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Lucia Mar Unified Schools
Lucia Mar Unified is a public school district in California, based in San Luis Obispo County (Arroyo Grande). SchoolGrade grades 19 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Lucia Mar Unified on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Lucia Mar Unified
2 of 19 schools in Lucia Mar Unified carry a SchoolGrade (17 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
D: 2
Every school in Lucia Mar Unified
High schools (4)
- Arroyo Grande High, Arroyo Grande
- Central Coast New Tech High, Nipomo
- Lopez Continuation High, Arroyo Grande
- Nipomo High, Nipomo
Middle and junior high schools (3)
- Judkins Middle, Pismo Beach
- D+ Mesa Middle, Arroyo Grande
- Paulding Middle, Arroyo Grande
Elementary and primary schools (11)
- Branch Elementary, Arroyo Grande
- D+ Dana Elementary, Nipomo
- Fairgrove Elementary, Grover Beach
- Grover Beach Elementary, Grover Beach
- Grover Heights Elementary, Grover Beach
- Harloe Elementary, Arroyo Grande
- Lange Dorothea Elementary, Nipomo
- Nipomo Elementary, Nipomo
- Ocean View Elementary, Arroyo Grande
- Oceano Elementary, Oceano
- Shell Beach Elementary, Pismo Beach
Other schools and academies (1)
- Pacific View Academy, Arroyo Grande
Where Lucia Mar Unified schools are
Cities and towns served (5)
- Arroyo Grande (8)
- Nipomo (5)
- Grover Beach (3)
- Pismo Beach (2)
- Oceano (1)
About this district
- State: Best schools in California
- County: San Luis Obispo County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: small suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 9,621 students with 493 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,076 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 0623080
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Santa Maria-Bonita (21 schools, 11 mi)
- Santa Maria Joint Union High (4 schools, 16 mi)
- Orcutt Union Elementary (10 schools, 19 mi)
- Atascadero Unified (12 schools, 22 mi)
- San Luis Coastal Unified (16 schools, 22 mi)
- Lompoc Unified (16 schools, 34 mi)
- Templeton Unified (7 schools, 36 mi)
- Shandon Joint Unified (3 schools, 39 mi)
Questions about Lucia Mar Unified
How many schools are in Lucia Mar Unified?
SchoolGrade grades 19 public schools in Lucia Mar Unified, across 5 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Lucia Mar Unified serve?
The largest by graded schools: Arroyo Grande, Nipomo, Grover Beach, Pismo Beach, Oceano.
How good are the schools in Lucia Mar Unified?
Across the 2 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D+, with 25% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 28%. 50% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Lucia Mar Unified?
9,621 students were enrolled in Lucia Mar Unified in the 2023-24 school year, about 19.5 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Lucia Mar Unified?
Lucia Mar Unified is in California, based in San Luis Obispo County, with its district office in Arroyo Grande. Its boundary covers about 486 sq mi.