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Dorothea Lange Elementary
1661 Via Alta Mesa
Nipomo, CA 93444


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  • School Type: Elementary School
  • District: Lucia Mar Unified
  • Ranking compared to similar schools: 2
  • Acheived API growth target: No
  • API Score to meet growth target: 778
  • School Schedule: Standard
  • Grades: K-6
Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 7%
  • English learners: 26%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 2%
  • Migrant education program participants: 3%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 58%
  • Special education within past two years: 12%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 2.90
(based on the 89% who responded)
Graduate School
 8%
College Graduate
 24%
Some College
 32%
High School
Graduate
 22%
Not a High School
Graduate
 14%

State Rank: 4 out of 101
API Score:
(2010)
7732
Student Ethnicity:
Hispanic/Latino
 54%
White
 43%
Two or More
 2%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 93444:

Related Schools:
Arroyo Grande High rank: 8 in Arroyo Grande
Branch Elementary rank: 9 in Arroyo Grande
Dana Elementary rank: 5 in Nipomo
Dorothea Lange Elementary rank: 4 in Nipomo
Fairgrove Elementary rank: 6 in Grover Beach
Grover Beach Elementary rank: 5 in Grover Beach
Grover Heights Elementary rank: 7 in Grover Beach
Harloe Elementary rank: 8 in Arroyo Grande
Judkins Middle rank: 8 in Pismo Beach
Lopez Continuation High rank: A in Arroyo Grande
Mesa Middle rank: 6 in Arroyo Grande
Nipomo Elementary rank: 5 in Nipomo
Nipomo High rank: 8 in Nipomo
Ocean View Elementary rank: 9 in Arroyo Grande
Oceano Elementary rank: 4 in Oceano
Paulding Middle rank: 8 in Arroyo Grande
Shell Beach Elementary rank: 9 in Pismo Beach

Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2010 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2010.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2010 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 466KB; 73pp.)