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Arthur Hapgood Elementary

Public Grades K-6
5052nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,817 California Elementary Schools
Better than 13% of California elementary schools
Summary

Arthur Hapgood Elementary is a 768-student K–6 school in Lompoc, California, and part of Lompoc Unified; it is the largest of the nearby K–6 schools listed, with 134 more students than Miguelito Elementary. The clearest concern is English language arts (ELA): in 2025–26, 24% of students were proficient, versus 49% statewide and 31% districtwide. That was 10 points below the average for nearby K–6 schools and the second-lowest result among nine schools in that group, making ELA the school’s most consistent academic weakness.

Results vary by subject: ELA and math trail the state, while science and Spanish-language listening are relative strengths. Math proficiency was 16% in 2025–26, compared with 38% statewide, 20% districtwide and a 23% average at nearby K–6 schools; four nearby schools scored lower. Science proficiency was 25%—11 points below the state, but 2 points above the district and 3 points above the nearby-school average. On the 2025–26 Spanish assessment, overall proficiency was 12%, above the state’s 10% and the district’s 10%; listening was 27%, 3 points above the state. These strengths do not erase the weaker core results, particularly in ELA.

Over time, ELA and math have declined, while science and attendance have improved. ELA fell from 31% proficient in 2023–24 to 24% in 2025–26, and math dropped from 23% to 16%; science rose from 19% to 25%. Chronic absenteeism improved from 42% in 2021–22 to 21% in 2025–26, though it remains 3 points above the state rate. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking fell from the 29th percentile in 2023–24 to the 13th in 2025–26, with one star. Its English Language Learner Students subgroup ranking rose from the 2nd percentile in 2022–23 to the 47th in 2023–24, suggesting a much stronger relative result for that group that year than the school’s overall 29th-percentile ranking; no later subgroup rank is provided. For context, the 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 24, versus a nearby-school average of about 22.3, and 77% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25.

768
Students ?
24.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,907
Per pupil spending ?
76.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
98%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)
 324 South A St.
       Lompoc, CA  93438-8000

(805) 742-2200

District: Lompoc Unified


Students who attend Arthur Hapgood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Lompoc Valley Middle
High:    Lompoc High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
84.1%
White:
7.4%
Two or more races:
6.9%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 11th percentile in 2015 → 13th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (19% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)
!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 25 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school19%
District avg24%
California avg42%
5,052nd of 5,817
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 13%▼ down 13 pts since 2016
From bottom 27% (2016) to bottom 13% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 9Elementary Schools in the Lompoc Unified
1265th of 1,530Lompoc Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202617.15052 of 581713.2%★☆☆☆☆
202520.64776 of 585718.5%★☆☆☆☆
202427.24187 of 586928.7%★☆☆☆☆
202324.94369 of 585925.4%★☆☆☆☆
202220.74782 of 588318.7%★☆☆☆☆
201927.94108 of 578929.0%★☆☆☆☆
201828.93917 of 566230.8%★★☆☆☆
201727.54048 of 569228.9%★☆☆☆☆
201625.74124 of 561426.5%★☆☆☆☆
201516.04988 of 561111.1%★☆☆☆☆
20139.65316 of 55303.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201215.54929 of 53908.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201110.95176 of 53773.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201014.64922 of 53147.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200910.74970 of 51934.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200810.64898 of 51134.2%☆☆☆☆☆
200723.84018 of 511321.4%★☆☆☆☆
200621.33899 of 481819.1%★☆☆☆☆
200516.74195 of 482213.0%★☆☆☆☆
200415.64303 of 480910.5%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202235.31261 of 222743.4%★★☆☆☆
201926.91955 of 258524.4%★☆☆☆☆
201827.11575 of 212826.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202442.21673 of 316247.1%★★☆☆☆
202318.73183 of 32451.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202227.02814 of 331115.0%★☆☆☆☆
201927.72649 of 327519.1%★☆☆☆☆
201845.31487 of 324654.2%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202619.24754 of 558114.8%★☆☆☆☆
202522.14499 of 559719.6%★☆☆☆☆
202424.84265 of 561224.0%★☆☆☆☆
202325.04232 of 560924.5%★☆☆☆☆
202218.64840 of 563514.1%★☆☆☆☆
201925.54188 of 549223.7%★☆☆☆☆
201830.43734 of 541331.0%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.24333 of 509414.9%★☆☆☆☆
202526.54013 of 510721.4%★☆☆☆☆
202433.93431 of 510732.8%★★☆☆☆
202330.33673 of 508727.8%★☆☆☆☆
202221.04441 of 508412.6%★☆☆☆☆
201933.33447 of 496330.5%★★☆☆☆
201837.53039 of 483037.1%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202620.14679 of 542313.7%★☆☆☆☆
202522.24575 of 546016.2%★☆☆☆☆
202431.63811 of 551730.9%★★☆☆☆
202327.14149 of 536322.6%★☆☆☆☆
202218.24767 of 52649.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.83949 of 517323.7%★☆☆☆☆
201834.13458 of 508432.0%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202616.84943 of 560311.8%★☆☆☆☆
202520.14697 of 562816.5%★☆☆☆☆
202430.73768 of 564333.2%★★☆☆☆
202325.44202 of 563825.5%★☆☆☆☆
202224.34296 of 566324.1%★☆☆☆☆
201930.83734 of 551032.2%★★☆☆☆
201828.03859 of 543128.9%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202619.82682 of 29278.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202524.52343 of 284717.7%★☆☆☆☆
202422.72252 of 263514.5%★☆☆☆☆
202322.72050 of 242015.3%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202429.91965 of 265125.9%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2024)47th percentile+18 vs school
Disabled (2022)43rd percentile+25 vs school
White (2024)26th percentile-3 vs school
Hispanic (2026)15th percentile~ school
Female (2026)15th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)14th percentile~ school
Male (2026)12th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)8th percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
Listening27%+3 vs state
Science25%-11 vs state
English Language Arts/Literacy24%-25 vs state
Writing18%~ state avg
Mathematics16%-22 vs state
Overall12%~ state avg
Reading7%~ state avg

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In the 2024-25 school year, 768 students attended Arthur Hapgood Elementary.

Students at Arthur Hapgood Elementary are 84% Hispanic, 7% White, 7% Two or more races.

Students who attend Arthur Hapgood Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Lompoc Valley Middle
High : Lompoc High

Arthur Hapgood Elementary ranks in the bottom 13.2% of California elementary schools.

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Latest California data All new data »
2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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