Central Coast New Tech High School
Nipomo, CA 93444
Phone: (805) 474-3350
District: Lucia Mar Unified
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 318 students
Central Coast New Tech High School, a public school located in Nipomo, CA, serves grades 9-12 in the Lucia Mar Unified School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 9 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
Central Coast New Tech High School is a public school located in Nipomo, CA. 318 students attend Central Coast New Tech High School.
School Ratings
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|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 10/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) data from California Department of Education, and using 2025 California Science Test data from California Department of Education. |
| College Readiness | 8/10 | The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using 2019 SAT percent college ready data from California Department of Education, using 2019 Average ACT score data from California Department of Education, using 2019 ACT percent college ready data from California Department of Education, using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from California Department of Education, using 2025 Percent of students who meet UC/CSU entrance requirements data from California Department of Education, and using 2025 demographic data from California Department of Education. |
Posted: September 2, 2023
I graduated from this school in 2017, absolutely the best culture and positive growth mindset oriented teachers who really helped me succeed. Just graduated from UCI and felt like CCNTH deserved the recognition, they definitely played a key part in getting me to where I proudly am today :)
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Posted: September 26, 2022
I want to retire here! Incredible sense of academic excellence, authentic inclusiveness of all students, and project based learning at the highest level.
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Posted: December 26, 2021
Great high school. I have had 3 children go through/going through CCNTH. Very hands-on and project/team learning, very little read textbook and take tests. Students learn team work, cooperation, time management, conflict resolution, public speaking, and professional presentation skills. Due to the small class sizes, teachers and students work closely together. CCNTH has great computer science and digital media pathways. Students take dual-enrollment classes instead of AP. I highly recommend this school, especially for students looking to take their education to the next level.
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CCNTH is a small, project-based public school within LMUSD. It offers a unique learning environment with relevant, practical, hands-on projects that engage the students and community in interactive ways. The small environment means that over the four years of attendance, your child will get to know every teacher on campus by the time they graduate. The staff really cares about each child and their accomplishments and abilities. The projects teach the kids how to interact with adults in the community and to improve in public speaking, and the lessons stick with them. Our oldest son graduated from CCNTH with almost 40 transferable community college units (from the dual-enrollment and after school classes available), and was accepted into the Cal Poly SLO Software Engineering program (among others). Some review sites don't give CCNTH credit for their dual-enrollment and CTE programs. While AP classes are not offered at CCNTH, the dual-enrollment college classes are a lower-stress alternative and earn college credit without a required AP test at the end. Our youngest son is currently a junior at CCNTH, and had to attend virtually last year due to the pandemic. The teachers and staff did an amazing job at adjusting and keeping the kids learning despite the online format. We're so thankful to have this educational option in our community!
Reviews provided by GreatSchools™
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| Base | Distance |
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| Vandenberg AFB | 22.2 mi. |
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