Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy

Located at 3745 Via Lato, in Lompoc, California, Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy is an average-sized elementary campus that serves 398 students (grades K through 6), operated by Lompoc Unified.

Across the 16 schools in Lompoc Unified (8,896 students total), Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 32% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Santa Barbara County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.8%; actual is 28.8%, a gap of -16.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Santa Barbara County put the typical household earns roughly $98,161 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy is one of 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students).

Nearest neighbor: Buena Vista Elementary, around 2.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 26.2%.

Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy has ticked down 13%, going from 459 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 48% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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