Del Mar Elementary

Del Mar Elementary is an elementary campus of cozy scale in Morro Bay, California, part of San Luis Coastal Unified, enrolling 271 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Del Mar Elementary sits 42% below that benchmark.

San Luis Coastal Unified runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,653 students. Del Mar Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Del Mar Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 37% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Del Mar Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Del Mar Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Del Mar Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.3%.

Around the school, San Luis Obispo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,446 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, San Luis Obispo County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students), of which Del Mar Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Morro Bay High, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Del Mar Elementary. On composite proficiency, Del Mar Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 375 students in 2018 compared to 271 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

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