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Enrollment
780
Middle
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN LUIS COASTAL UNIFIED·NCES 063480005872
Laguna Middle
11050 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 · (805) 596-4055 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL780 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
338 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 358 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 422 | 54% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within San Luis Coastal Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
70.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.5pp since 2014
Math
58.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.9% | 36.6% | 15.9% | 13.7% |
| Math | 37.7% | 21.3% | 19.0% | 22.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.5% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.5% | 62.8% |
| 2021-22 | 65.3% | 57.7% |
| 2020-21 | 65.2% | 57.0% |
| 2018-19 | 73.7% | 70.5% |
| 2017-18 | 70.0% | 63.8% |
| 2016-17 | 66.8% | 66.5% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 55.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Laguna Middle
Laguna Middle's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Middle this school | 780 | 43.3% | 64.3% |
| Niguel Hills Middle Laguna Niguel | 693 | 44.6% | 65.2% |
| Marine View Middle Huntington Beach | 736 | 46.2% | 56.1% |
| Sinaloa Middle Novato | 693 | 42.1% | 53.1% |
| Andrew Carnegie Middle Orangevale | 687 | 45.9% | 44.2% |
| Pacific Beach Middle San Diego | 715 | 41.1% | 71.9% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Laguna Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #177 of 1,224 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #185 of 1,227 ▼ 25 | #2 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #174 of 1,227 ▲ 19 | #2 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #492 of 1,214 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 780 | #459 of 1,377 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #444 of 1,279 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #432 of 1,278 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #1,016 of 1,329 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #820 of 930 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
780
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 19.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 780 | 39.4 | 19.8:1 | 43% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 845 | 40.8 | 20.7:1 | 42% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 789 | 39.4 | 20.0:1 | 30% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 781 | 40 | 19.5:1 | 32% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 817 | 37.7 | 21.7:1 | 33% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 703 | 34 | 20.7:1 | 31% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | N/A | N/A | 32% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 829 | 39 | 21.3:1 | 21% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 36 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laguna Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (817 to 780); teachers up 5% (37.7 to 39.4).
About Laguna Middle
Laguna Middle is a medium-sized middle school in San Luis Obispo, California, administered by San Luis Coastal Unified. It serves 780 students in grades 7 through 8.
San Luis Coastal Unified counts 7,653 students in its 16 schools, and Laguna Middle is one of them.
Roughly 55% of students at Laguna Middle are White. Other reported shares: 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. San Luis Obispo County's residents are about 69% White, 15 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Laguna Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 19.8:1. That is lower than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The lunch program counts 43% of students at Laguna Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Luis Obispo County is 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Laguna Middle is A. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Laguna Middle falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 64.3% actual against 54.1% predicted.
Across San Luis Obispo County, the median household income is $97,446, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. San Luis Obispo County is home to 83 public schools and about 33,339 public school students.
The nearest public school is C L Smith Elementary, at about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Laguna Middle ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Laguna Middle's location as City: Small.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (781) and 2024-25 (780).
The Laguna Middle community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
San Luis Obispo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,555
Census ACS
Median income
$97,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
33,339 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Luis Coastal Unified
- San Luis Obispo HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Morro Bay HighHigh · 751 students
- C L Smith ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Los Ranchos ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Los Osos MiddleMiddle · 494 students
- Pacheco ElementaryElementary · 488 students
Other schools in San Luis Obispo
- San Luis Obispo HighHigh · 1,678 students
- C L Smith ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Los Ranchos ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Pacheco ElementaryElementary · 488 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Sinsheimer ElementaryElementary · 401 students
Other Laguna Middle schools
One other US public school is named Laguna Middle. Laguna Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Laguna Middle SchoolLaguna, NM · 118 students
Nearby schools
- C L Smith Elementary0.5 mi · 528
- Pacific Beach High0.9 mi · 62
- Hawthorne Elementary2.2 mi · 437
- Bishop's Peak Elementary2.4 mi · 358
- Pacheco Elementary2.6 mi · 488
- PEEP - PREPARE2.9 mi · 25
Frequently asked questions
About Laguna MiddleHow many students attend Laguna Middle?
Laguna Middle enrolls approximately 780 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Laguna Middle serve?
Laguna Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Laguna Middle?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Laguna Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Laguna Middle?
At Laguna Middle, the student body is approximately 55% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Laguna Middle public or private?
Laguna Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Luis Coastal Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.