Lillian Larsen Elementary

Lillian Larsen Elementary operates as a mid-tier primary school in San Miguel, California, run under San Miguel Joint Union. Current enrollment sits at 448 students spanning grades K through 8.

San Miguel Joint Union comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 668 students; Lillian Larsen Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lillian Larsen Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). Beyond that, the school lists 10% White. By comparison, San Luis Obispo County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Luis Obispo County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lillian Larsen Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.0%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Luis Obispo County shows median household income runs about $97,446, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Lillian Larsen Elementary is one of 83 public schools in San Luis Obispo County (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students).

Pleasant Valley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lillian Larsen Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Lillian Larsen Elementary's enrollment has climbed 20% since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 448). Class-load math has tightened: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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