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Which teacher or staff member at Lompoc High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,593
High
DISTRICT 705 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOMPOC UNIFIED·NCES 062241002684
Lompoc High
515 West College Ave., Lompoc, CA 93436 · (805) 742-3000 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,593 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
1,222 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 400 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 433 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 351 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 409 | 26% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
31.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -19.6pp since 2014
Math
12.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 20 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.3% | 25.2% | 21.4% | 47.2% |
| Math | 1.6% | 11.3% | 17.6% | 69.5% |
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 | 31.4% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 15.2% |
| 2022-23 | 29.2% | 10.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.2% | 9.1% |
| 2018-19 | 40.8% | 15.3% |
| 2017-18 | 44.9% | 19.7% |
| 2016-17 | 55.9% | 21.3% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Lompoc High
Lompoc High's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lompoc High this school | 1,593 | 76.7% | 22.3% |
| Tulare Union High Tulare | 1,616 | 75.3% | 41.1% |
| Hilltop Senior High Chula Vista | 1,771 | 77.4% | 41.8% |
| Los Banos High Los Banos | 1,543 | 78.5% | 29.9% |
| Shadow Hills High Indio | 1,650 | 80.1% | 29.8% |
| Chula Vista Senior High Chula Vista | 1,864 | 80.1% | 28.6% |
Matched among California high 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 Lompoc High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #969 of 1,052 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #896 of 1,056 ▼ 136 | #10 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #988 of 1,056 ▼ 7 | #10 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #232 of 1,044 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,593 | #515 of 2,093 | #7 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #483 of 1,352 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.0% | #968 of 1,351 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #699 of 1,575 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #183 of 327 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,593
-33 (-2%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,405
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 1,593 | 81.6 | 19.5:1 | 77% (1,222) |
| 2023-24 | 1,649 | 83.4 | 19.8:1 | 78% (1,282) |
| 2022-23 | 1,690 | 87.3 | 19.4:1 | 61% (1,035) |
| 2020-21 | 1,626 | 75 | 21.7:1 | 66% (1,077) |
| 2017-18 | 1,502 | 68.1 | 22.1:1 | 75% (1,133) |
| 2015-16 | 1,398 | 63 | 22.2:1 | 71% (989) |
| 2010-11 | 1,375 | N/A | N/A | 68% (939) |
| 2000-01 | 1,686 | 75 | 22.5:1 | 44% (750) |
| 1990-91 | 1,405 | 62 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lompoc High.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,502 to 1,593); teachers up 20% (68.1 to 81.6).
About Lompoc High
Lompoc High, located in Lompoc, California, is a high-enrollment high school. It enrolls 1,593 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. That is 90% bigger than the average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
The district for Lompoc High is Lompoc Unified, with 16 schools and 8,896 students.
Of every 100 students at Lompoc High, about 82 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 9% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census figures show Santa Barbara County is about 48% Hispanic. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Lompoc High are from different groups.
There are 81.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lompoc High, giving a ratio of 19.5:1. High schools in California have an average ratio of 18.2:1. By family income, 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Santa Barbara County averages 68%, lower than here.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lompoc High would score about 34.6%. It scores 22.3%, 12.3 points below that figure.
The school's county is Santa Barbara County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $98,161, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Barbara County's 129 public schools enroll about 66,191 students and include Lompoc High.
Mission Valley is the nearest public school to Lompoc High, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lompoc High ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Lompoc High is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
In 2020-21, Lompoc High enrolled 1,626; in 2024-25, 1,593. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 19.5:1, from 21.7:1.
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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 Lompoc Unified
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,060 students
- Arthur Hapgood ElementaryElementary · 768 students
- Lompoc Valley MiddleMiddle · 744 students
- Miguelito ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Vandenberg MiddleMiddle · 565 students
- La Canada ElementaryElementary · 541 students
Other schools in Lompoc
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,060 students
- Arthur Hapgood ElementaryElementary · 768 students
- Lompoc Valley MiddleMiddle · 744 students
- Miguelito ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- La Canada ElementaryElementary · 541 students
- La Honda STEAM AcademyElementary · 531 students
Nearby schools
- Mission Valley0.4 mi · 61
- Dr Bob Forinash Community Day0.4 mi · 31
- La Canada Elementary0.4 mi · 541
- Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc0.5 mi · 125
- Clarence Ruth Elementary0.7 mi · 495
- Lompoc Valley Middle0.8 mi · 744
Frequently asked questions
About Lompoc HighHow large is Lompoc High?
Lompoc High enrolls approximately 1,593 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Lompoc High serve?
Lompoc High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Lompoc High?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Lompoc High.
How diverse is Lompoc High?
Lompoc High reports a student body of 9% White, 82% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lompoc High?
Lompoc High is overseen by Lompoc Unified in Santa Barbara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.