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Enrollment
819
High
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUCIA MAR UNIFIED·NCES 062308010656
Nipomo High
525 North Thompson Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444 · (805) 474-3300 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL819 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
575 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 207 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 214 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 206 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 192 | 23% |
Student demographics
48%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
67.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +34.7pp since 2014
Math
19.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 35 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.6% | 39.1% | 19.3% | 13.0% |
| Math | 3.6% | 16.1% | 29.7% | 50.5% |
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 | 67.7% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 17.5% |
| 2022-23 | 53.3% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.3% | 22.7% |
| 2018-19 | 59.9% | 27.8% |
| 2017-18 | 51.9% | 25.2% |
| 2016-17 | 61.1% | 30.7% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 High
Nipomo High's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nipomo High this school | 819 | 70.2% | 37.2% |
| Linden High Linden | 743 | 69.3% | 34.4% |
| Exeter Union High Exeter | 909 | 65.6% | 48.6% |
| Gridley High Gridley | 670 | 70.6% | 60.8% |
| Lower Lake High Lower Lake | 966 | 75.8% | 17.1% |
| Kingsburg High Kingsburg | 1,073 | 62.6% | 54.7% |
Matched among California high 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 High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #606 of 1,052 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #689 of 1,056 ▼ 2 | #8 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #293 of 1,056 ▲ 505 | #5 of 10 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.8pp | #177 of 1,044 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 819 | #829 of 2,093 | #5 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #406 of 1,352 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #709 of 1,351 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #869 of 1,575 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #419 of 802 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
819
-68 (-8%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 1,148
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 819 | 43 | 19.0:1 | 70% (575) |
| 2023-24 | 867 | 46.1 | 18.8:1 | 71% (618) |
| 2022-23 | 891 | 46.2 | 19.3:1 | 68% (607) |
| 2020-21 | 887 | 49 | 18.1:1 | 76% (676) |
| 2017-18 | 920 | 53.2 | 17.3:1 | 66% (609) |
| 2015-16 | 964 | 51 | 18.9:1 | 58% (558) |
| 2010-11 | 1,148 | N/A | N/A | 47% (544) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nipomo High.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (920 to 819); teachers down 19% (53.2 to 43).
About Nipomo High
Nipomo High is a mid-sized high school in Nipomo, California, administered by Lucia Mar Unified. The school counted 819 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12.
Nipomo High is in Lucia Mar Unified, a district with 9,590 students across 19 schools.
At Nipomo High, 66% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 27% White and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 25% Hispanic share among all San Luis Obispo County residents. The diversity index for Nipomo High is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Nipomo High has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.0:1. High schools in California average 18.2:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 70% at Nipomo High. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in San Luis Obispo County.
On the allk12 Grade, Nipomo High lands at B-, ahead of 50% of California public high schools.
Nipomo High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.2%, compared with a predicted 38.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for San Luis Obispo County show that the median household earns about $97,446 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. San Luis Obispo County has 83 public schools with about 33,339 students, including Nipomo High.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Central Coast New Tech High, is the closest to Nipomo High. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Its average proficiency rate of 37.2% is above the 35.4% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Nipomo High is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Nipomo High had a net loss of 68 students, or 8%.
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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
- Harloe ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- Dana ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Lange (Dorothea) ElementaryElementary · 577 students
- Ocean View ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Paulding MiddleMiddle · 544 students
Other schools in Nipomo
- Dana ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Lange (Dorothea) ElementaryElementary · 577 students
- Nipomo ElementaryElementary · 436 students
- Central Coast New Tech HighHigh · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Central Coast New Tech High0.1 mi · 318
- Nipomo Elementary1.1 mi · 436
- Dana Elementary1.5 mi · 612
- Lange (Dorothea) Elementary2.8 mi · 577
- Kunst (Tommie) Junior High5.0 mi · 912
- Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary5.5 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Nipomo HighHow large is Nipomo High?
Nipomo High enrolls approximately 819 students in grades 09-12.
Is Nipomo High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nipomo High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nipomo High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nipomo High is approximately 19.0:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Nipomo High?
Nipomo High reports a student body of 27% White, 66% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Nipomo High?
Nipomo High is overseen by Lucia Mar Unified in San Luis Obispo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.