Sinsheimer Elementary

Located at 2755 Augusta St., in San Luis Obispo, California, Sinsheimer Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus that serves 401 students (grades K through 6), run under San Luis Coastal Unified.

San Luis Coastal Unified runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,653 students. Sinsheimer Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sinsheimer Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sinsheimer Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than San Luis Obispo County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Sinsheimer Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Luis Obispo County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $97,446 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, San Luis Obispo County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students), of which Sinsheimer Elementary is one.

Hawthorne Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sinsheimer Elementary. On composite proficiency, Sinsheimer Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Sinsheimer Elementary's enrollment has expanded 7% since 2018, when it stood at 376 (now 401). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 25% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.