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Enrollment
1,678
High
DISTRICT 830 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN LUIS COASTAL UNIFIED·NCES 063480005880
San Luis Obispo High
1499 San Luis Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 · (805) 596-4040 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,678 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of California public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
655 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 458 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 412 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 415 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 393 | 23% |
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
67.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.8pp since 2014
Math
50.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 42.4% | 24.8% | 15.5% | 17.3% |
| Math | 30.2% | 20.7% | 19.9% | 29.2% |
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 | 67.2% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.3% | 56.1% |
| 2021-22 | 74.7% | 54.0% |
| 2020-21 | 69.0% | 47.1% |
| 2018-19 | 81.3% | 58.7% |
| 2017-18 | 72.0% | 56.5% |
| 2016-17 | 74.8% | 59.1% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 59.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 San Luis Obispo High
San Luis Obispo High's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Luis Obispo High this school | 1,678 | 39.0% | 59.3% |
| Dana Hills High Dana Point | 1,725 | 42.0% | 60.0% |
| Analy High Sebastopol | 1,473 | 40.9% | 49.1% |
| Tehachapi High Tehachapi | 1,260 | 40.0% | 35.1% |
| Petaluma High Petaluma | 1,193 | 40.9% | 43.5% |
| Bella Vista High Fair Oaks | 1,939 | 35.6% | 50.2% |
Matched among California high 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 San Luis Obispo High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #184 of 1,052 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #157 of 1,056 ▲ 11 | #2 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #311 of 1,056 ▼ 94 | #7 of 10 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #118 of 1,044 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,678 | #457 of 2,093 | #3 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #774 of 1,352 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #466 of 1,351 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #1,300 of 1,575 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #127 of 327 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,678
+110 (+7%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,195
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 1,678 | 77.8 | 21.6:1 | 39% (655) |
| 2023-24 | 1,650 | 78 | 21.1:1 | 40% (652) |
| 2022-23 | 1,644 | 78.6 | 20.9:1 | 27% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 1,568 | 75 | 20.9:1 | 23% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 1,526 | 64.7 | 23.6:1 | 29% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 1,395 | 65 | 21.5:1 | 27% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 1,453 | N/A | N/A | 21% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 1,638 | 75 | 21.8:1 | 12% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 1,195 | 69 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Luis Obispo High.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (1,526 to 1,678); teachers up 20% (64.7 to 77.8).
About San Luis Obispo High
San Luis Obispo High is a large high school in San Luis Coastal Unified, located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school counted 1,678 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 100% above the average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
San Luis Coastal Unified has 7,653 students in 16 schools, and San Luis Obispo High is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at San Luis Obispo High is White: 56%. The remaining shares are 31% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. San Luis Obispo County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, San Luis Obispo High scores 58%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at San Luis Obispo High is 21.6:1, based on 77.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Lunch program data show 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Luis Obispo County is 54%.
Among California public high schools, San Luis Obispo High outscored 68%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, San Luis Obispo High's results are 2.6 points above predicted: 59.3% against 56.7%.
For San Luis Obispo County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $97,446, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 83 public schools in the county, enrolling about 33,339, San Luis Obispo High among them.
San Luis Obispo High is about 0.2 miles from PEEP - PREPARE, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, San Luis Obispo High ranks 5th on average proficiency.
San Luis Obispo High has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 1,568 (2020-21) to 1,678 (2024-25).
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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
- Laguna MiddleMiddle · 780 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
- Laguna MiddleMiddle · 780 students
- C L Smith ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Los Ranchos ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Pacheco ElementaryElementary · 488 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Sinsheimer ElementaryElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- PEEP - PREPARE0.2 mi · 25
- Teach Elementary0.9 mi · 193
- Hawthorne Elementary1.1 mi · 437
- Sinsheimer Elementary1.1 mi · 401
- Pacheco Elementary1.7 mi · 488
- Bishop's Peak Elementary2.2 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About San Luis Obispo HighHow large is San Luis Obispo High?
San Luis Obispo High enrolls approximately 1,678 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does San Luis Obispo High serve?
San Luis Obispo High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at San Luis Obispo High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at San Luis Obispo High is approximately 21.6:1 (78 FTE teachers).
How diverse is San Luis Obispo High?
San Luis Obispo High reports a student body of 56% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is San Luis Obispo High in?
San Luis Obispo High is part of San Luis Coastal Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.