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District details
School board members: 5
Students: 2,737 (2023-2024)
Schools: 8 (2023-2024)
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Pacifica School District is a school district in California (San Mateo County). During the 2024 school year, 2,737 students attended one of the district's eight schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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Recall elections

 
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Recall procedures

State Specific grounds required? Signature requirement Petition circulation time When recalls can start
California No 10% to 30% of registered voters (depending on population of jurisdiction) 40 to 160 days (depending on population of jurisdiction) Recalls cannot start until an official has been in office for 90 days, and they cannot start in the last six months of an officer's term


Recall efforts

2025
See also: Pacifica School District recall, California (2025)

An effort to recall four members of the Pacifica School District board of trustees in California began in April 2025. Elizabeth Bredall, Kai Doggett, Lynda Brocchini, and Laverne Villalobos were named in the notices of intent to recall. The deadline for organizers to submit signatures for Bredall and Villalobos was October 16, 2025. The deadline for organizers to submit signatures for Doggett and Brocchini was November 7, 2025. Sufficient signatures to trigger a recall election were not submitted for any of the members.[1][2][3][4]

The recall effort started after the board voted in January 2025 to close the 6th through 8th grade programming at Ocean Shore and Vallemar schools and relocate those students to Sunset Ridge School and Ingrid B. Lacy Middle School. The board said the closures would help close budget deficits for the current school year as well as the following two school years. The Ocean Shore School Parent Teacher Organization filed a lawsuit in February 2025, alleging that the district violated five laws with the closures and relocations.[1]


About the district

School board

The Pacifica School District consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Lynda Brocchini2028
Kai Doggett2028
Elizabeth Bredall2026
Nidhi Patel2026
Laverne Villalobos2026

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Pacifica School District
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
California State Assembly District 23Marc BermanDemocratic Party 99% 6%
California State Assembly District 21Diane PapanDemocratic Party 1% < 1%

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

Revenue, 2021-2022
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $2,541,000 $904 6%
Local: $12,070,000 $4,294 27%
State: $30,031,000 $10,683 67%
Total: $44,642,000 $15,881
Expenditures, 2021-2022
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $47,590,000 $16,929
Total Current Expenditures: $42,389,000 $15,079
Instructional Expenditures: $22,301,000 $7,933 47%
Student and Staff Support: $3,503,000 $1,246 7%
Administration: $4,700,000 $1,672 10%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $11,885,000 $4,228 25%
Total Capital Outlay: $1,763,000 $627
Construction: $1,156,000 $411
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $0 $0
Interest on Debt: $3,070,000 $1,092

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[6]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2021-2022 51 58 21-39 37 PS 55-59 56
2020-2021 47 50-54 21-39 35 55-59 50
2018-2019 56 61 21-39 38 <50 62 65
2017-2018 58 58 40-59 38 PS 62 68
2016-2017 54 55 21-39 39 <50 56 63
2015-2016 48 48 <=20 34 <50 50-54 57
2014-2015 50 46 <=10 38 <50 55-59 59
2013-2014 40-59 >=50 PS PS >=50
2012-2013 65 70 30-39 54 >=50 70-74 70
2011-2012 65 67 40-49 56 <50 65-69 70
2010-2011 63 65 30-39 51 <50 65-69 69

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2021-2022 53 59 21-39 38 PS 60-64 58
2020-2021 55 55-59 40-59 43 60-64 60
2018-2019 60 59 21-39 45 <50 67 68
2017-2018 60 59 40-59 43 PS 62 69
2016-2017 58 57 21-39 45 <50 58 67
2015-2016 57 53 <=20 44 <50 60-64 66
2014-2015 56 53 11-19 43 <50 60-64 66
2013-2014 40-59 >=50 PS PS >=50
2012-2013 68 64 30-39 59 <50 70-74 74
2011-2012 70 68 40-49 60 <50 75-79 75
2010-2011 67 64 40-49 55 >=50 70-74 74

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Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[7]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024 2,737 -0.8
2022-2023 2,759 -1.9
2021-2022 2,811 -6.9
2020-2021 3,006 -3.5
2019-2020 3,110 0.0
2018-2019 3,111 -0.1
2017-2018 3,114 -1.2
2016-2017 3,150 -1.7
2015-2016 3,205 1.7
2014-2015 3,150 -2.4
2013-2014 3,225 -0.3
2012-2013 3,234 0.5
2011-2012 3,218 1.7
2010-2011 3,164 0.9
2009-2010 3,135 0.8
2008-2009 3,111 0.4
2007-2008 3,100 -0.8
2006-2007 3,124 1.4
2005-2006 3,081 -0.6
2004-2005 3,101 -2.2
2003-2004 3,169 0.5
2002-2003 3,153 0.4
2001-2002 3,140 -3.2
2000-2001 3,242 -12.1
1999-2000 3,633 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2023-2024
RACE Pacifica School District (%) California K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.2 0.4
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 15.9 12.1
Black 1.1 4.9
Hispanic 26.6 56.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.5 0.4
Two or More Races 16.6 5.8
White 39.0 20.2

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[8]

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Pacifica School District had 126.18 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 21.69.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 0.00
Kindergarten: 18.33
Elementary: 107.85
Secondary: 0.00
Total: 126.18

Pacifica School District employed 3.00 district administrators and 8.00 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 3.00
District Administrative Support: 9.00
School Administrators: 8.00
School Administrative Support: 11.00
Other staff, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 35.50
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 2.90
Total Guidance Counselors: 6.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 6.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.00
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 5.40
Other Support Services: 32.00

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[9]

The Pacifica School District operates eight schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Cabrillo Elementary534KG-8
Ingrid B. Lacy Middle4696-8
Linda Mar Educational Center0
Ocean Shore Elementary401KG-8
Ortega Elementary402KG-5
Pacifica Independent Home Study19KG-8
Sunset Ridge Elementary380KG-5
Vallemar Elementary519KG-8


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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coastside News, "Parents file lawsuit against Pacifica School District," March 19, 2025
    2. ↑ GoFundMe, "Recall PSD Board," accessed March 31, 2025
    3. ↑ San Mateo County Elections, "Information on Recalls of Elected Officials: Current Recall Efforts and Information," accessed May 6, 2025
    4. ↑ Coastside News, "Petition to recall Pacifica school trustees fails to qualify for ballot," November 10, 2025
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    6. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2021-22 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed October 18, 2025
    7. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    8. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    9. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
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