Pacific View Academy
Arroyo Grande · CA · Lucia Mar Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Lopez Continuation High → Arroyo Grande High → Coastal Christian School → Nipomo High → Central Coast New Tech High → Santa Maria High → Pioneer Valley High → Trivium 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, Arroyo Grande High, Coastal Christian School 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 -27.7%/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.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lopez Continuation High Arroyo Grande |
Public | 0.1 | 96 | -22.0% |
| Arroyo Grande High Arroyo Grande |
Public | 3.5 | 2,011 | -3.2% |
| Coastal Christian School Pismo Beach |
Private | 5.2 | 348 | +78.5% |
| Nipomo High Nipomo |
Public | 6.1 | 819 | -7.4% |
| Central Coast New Tech High Nipomo |
Public | 6.1 | 318 | +25.7% |
| Santa Maria High Santa Maria |
Public | 12.3 | 3,143 | -1.3% |
| Pioneer Valley High Santa Maria |
Public | 13.1 | 3,080 | -2.4% |
| Trivium Charter Santa Maria |
Public · charter | 13.3 | 60 | +20.0% |