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Which teacher or staff member at Nipomo Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUCIA MAR UNIFIED·NCES 062308003524
Nipomo Elementary
190 East Price St., Nipomo, CA 93444 · (805) 474-3780 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
365 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 99 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 65% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
29.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.6pp since 2014
Math
22.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.0% | 18.4% | 22.0% | 48.6% |
| Math | 9.8% | 12.6% | 23.7% | 54.0% |
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 | 29.4% | 22.3% |
| 2023-24 | 32.6% | 21.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.1% | 26.2% |
| 2021-22 | 34.6% | 16.1% |
| 2018-19 | 42.0% | 35.9% |
| 2017-18 | 41.7% | 29.0% |
| 2016-17 | 37.4% | 27.3% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Nipomo Elementary
Nipomo Elementary's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nipomo Elementary this school | 436 | 83.7% | 25.9% |
| Gerber Elementary Gerber | 400 | 81.5% | 9.9% |
| Grace Hudson Elementary Ukiah | 449 | 79.1% | 27.8% |
| William H. Frazier Elementary Fallbrook | 514 | 82.1% | 41.8% |
| Glenwood Elementary Stockton | 378 | 86.5% | 34.9% |
| Meadow Lane Elementary Lemoore | 464 | 81.9% | 36.6% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Nipomo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #3,972 of 5,151 | #36 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,065 of 5,172 ▼ 52 | #36 of 37 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #4,049 of 5,172 ▼ 556 | #36 of 37 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #3,192 of 5,116 | #27 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #3,208 of 5,915 | #17 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #913 of 5,352 | #9 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #3,832 of 5,354 | #36 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #1,807 of 5,625 | #3 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #831 of 1,139 | #13 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
436
+69 (+19%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 436 | 21.9 | 19.9:1 | 84% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 20.8 | 18.5:1 | 88% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 20.2 | 18.3:1 | 80% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 85% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 18 | 23.3:1 | 71% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 20 | 23.4:1 | 75% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | N/A | N/A | 73% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 60% (393) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 21 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nipomo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (420 to 436); teachers up 21% (18 to 21.9).
About Nipomo Elementary
Nipomo Elementary is a public elementary school in Nipomo, California. Enrollment totals 436 students across kindergarten through 6.
Lucia Mar Unified operates 19 schools. Combined enrollment is 9,590 students.
At Nipomo Elementary, 81% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 17% White. That is higher than the 25% Hispanic share among all San Luis Obispo County residents. The diversity index for Nipomo Elementary is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 19.9:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 84%. The 54% average for public schools in San Luis Obispo County is 31 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Nipomo Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 21% of California public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Nipomo Elementary would be expected to post about 30.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.9%.
The school's county is San Luis Obispo County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,446 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Nipomo Elementary shares San Luis Obispo County with 82 other public schools.
Central Coast New Tech High is about 1.0 miles from Nipomo Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Nipomo Elementary holds 6 other public schools. Nipomo Elementary comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Nipomo Elementary in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 436, up from 367 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 18.4:1 to 19.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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San Luis Obispo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,555
Census ACS
Median income
$97,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
33,339 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lucia Mar Unified
- Arroyo Grande HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Nipomo HighHigh · 819 students
- Harloe ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- Dana ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Lange (Dorothea) ElementaryElementary · 577 students
- Ocean View ElementaryElementary · 547 students
Other schools in Nipomo
- Nipomo HighHigh · 819 students
- Dana ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Lange (Dorothea) ElementaryElementary · 577 students
- Central Coast New Tech HighHigh · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Central Coast New Tech High1.0 mi · 318
- Nipomo High1.1 mi · 819
- Dana Elementary1.8 mi · 612
- Lange (Dorothea) Elementary3.1 mi · 577
- Kunst (Tommie) Junior High4.2 mi · 912
- Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary4.8 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Nipomo ElementaryHow large is Nipomo Elementary?
Nipomo Elementary enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Nipomo Elementary serve?
Nipomo Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nipomo Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nipomo Elementary is approximately 19.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nipomo Elementary?
At Nipomo Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 81% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Nipomo Elementary public or private?
Nipomo Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lucia Mar Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.