Ocean View Elementary

Ocean View Elementary operates as a mid-sized primary school in Arroyo Grande, California, part of Lucia Mar Unified. Current enrollment sits at 547 students spanning grades K through 6.

Lucia Mar Unified comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 9,590 students; Ocean View Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ocean View Elementary logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, San Luis Obispo County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ocean View Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below San Luis Obispo County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ocean View Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.3%.

In the surrounding community, 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. Across San Luis Obispo County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students), Ocean View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Harloe Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ocean View Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ocean View Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 634 students in 2018 compared to 547 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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