Pacific View Academy

As an one-room-style unified-grade school in Arroyo Grande, California, Pacific View Academy hosts 114 students from grades K through 12, operated by Lucia Mar Unified. That puts it 81% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Lucia Mar Unified runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 9,590 students. Pacific View Academy is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Pacific View Academy reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. By comparison, San Luis Obispo County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Luis Obispo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,446 per year, 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), Pacific View Academy is one campus in the mix.

Lopez Continuation High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pacific View Academy.

Pacific View Academy operates from a small-town location. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

On the community side, the feed for Pacific View Academy typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.