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What's the most underrated thing about Lakeview Junior High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
463
Middle
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORCUTT UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062871004463
Lakeview Junior High
3700 Orcutt Rd., Santa Maria, CA 93455 · (805) 938-8600 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
335 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 230 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 50% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
48.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.0pp since 2014
Math
31.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 9 points 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 | 10.2% | 37.8% | 24.6% | 27.4% |
| Math | 14.9% | 16.9% | 29.2% | 39.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 28.6% |
| 2022-23 | 42.9% | 26.1% |
| 2021-22 | 51.4% | 27.5% |
| 2018-19 | 52.1% | 39.5% |
| 2017-18 | 48.4% | 42.9% |
| 2016-17 | 46.2% | 37.5% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Lakeview Junior High
Lakeview Junior High's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview Junior High this school | 463 | 72.4% | 38.2% |
| Rafer Johnson Junior High Kingsburg | 447 | 69.1% | 44.3% |
| Santa Rosa Middle Santa Rosa | 452 | 76.1% | 20.4% |
| Mesa Middle Arroyo Grande | 474 | 73.8% | 34.6% |
| Carpinteria Middle Carpinteria | 437 | 72.3% | 39.0% |
| De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts Ventura | 577 | 73.7% | 37.4% |
Matched among California middle 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 Lakeview Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #553 of 1,224 | #6 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #562 of 1,227 ▲ 22 | #7 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #536 of 1,227 ▲ 20 | #4 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #800 of 1,214 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #985 of 1,377 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #1,025 of 1,279 | #14 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #721 of 1,278 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #696 of 1,329 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #541 of 930 | #6 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
463
-29 (-6%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 463 | 19.7 | 23.6:1 | 72% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 19.8 | 21.5:1 | 58% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 19.5 | 22.7:1 | 46% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 20 | 24.6:1 | 40% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 22.5 | 23.8:1 | 52% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 22 | 21.7:1 | 49% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | N/A | N/A | 43% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 26 | 21.1:1 | 29% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 13 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeview Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (537 to 463); teachers down 13% (22.5 to 19.7).
About Lakeview Junior High
This page covers Lakeview Junior High, a small middle-grades school in Santa Maria, California. It enrolls 463 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. The school is 30% below the average for middle schools in California.
The district, Orcutt Union Elementary, operates 10 schools serving 4,911 students.
More than half of enrollment at Lakeview Junior High is Hispanic: 70%. Other groups include 21% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lakeview Junior High scores 47%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 23.6:1. The school has 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Federal data show 72% of students (335) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Lakeview Junior High lands at B, ahead of 56% of California public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 37.1%.
In Santa Barbara County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $98,161 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Santa Barbara County number 129, with about 66,191 students.
Lakeview Junior High's closest public school neighbor is Joe Nightingale Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lakeview Junior High at 5th of 7.
NCES describes the area around Lakeview Junior High as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Lakeview Junior High enrolled 492 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 463. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (23.6:1) than in 2020-21 (24.6:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Lakeview Junior High. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Santa Barbara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
443,701
Census ACS
Median income
$98,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
66,191 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orcutt Union Elementary
- Orcutt Academy CharterCombined · 812 students
- Joe Nightingale ElementaryElementary · 695 students
- Patterson Road ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Pine Grove ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Alice Shaw ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Ralph Dunlap ElementaryElementary · 502 students
Other schools in Santa Maria
- Santa Maria HighHigh · 3,143 students
- Pioneer Valley HighHigh · 3,080 students
- Ernest Righetti HighHigh · 2,416 students
- JIMENEZ ROBERTO AND DR. FRANCISCO ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,177 students
- Bruce (Robert) ElementaryElementary · 1,050 students
- Alvin ElementaryElementary · 998 students
Other Lakeview Junior High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lakeview Junior High. Lakeview Junior High is the largest of the 3.
- Lakeview Jr High SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 340 students
- LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLCOLUMBUS, NE · 152 students
Nearby schools
- Joe Nightingale Elementary0.5 mi · 695
- Alice Shaw Elementary0.6 mi · 530
- Ernest Righetti High1.0 mi · 2,416
- Patterson Road Elementary1.6 mi · 662
- Delta High1.8 mi · 291
- Ralph Dunlap Elementary2.0 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeview Junior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Lakeview Junior High?
Lakeview Junior High enrolls approximately 463 students in grades 07-08.
Is Lakeview Junior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakeview Junior High is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakeview Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakeview Junior High is approximately 23.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lakeview Junior High?
Student demographics at Lakeview Junior High are roughly 21% White, 70% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakeview Junior High?
Lakeview Junior High is overseen by Orcutt Union Elementary in Santa Barbara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.