Summary:
Lompoc Unified has four high schools: Lompoc High, Cabrillo High, Maple High, and Dr Bob Forinash Community Day. The first three serve grades 9–12; Forinash serves grades 7–12. Among the three schools with reported 2025–26 results, average proficiency was 23% in English, 12% in math, and 23% in science, versus state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The clearest overall finding is that scores differ sharply by school, with gaps between the highest and lowest reported results of 31 points in English, 24 in math, and 36 in science.
Cabrillo High stands out at the top, with 36% proficiency in English, 24% in math, and 39% in science; it is the only school above the state in science, by 3 points. Lompoc High falls in the middle at 30%, 13%, and 27%, respectively. Maple High is lowest, at 5% in English, 0% in math, and 3% in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings put Cabrillo at the 49th percentile, Lompoc at the 31st, and Maple at the 2nd. Forinash’s 2025–26 results are suppressed, so it cannot be ranked against these schools by current core scores.
Results moved in different directions over the two years reported: Lompoc’s science score rose 7 points while its English and math scores edged down; Cabrillo declined in all three subjects, most in English (9 points); and Maple’s science score improved 2 points while its English and math results fell. Graduation rates are above the state’s 88% at Cabrillo (95%), Lompoc (90%), and Maple (90%), but chronic absenteeism is 22% at both Cabrillo and Lompoc, 81% at Maple, and 76% at Forinash, compared with 18% statewide. The schools’ reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for school year 2024–25 are 48% at Cabrillo, 77% at Lompoc, 85% at Maple, and 97% at Forinash. Cabrillo and Lompoc have similar student-teacher ratios (19 and 19.5), while Maple’s is 14.7; these figures offer context, not an explanation for school results.
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