Cabrillo High

Summary:

Cabrillo High is a public high school located in Lompoc, California, serving grades 9-12 with a student population of 1,066. It is part of the Lompoc Unified School District, which is ranked 1202 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cabrillo High consistently outperforms the Lompoc Unified School District and the state of California in academic assessments, with 43.01% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 30.73% for the district and 55.73% for the state. The school also maintains a high graduation rate of 94.9%, significantly higher than the district's 90.3%. Additionally, Cabrillo High has a lower dropout rate of 2.3% compared to 3.8% for Lompoc High. However, the school has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism, from 12.4% in 2020-2021 to 28.6% in 2022-2023, though it still performs better than the nearby Maple High, which had a 74.3% chronic absenteeism rate in 2022-2023.

While Cabrillo High outperforms the nearby Lompoc High and Maple High in most academic metrics, it lags behind the higher-performing schools in the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, such as Pioneer Valley High and Ernest Righetti High, which have stronger academic results and lower chronic absenteeism rates. Additionally, Cabrillo High's performance has shown a slight decline over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 284 out of 1290 California high schools in 2020-2021 to 741 out of 2323 in 2023-2024.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 4350 Constellation Rd.
       Lompoc, CA  93436-1003


(805) 742-2900

District: Lompoc Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
741st of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,911 Help


Feeder schools for Cabrillo High:

Elementary:    Buena Vista Elementary
    Crestview Elementary
    La Honda STEAM Academy
    Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy
Middle:    Vandenberg Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  18.6 Help
Number of students:  1,066

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
50.9%
White:
35.6%
Two or more races:
5.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  39.4% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Cabrillo High ranks better than 68.1% of high schools in California. It also ranks first among 4 ranked high schools in the Lompoc Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 55.4. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Cabrillo High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (50.9%), White (35.6%), two or more races (5.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 39.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Lompoc Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cabrillo High is 18.6. 2 high schools in the Lompoc Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cabrillo High is $8,911. 2 high schools in the Lompoc Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cabrillo High:

SchoolDigger ranks Cabrillo High 741st of 2323 California public high schools. (See Cabrillo High in the ranking list.)

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Lompoc Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Lompoc Unified 1202nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cabrillo High

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Rank History for all students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 64.89 268th 1653 83.8%
2005 72.60 211th 1901 88.9%
2006 70.56 277th 1968 85.9%
2007 66.41 326th 2063 84.2%
2008 68.42 295th 2117 86.1%
2009 71.23 237th 2238 89.4%
2010 69.09 312th 2281 86.3%
2011 68.31 325th 2367 86.3%
2012 68.84 323rd 2354 86.3%
2013 69.76 307th 2426 87.3%
2015 74.48 463rd 1994 76.8%
2016 76.63 434th 2039 78.7%
2017 69.25 617th 2021 69.5%
2018 62.09 757th 2017 62.5%
2019 71.77 503rd 2133 76.4%
2021 76.27 284th 1290 78.0%
2022 72.76 484th 2123 77.2%
2023 70.74 469th 2348 80.0%
2024 55.40 741st 2323 68.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.79 295th 366 19.4%
2019 45.93 249th 422 41.0%
2022 79.52 77th 515 85.0%
2023 30.79 490th 786 37.7%
2024 45.45 377th 804 53.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.84 452nd 938 51.8%
2023 36.47 568th 1323 57.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 54.10 405th 1547 73.8%
2024 23.52 1227th 1534 20.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.07 889th 1862 52.3%
2019 68.04 501st 1937 74.1%
2022 67.93 478th 1943 75.4%
2023 55.51 731st 2247 67.5%
2024 44.33 1003rd 2235 55.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.75 831st 1760 52.8%
2019 64.10 565th 1833 69.2%
2021 74.71 245th 1054 76.8%
2022 62.20 575th 1858 69.1%
2023 77.31 346th 2118 83.7%
2024 59.48 612th 2098 70.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.60 712th 1052 32.3%
2019 40.42 548th 1117 50.9%
2022 50.03 393rd 1161 66.1%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 76.30 36th 168 78.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.90 651st 1834 64.5%
2019 72.44 458th 1880 75.6%
2022 76.78 383rd 1916 80.0%
2023 60.87 596th 2207 73.0%
2024 48.08 860th 2172 60.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 71.20 113th 522 78.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.50 614th 1742 64.8%
2019 74.97 351st 1814 80.7%
2022 63.78 543rd 1861 70.8%
2023 61.94 561st 2142 73.8%
2024 39.90 1116th 2125 47.5%
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Rank History for White students at Cabrillo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.95 708th 1173 39.6%
2019 53.45 575th 1222 52.9%
2022 77.56 240th 1204 80.1%
2023 75.16 238th 1434 83.4%
2024 52.92 544th 1406 61.3%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Cabrillo High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 697 110 59 81 6 n/a n/a 0 953
1989 686 115 70 97 5 n/a n/a 0 973
1990 713 123 67 122 8 n/a n/a 0 1033
1991 716 115 65 113 8 n/a n/a 0 1017
1992 754 111 69 149 15 n/a n/a 0 1098
1993 762 108 61 167 12 n/a n/a 0 1110
1994 796 104 63 178 15 n/a n/a 0 1156
1995 802 143 63 198 11 n/a n/a 0 1217
1996 802 143 63 198 11 n/a n/a 0 1217
1997 823 164 79 199 10 n/a n/a 0 1275
1998 860 144 83 218 14 n/a n/a 0 1319
1999 868 124 80 190 13 n/a n/a 0 1275
2000 865 130 68 217 29 n/a n/a 0 1309
2001 901 130 67 283 32 n/a n/a 0 1413
2002 926 135 81 350 26 n/a n/a 0 1518
2003 926 135 81 350 26 n/a n/a 0 1518
2004 936 112 85 391 30 n/a n/a 0 1554
2005 981 109 83 423 33 n/a n/a 0 1629
2006 920 108 76 450 30 n/a n/a 0 1584
2007 729 80 56 466 19 n/a n/a 228 1578
2008 702 86 61 518 14 n/a n/a 0 1381
2009 678 79 61 472 10 7 217 0 1524
2010 658 54 57 589 6 5 139 0 1508
2011 665 55 49 588 17 4 112 0 1490
2012 643 50 51 575 17 8 83 0 1427
2013 646 45 54 596 16 6 86 0 1449
2014 655 48 56 569 21 9 83 0 1441
2015 601 50 66 620 17 6 87 0 1447
2016 605 49 62 642 11 4 90 0 1463
2017 540 40 51 625 13 3 74 0 1346
2018 505 41 47 618 10 3 67 0 1291
2019 462 38 45 549 5 3 74 0 1176
2020 435 44 47 561 1 5 65 0 1158
2021 422 42 55 579 4 2 69 0 1173
2022 384 38 45 549 9 4 66 1 1096
2023 379 32 43 543 10 1 58 0 1066

