San Luis Obispo County Community

San Luis Obispo County Community is one of the one-room-style 9-12 campuss in San Luis Obispo, California, run under San Luis Obispo County Office of Education, with 76 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so San Luis Obispo County Community sits 91% leaner than that benchmark.

Within San Luis Obispo County Office of Education, which oversees 4 schools and 345 students, San Luis Obispo County Community is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, San Luis Obispo County Community lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder looks like 26% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, San Luis Obispo County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of San Luis Obispo County's rate of about 54%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for San Luis Obispo County put median household income runs about $97,446, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. San Luis Obispo County Community is one of 83 public schools in San Luis Obispo County (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students).

The closest other public school is San Luis County Special Education, roughly 0.4 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

San Luis Obispo County Community operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at San Luis Obispo County Community has decreased 22%, going from 98 students in 2018 to 76 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 35% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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