Summary:
The Lompoc Unified school district serves around 8,000 students across 16 schools in Lompoc, California, including 10 elementary, 2 middle, and 4 high schools, with performance that ranks below the state average overall.
Performance varies widely across the district, with clear standout schools and others facing significant challenges. Crestview Elementary and Cabrillo High are top performers, both ranking in the 63rd percentile statewide; Crestview excels in test scores and has remarkably low chronic absenteeism at 7.9%, while Cabrillo boasts an exceptional 98.1% graduation rate. Buena Vista Elementary is another strong choice. In contrast, Dr Bob Forinash Community Day and Maple High struggle with severe chronic absenteeism and very low test scores, and Leonora Fillmore Elementary ranks in the bottom 10th percentile.
Key district-wide challenges include chronic absenteeism, which at 23.6% is above the state average and strongly linked to lower academic outcomes, and mathematics proficiency, which lags significantly behind English. Schools located on Vandenberg Air Force Base, like Crestview and Vandenberg Middle, tend to perform better, while the gap between the district's two comprehensive high schools, Cabrillo and Lompoc High, is notable despite similar per-student spending.
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