Nipomo Elementary

Nipomo Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Nipomo, California, one of the schools within Lucia Mar Unified. Current enrollment sits at 436 students spanning grades K through 6.

Across the 19 schools in Lucia Mar Unified (9,590 students total), Nipomo Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nipomo Elementary reports that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 17% White. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Nipomo Elementary logs 22 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 Nipomo Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 84% of students at Nipomo Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Luis Obispo County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Nipomo Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.6%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -3.0 points.

Around the school, census data for San Luis Obispo County shows median household earnings sit near $97,446, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nipomo Elementary is one of 83 public schools in San Luis Obispo County (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students).

Central Coast New Tech High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nipomo Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 420 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 70% to 81%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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