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If you could change one rule at Lillian Larsen Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN MIGUEL JOINT UNION·NCES 063501005927
Lillian Larsen Elementary
1601 L St., San Miguel, CA 93451 · (805) 467-3216 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of California public elementary schools
- C+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.
- BThree-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
18.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
357 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 107% larger than its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
36.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.2pp since 2014
Math
33.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.8% | 22.4% | 30.1% | 33.7% |
| Math | 13.2% | 19.8% | 22.2% | 44.8% |
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 | 36.2% | 33.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 30.4% |
| 2022-23 | 41.1% | 25.9% |
| 2021-22 | 34.7% | 25.8% |
| 2018-19 | 28.6% | 28.0% |
| 2017-18 | 29.3% | 30.4% |
| 2016-17 | 34.3% | 29.1% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Lillian Larsen Elementary
Lillian Larsen Elementary's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillian Larsen Elementary this school | 448 | 79.7% | 33.7% |
| Gustine Elementary Gustine | 483 | 79.7% | 18.2% |
| Global Learning Charter Visalia | 438 | 81.1% | 25.7% |
| Howard Elementary Madera | 487 | 78.9% | 31.8% |
| Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula Seaside | 410 | 77.8% | 29.4% |
| Peralta Elementary Jurupa Valley | 443 | 81.5% | 29.3% |
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 Lillian Larsen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #3,085 of 5,151 | #28 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #2,908 of 5,172 ▲ 121 | #25 of 37 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #3,313 of 5,172 ▲ 32 | #30 of 37 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #1,854 of 5,116 | #13 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #3,057 of 5,915 | #15 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #290 of 5,352 | #4 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #4,306 of 5,354 | #37 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #2,215 of 5,625 | #7 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.4% | #245 of 1,139 | #2 of 17 |
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
448
+60 (+15%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 448 | 24.7 | 18.1:1 | 80% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 23.1 | 18.5:1 | 77% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 22.3 | 19.1:1 | 77% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 19 | 20.4:1 | 93% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 16.2 | 23.0:1 | 67% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 20 | 18.6:1 | 86% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | N/A | N/A | 82% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 53% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 18 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lillian Larsen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (372 to 448); teachers up 53% (16.2 to 24.7).
About Lillian Larsen Elementary
San Miguel, California, is home to Lillian Larsen Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 448 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 8.
San Miguel Joint Union includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 668 students.
At Lillian Larsen Elementary, 88% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 10% White. Census figures show San Luis Obispo County is about 25% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 22%.
Lillian Larsen Elementary has 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 18.1:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.2 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 80% at Lillian Larsen Elementary. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in San Luis Obispo County.
On the allk12 Grade, Lillian Larsen Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 44% of California public elementary schools.
Lillian Larsen Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.7%, compared with a predicted 32.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for San Luis Obispo County show that the median household earns about $97,446 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. San Luis Obispo County has 83 public schools with about 33,339 students, including Lillian Larsen Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Pleasant Valley Elementary is about 5.7 miles from Lillian Larsen Elementary. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. Lillian Larsen Elementary comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Lillian Larsen Elementary is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Lillian Larsen Elementary had a net gain of 60 students, or 15%. The school's ratio dropped from 20.4:1 to 18.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 San Miguel Joint Union
- Cappy Culver ElementaryElementary · 220 students
Other schools in San Miguel
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryElementary · 58 students
- Parkfield ElementaryElementary · 11 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Valley Elementary5.7 mi · 58
- Kermit King Elementary7.5 mi · 507
- Lewis Flamson Junior High8.1 mi · 884
- Paso Robles Independent Study Center8.1 mi · 37
- Glen Speck Elementary8.7 mi · 454
- Daniel Lewis Middle9.3 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About Lillian Larsen ElementaryHow large is Lillian Larsen Elementary?
Lillian Larsen Elementary enrolls approximately 448 students in grades KG-08.
Is Lillian Larsen Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lillian Larsen Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lillian Larsen Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lillian Larsen Elementary is approximately 18.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lillian Larsen Elementary?
At Lillian Larsen Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 88% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Lillian Larsen Elementary public or private?
Lillian Larsen Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Miguel Joint Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.