Enrollment
167
Elementary
DISTRICT 89 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHANDON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 063645006202
Shandon Elementary
301 South First St., Shandon, CA 93461 · (805) 238-1782 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL167 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
109 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 47% larger than its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Shandon Elementary→Shandon High
Based on grade levels within Shandon Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
34.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.4pp since 2014
Math
25.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.3% | 30.1% | 30.1% | 35.5% |
| Math | 5.3% | 20.2% | 26.6% | 47.9% |
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 | 34.4% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 10.5% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 13.9% |
| 2021-22 | 13.0% | 6.5% |
| 2018-19 | 25.6% | 23.8% |
| 2017-18 | 36.1% | 21.7% |
| 2016-17 | 37.7% | 21.4% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Shandon Elementary
Shandon Elementary's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shandon Elementary this school | 167 | 65.3% | 25.2% |
| Tomorrow's Leadership Collaborative (TLC) Charter Orange | 192 | 70.8% | N/A |
| Collegeville Elementary Stockton | 162 | 74.1% | 23.1% |
| Westside Elementary Five Points | 135 | 64.4% | 26.0% |
| Imperial Valley Home School Academy El Centro | 131 | 58.0% | 34.7% |
| Semitropic Elementary Wasco | 140 | 61.4% | 20.3% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Shandon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #4,054 of 5,151 | #37 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #3,707 of 5,172 ▲ 1,293 | #32 of 37 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #3,508 of 5,172 ▲ 579 | #32 of 37 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.2pp | #61 of 5,116 | #2 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 167 | #5,460 of 5,915 | #39 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #3,217 of 5,625 | #14 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #849 of 3,837 | #4 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
167
-24 (-13%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 161
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 167 | 10.3 | 16.1:1 | 65% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 157 | 10.6 | 14.8:1 | 69% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 175 | 9.7 | 18.0:1 | 77% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 10 | 19.1:1 | 79% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 11.5 | 19.6:1 | 79% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 11 | 19.2:1 | 77% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 200 | N/A | N/A | 82% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 173 | 9 | 19.2:1 | 63% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 161 | 8 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shandon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (225 to 167); teachers down 10% (11.5 to 10.3).
About Shandon Elementary
Shandon Elementary is a very small elementary school that serves part of Shandon, California. The school has 167 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Shandon Elementary is one school in a 3-school district, Shandon Joint Unified, which enrolls 261 students.
At Shandon Elementary, 87% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 11% White. Census figures show San Luis Obispo County is about 25% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Shandon Elementary scores 23%.
Its staff includes 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.1 students per teacher. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 65% of students at Shandon Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in San Luis Obispo County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
Shandon Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 22% of California public elementary schools.
Shandon Elementary ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 25.2%. Predicted: 41.3%. Difference: 16.1 points.
In San Luis Obispo County, home to about 281,555 people, median household income comes to about $97,446, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Luis Obispo County's 83 public schools enroll about 33,339 students and include Shandon Elementary.
The closest school to Shandon Elementary is Shandon High, located about 0.2 miles away. Nearby schools average 33.9% on proficiency, and Shandon Elementary is below that at 25.2%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 13% decline took enrollment from 191 in 2020-21 to 167 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.1:1 to 16.1:1.
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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 Shandon Joint Unified
- Shandon HighHigh · 83 students
- Parkfield ElementaryElementary · 11 students
Nearby schools
- Shandon High0.2 mi · 83
- Creston Elementary12.3 mi · 61
- Pleasant Valley Elementary13.8 mi · 58
- Winifred Pifer Elementary16.0 mi · 492
- Virginia Peterson Elementary16.0 mi · 461
- Almond Acres Charter Academy16.2 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Shandon ElementaryHow many students attend Shandon Elementary?
Shandon Elementary enrolls approximately 167 students in grades KG-08.
Is Shandon Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shandon Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Shandon Elementary?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Shandon Elementary.
How diverse is Shandon Elementary?
Shandon Elementary reports a student body of 11% White, 87% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Shandon Elementary?
Shandon Elementary is overseen by Shandon Joint Unified in San Luis Obispo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.