrollment climbed from 536 in 2020-21 to 619 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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
- Dana ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Lange (Dorothea) ElementaryElementary · 577 students
- Ocean View ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Paulding MiddleMiddle · 544 students
Other schools in Arroyo Grande
- Arroyo Grande HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Ocean View ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Paulding MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- Mesa MiddleMiddle · 474 students
- Branch ElementaryElementary · 261 students
- Pacific View AcademyCombined · 114 students
Nearby schools
- Arroyo Grande High0.7 mi · 2,012
- Fairgrove Elementary0.8 mi · 365
- Ocean View Elementary0.9 mi · 547
- Oceano Elementary1.3 mi · 377
- Grover Beach Elementary1.5 mi · 368
- Paulding Middle1.6 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Harloe ElementaryHow large is Harloe Elementary?
Harloe Elementary enrolls approximately 619 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Harloe Elementary serve?
Harloe Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Harloe Elementary have?
Harloe Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
How diverse is Harloe Elementary?
Harloe Elementary reports a student body of 50% White, 38% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Harloe Elementary in?
Harloe Elementary is part of Lucia Mar Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.