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cabrillo High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 953 46.2 20.6 n/a
1989 973 43.8 22.2 n/a
1990 1033 48.5 21.2 n/a
1991 1017 49.7 20.4 n/a
1992 1098 50.5 21.7 7.6
1993 1110 48.8 22.7 10.6
1994 1156 51.7 22.4 7.9
1995 1217 53.0 23.0 14
1996 1217 53.0 23.0 14
1997 1275 54.2 23.5 15.1
1998 1319 56.1 23.5 16
1999 1275 56.7 22.5 17.5
2000 1309 57.8 22.6 18
2001 1413 60.7 23.3 20.2
2002 1518 69.5 21.8 18.4
2003 1518 69.5 21.8 18.4
2004 1554 68.6 22.7 18.3
2005 1629 64.8 25.1 20.4
2006 1584 64.1 24.7 26.8
2007 1578 62.0 25.5 37.6
2008 1381 73.6 18.8 39.8
2009 1524 57.9 21.2 24.7
2010 1508 55.5 27.1 32.8
2011 1490 n/a n/a 35.4
2012 1427 62.7 22.7 n/a
2013 1449 62.6 23.1 43.6
2014 1441 63.5 22.6 40.1
2015 1447 65.0 22.2 42.8
2016 1463 63.0 23.2 41.1
2017 1346 65.0 20.6 43.9
2018 1291 60.7 21.2 47.7
2019 1176 55.2 21.2 46.2
2020 1158 n/a n/a 42.7
2021 1173 54.4 21.5 39.7
2022 1096 54.3 20.1 31.9
2023 1066 57.1 18.6 39.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cabrillo High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 953 46.2 20.6 n/a
1989 973 43.8 22.2 n/a
1990 1033 48.5 21.2 n/a
1991 1017 49.7 20.4 n/a
1992 1098 50.5 21.7 7.6
1993 1110 48.8 22.7 10.6
1994 1156 51.7 22.4 7.9
1995 1217 53.0 23.0 14
1996 1217 53.0 23.0 14
1997 1275 54.2 23.5 15.1
1998 1319 56.1 23.5 16
1999 1275 56.7 22.5 17.5
2000 1309 57.8 22.6 18
2001 1413 60.7 23.3 20.2
2002 1518 69.5 21.8 18.4
2003 1518 69.5 21.8 18.4
2004 1554 68.6 22.7 18.3
2005 1629 64.8 25.1 20.4
2006 1584 64.1 24.7 26.8
2007 1578 62.0 25.5 37.6
2008 1381 73.6 18.8 39.8
2009 1524 57.9 21.2 24.7
2010 1508 55.5 27.1 32.8
2011 1490 n/a n/a 35.4
2012 1427 62.7 22.7 n/a
2013 1449 62.6 23.1 43.6
2014 1441 63.5 22.6 40.1
2015 1447 65.0 22.2 42.8
2016 1463 63.0 23.2 41.1
2017 1346 65.0 20.6 43.9
2018 1291 60.7 21.2 47.7
2019 1176 55.2 21.2 46.2
2020 1158 n/a n/a 42.7
2021 1173 54.4 21.5 39.7
2022 1096 54.3 20.1 31.9
2023 1066 57.1 18.6 39.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Cabrillo High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,911

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cabrillo High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 503rd of 2133 High schoolsRanks 469th of 2348 High schools
 3.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Cabrillo High)53.150.8
 2.3%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Lompoc Unified)43.535.3
 8.2%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Cabrillo High)2833.2
 5.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Lompoc Unified)18.917.5
 1.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Cabrillo High)35.451.3
 15.8%
   11th Grade Science (Lompoc Unified)24.432.8
 8.5%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Cabrillo High)34.328.6
 5.7%
   12th Grade Science (Lompoc Unified)22.617.7
 4.9%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students11761066
 9.4%
African American3832
 15.8%
American Indian510
 100%
Asian4543
 4.4%
Hispanic549543
 1.1%
Pacific Islander31
 66.7%
White462379
 18%
Two or More Races7458
 21.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients46.2%39.4%
 6.8%


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Cabrillo High ranks 741st of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Cabrillo High are 51% Hispanic, 36% White, 5% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 3% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,066 students attended Cabrillo High.


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