📍 920 W. Tefft St., Nipomo, San Luis Obispo County, 93444
Dana Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Nipomo, San Luis Obispo County. The school has 600 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stacey Russell. It is part of the Lucia Mar Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
Dana Elementary enrolls 600 students across grades K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 4.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 406 | 68% |
| White | 153 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.3% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
453 of the school's 600 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dana Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Dana Elementary is one of 19 schools in Lucia Mar Unified, based in Arroyo Grande, California. The district serves 9,591 students district-wide and employs 484 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 600 students, Dana Elementary is larger than the district average of about 505 students per school.