Ingrid B. Lacy Middle

Set in Pacifica, California, Ingrid B. Lacy Middle is a close-knit middle-grades school, one of the schools within Pacifica. It instructs 484 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Ingrid B. Lacy Middle sits 27% below that benchmark.

Pacifica runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,640 students. Ingrid B. Lacy Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Ingrid B. Lacy Middle shows that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 14% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to San Mateo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Mateo County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ingrid B. Lacy Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.2%, the actual is 54.5%, a residual of -13.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, San Mateo County reports that median household income runs about $158,855, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, San Mateo County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), of which Ingrid B. Lacy Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oceana High, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ingrid B. Lacy Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.1%.

Ingrid B. Lacy Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ingrid B. Lacy Middle has contracted 11%, going from 543 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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