Maple High

Maple High is one of the very small high schools in Lompoc, California, part of Lompoc Unified, with 135 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Maple High sits 84% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Lompoc Unified, which oversees 16 schools and 8,896 students, Maple High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Maple High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 19% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Maple High has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Santa Barbara County's rate of about 68%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Santa Barbara County put the typical household earns roughly $98,161 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Barbara County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students), of which Maple High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Buena Vista Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maple High.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 127 students in 2018 compared to 135 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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