Leonora Fillmore Elementary

Set in Lompoc, California, Leonora Fillmore Elementary is a medium-sized primary school, operated by Lompoc Unified. It caters to 469 students across grades K through 6.

Lompoc Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,896 students; Leonora Fillmore Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Leonora Fillmore Elementary records that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 7% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Leonora Fillmore Elementary lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Santa Barbara County's rate of about 68%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Leonora Fillmore Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Santa Barbara County indicate median household earnings sit near $98,161, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Barbara County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students), of which Leonora Fillmore Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: La Honda STEAM Academy, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Leonora Fillmore Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Leonora Fillmore Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 22.5%.

Leonora Fillmore Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Leonora Fillmore Elementary's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 624 (now 469). Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Leonora Fillmore Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.