Los Ranchos Elementary

Set in San Luis Obispo, California, Los Ranchos Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community, one of the schools within San Luis Coastal Unified. It serves 521 students across grades K through 6.

Los Ranchos Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by San Luis Coastal Unified, a district that hosts 7,653 students overall.

Demographically, Los Ranchos Elementary records that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with San Luis Obispo County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Luis Obispo County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Los Ranchos Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.4%, the actual is 70.2%, a residual of +4.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Luis Obispo County put median household earnings sit near $97,446, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Luis Obispo County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students), Los Ranchos Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sinsheimer Elementary, around 3.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Los Ranchos Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Los Ranchos Elementary has rose 14%, going from 457 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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