Pacific View Academy
Arroyo Grande · CA · Lucia Mar Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Lopez Continuation High → San Luis Obispo County Community → Central Coast New Tech High → Maple High → Central Valley High (Continuation) → Alpaugh -Senior High → Shandon High → Grizzly ChalleNGe Charter →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Pacific View Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lopez Continuation High, San Luis Obispo County Community, Central Coast New Tech High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -26.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 114 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lopez Continuation High Arroyo Grande |
Public | 0.1 | 96 | -22.0% |
| San Luis Obispo County Community San Luis Obispo |
Public | 20.7 | 73 | +25.9% |
| Central Coast New Tech High Nipomo |
Public | 6.1 | 318 | +25.7% |
| Maple High Lompoc |
Public | 26.5 | 135 | +7.1% |
| Central Valley High (Continuation) Shafter |
Public | 80.8 | 86 | +1.2% |
| Alpaugh -Senior High Alpaugh |
Public | 84.3 | 96 | -1.0% |
| Shandon High Shandon |
Public | 42.6 | 83 | -5.7% |
| Grizzly ChalleNGe Charter San Luis Obispo |
Public · charter | 19.5 | 241 | +36.2% |