La Canada Elementary

La Canada Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Lompoc, California, overseen by Lompoc Unified, with 541 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

La Canada Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by Lompoc Unified, a district that hosts 8,896 students overall.

On the student-mix side, La Canada Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 7% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, La Canada Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Barbara County (around 68%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, La Canada Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.5%, the actual is 20.7%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Santa Barbara County shows the typical household earns roughly $98,161 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Santa Barbara County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students), of which La Canada Elementary is one.

Lompoc High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Canada Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at La Canada Elementary has fell 13%, going from 624 students in 2018 to 541 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 78% to 83% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the La Canada Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.