Laguna Middle

Located at 11050 Los Osos Valley Rd., in San Luis Obispo, California, Laguna Middle is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus that educates 780 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by San Luis Coastal Unified.

Within San Luis Coastal Unified, which oversees 16 schools and 7,653 students, Laguna Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Laguna Middle logs that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, Laguna Middle shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at Laguna Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Luis Obispo County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Laguna Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.7%; this one delivers 63.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Luis Obispo County put the typical household earns roughly $97,446 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Laguna Middle is one of 83 public schools in San Luis Obispo County (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students).

The closest other public school is C L Smith Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Laguna Middle at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 61.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Laguna Middle has decreased 5%, going from 817 students in 2018 to 780 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 59% to 55%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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