Cappy Culver Elementary

Cappy Culver Elementary is a tight-knit elementary campus in Paso Robles, California, operated by San Miguel Joint Union. The school educates 220 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 53% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 2 schools in San Miguel Joint Union (668 students total), Cappy Culver Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Cappy Culver Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to San Luis Obispo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 48% of students at Cappy Culver Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cappy Culver Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 44.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Luis Obispo County put median household earnings sit near $97,446, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across San Luis Obispo County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students), Cappy Culver Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bradley Elementary, around 9.2 miles off. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cappy Culver Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cappy Culver Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 225 (now 220). Class-load math has widened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

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