Lompoc Valley Middle

Lompoc Valley Middle is a middle school of moderately sized scale in Lompoc, California, operated by Lompoc Unified, educateing 744 students in grades 7 through 8.

Lompoc Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,896 students; Lompoc Valley Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lompoc Valley Middle records that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 9% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Lompoc Valley Middle records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Lompoc Valley Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at Lompoc Valley Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Barbara County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lompoc Valley Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 18.3%, a residual of -12.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Santa Barbara County shows median household earnings sit near $98,161, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lompoc Valley Middle is one of 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students).

Mission Valley is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lompoc Valley Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lompoc Valley Middle at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 24.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lompoc Valley Middle has ticked down 7%, going from 804 students in 2018 to 744 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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