Cayucos Elementary

The Cayucos area list contains one school, Cayucos Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 8, with 185 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades results were above state results in every reported subject: 69% versus 49% in English language arts (ELA), 60% versus 38% in math, and 63% versus 36% in science. The school’s advantage was largest in science, at about 27 percentage points.

Within the school, fourth-grade ELA was the strongest reported grade-level result, at 83%, while fifth-grade math was the lowest, at 39%; third-grade math was also a high point, at 73%. Every reported grade-level result was above its state benchmark, but the margin was narrowest in fifth-grade math, at about 2 points, compared with about 38 points for fourth-grade ELA. Science results were 61% in grade 5 and 65% in grade 8. Grade-level results compare different student groups, and the single-school list does not allow comparisons among schools.

All-grades scores rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA moved from 68% to 69%, math from 56% to 60%, and science from 58% to 63%; the school’s advantage over the state widened slightly in ELA and more in math and science. SchoolDigger ranked the school in the 84th percentile with four stars in 2025–2026, compared with the 85th percentile and four stars the prior year and the 80th percentile and four stars in 2023–2024. Chronic absenteeism was 16% versus 18% statewide in 2025–2026. Context measures include a 12.6 student–teacher ratio and 23% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.