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San Luis Obispo High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1499 San Luis Dr.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone
(805) 596-4040
District
San Luis Coastal Unified
County
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1644
Classroom Teachers
79

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.1% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

San Luis Obispo High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
68%
41%
79%
55%
56%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
21
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 413 25.1%
Grade 10 442 26.9%
Grade 11 387 23.5%
Grade 12 402 24.5%
Total 1644 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 60.1% 60.7% 23.2%
Black 0.7% 0.7% 5.1%
Hispanic 33.1% 32.8% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.7% 5.4% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.5% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 26.6% 33.9% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 24.8% 31.6% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.8% 2.3% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 92,650 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 350.9 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.1% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.6% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 41.6% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 19.1% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 17.7% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 33,870 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 3.3% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.0% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 48.1% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 24.0% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.1% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.8% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.3% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.6% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.1% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 10.1% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,541 $64,524,000 43.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,114 $8,417,000 5.6%
Staff $808 $6,103,000 4.1%
General Administration $271 $2,044,000 1.4%
School Administration $1,019 $7,696,000 5.1%
Operation $1,772 $13,391,000 8.9%
Transportation $361 $2,731,000 1.8%
Other $771 $5,825,000 3.9%
Total Support $6,116 $46,207,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,179 $39,127,000 26.1%
Total Expenditures $19,836 $149,858,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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