Pacific Beach High

Pacific Beach High, a minimally staffed high school in San Luis Obispo, California, part of San Luis Coastal Unified, works with 62 students, covering grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 93% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

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

In terms of who attends, Pacific Beach High records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 37% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Pacific Beach High reports 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Luis Obispo County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Luis Obispo County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,446, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across San Luis Obispo County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students), Pacific Beach High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is C L Smith Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pacific Beach High.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pacific Beach High's enrollment has edged up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 53 (now 62). White enrollment moved from 51% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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