Is Cayucos Elementary a good school?

Cayucos Elementary ranks 1149 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Cayucos Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 180 students attended Cayucos Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Cayucos Elementary?

Students at Cayucos Elementary are 62% White, 28% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races.

Cayucos Elementary

Summary:

Cayucos Elementary is a public K-8 school in Cayucos, California, serving 171 students. This high-performing school consistently outperforms the state average in academic metrics, ranking among the top 20% of California elementary schools.

Cayucos Elementary's academic excellence is evident across subject areas. In 2023-2024, 61.82% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 47.04%. The school's Science performance is also impressive, with 63.33% of students proficient or better, far exceeding the state average of 30.7%. Notably, female students and white students at Cayucos Elementary perform exceptionally well, ranking in the top 12% and top 33% of California elementary schools, respectively. However, the school has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, from 5.7% in 2017-2018 to 31.5% in 2021-2022, an area that the school should address.

Compared to nearby schools, Cayucos Elementary outperforms most in academic metrics, including Templeton Home, Templeton Elementary, San Benito Elementary, and Cambria Grammar. However, Monarch Grove Elementary and Baywood Elementary, both part of the San Luis Coastal Unified district, have stronger academic performance in some areas. Despite having a relatively high percentage of low-income students, Cayucos Elementary's academic success suggests the school is effectively supporting these students.

Detail:

Public K-8

301 Cayucos Dr.
Cayucos, CA 93430-1036

(805) 995-3694

District: Cayucos Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
1149^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $25,013

Student/teacher ratio: 13.3

Number of students: 180

Racial breakdown:

White:

61.7%

Hispanic:

27.8%

Two or more races:

10.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 25.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cayucos Elementary ranks better than 80.4% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 80.02. (See more...)

Compare Details Cayucos Elementary ranks better than 87.1% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 86.38. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (61.7%), Hispanic (27.8%), two or more races (10%). (See more...)

Compare Details 25.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cayucos Elementary is 13.3. (See more...)

Compare Cayucos Elementary employs 13.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cayucos Elementary is $25,013. (See more...)

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cayucos Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Cayucos Elementary 1149^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Cayucos Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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White students:

SchoolDigger ranks Cayucos Elementary 358^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Cayucos Elementary in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Cayucos Elementary 182^nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cayucos Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Cayucos Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	91.71	413^th	4809	91.4%
2005	88.62	556^th	4822	88.5%
2006	92.42	366^th	4818	92.4%
2007	90.45	493^rd	5113	90.4%
2008	90.01	480^th	5113	90.6%
2009	95.59	123^rd	5193	97.6%
2010	88.74	520^th	5314	90.2%
2011	71.42	1428^th	5377	73.4%
2012	85.19	716^th	5390	86.7%
2013	84.99	761^st	5530	86.2%
2015	83.97	936^th	5611	83.3%
2016	68.53	1594^th	5614	71.6%
2017	65.77	1766^th	5692	69.0%
2018	70.06	1567^th	5662	72.3%
2019	79.27	1207^th	5789	79.2%
2021	81.78	252^nd	1417	82.2%
2022	89.06	742^nd	5883	87.4%
2023	87.31	855^th	5874	85.4%
2024	80.02	1149^th	5862	80.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cayucos Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	47.19	2538^th	5084	50.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Cayucos Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	70.42	1482^nd	5413	72.6%
2019	77.29	1204^th	5492	78.1%
2021	76.67	273^rd	1267	78.5%
2022	85.49	844^th	5635	85.0%
2023	89.41	669^th	5617	88.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Cayucos Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	60.05	1972^nd	5636	65.0%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Cayucos Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	53.03	1417^th	2737	48.2%
2019	61.17	1165^th	2834	58.9%
2022	79.52	470^th	2726	82.8%
2023	75.44	606^th	2662	77.2%
2024	68.04	871^st	2647	67.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Cayucos Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	79.38	296^th	1769	83.3%
2005	83.95	218^th	1777	87.7%
2006	81.50	265^th	1804	85.3%
2007	76.22	369^th	1999	81.5%
2008	75.04	385^th	2005	80.8%
2009	94.25	26^th	2063	98.7%
2010	91.45	72^nd	2179	96.7%
2011	84.28	212^th	2236	90.5%
2012	85.21	189^th	2259	91.6%
2013	88.11	119^th	2379	95.0%
2015	85.62	317^th	2477	87.2%
2016	72.22	608^th	2497	75.7%
2017	61.42	856^th	2508	65.9%
2018	66.25	721^st	2480	70.9%
2019	71.70	654^th	2715	75.9%
2021	60.62	310^th	894	65.3%
2022	84.04	401^st	2740	85.4%
2023	86.98	337^th	2802	88.0%
2024	86.38	358^th	2777	87.1%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cayucos Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	63.64	615^th	2230	72.4%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Cayucos Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.00	723^rd	2262	68.0%
2022	79.91	427^th	2509	83.0%
2024	85.56	338^th	2546	86.7%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Cayucos Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.17	813^th	1496	45.7%
2019	62.50	592^nd	1602	63.0%
2022	81.56	219^th	1555	85.9%
2023	74.23	344^th	1552	77.8%
2024	61.41	565^th	1535	63.2%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Cayucos Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	244	4	2	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	274
1989	254	3	8	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	288
1990	254	2	8	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	287
1991	261	3	6	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	293
1992	248	3	8	28	0	n/a	n/a	0	287
1993	281	3	7	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	323
1994	308	3	9	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	349
1995	268	5	7	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	300
1996	268	5	7	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	300
1997	252	1	8	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	290
1998	253	1	10	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	289
1999	261	1	8	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	296
2000	248	1	6	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	281
2001	262	1	5	30	4	n/a	n/a	0	302
2002	202	0	9	22	0	n/a	n/a	1	234
2003	202	0	9	22	0	n/a	n/a	1	234
2004	189	0	7	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	221
2005	182	1	7	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	209
2006	172	2	8	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	198
2007	164	4	9	31	1	n/a	n/a	3	212
2008	148	2	3	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	169
2009	148	4	6	27	0	1	1	0	187
2010	168	1	8	31	0	0	0	0	208
2011	168	1	9	29	1	0	0	0	208
2012	178	1	11	32	0	0	1	0	223
2013	174	1	9	28	0	0	5	0	217
2014	156	1	11	32	0	0	13	0	213
2015	148	0	6	28	0	0	11	0	193
2016	153	0	7	36	0	0	14	0	210
2017	138	0	5	47	0	0	21	0	211
2018	132	0	4	39	0	0	16	0	191
2019	119	1	2	44	0	0	14	0	180
2020	124	1	0	44	0	0	15	0	184
2021	109	0	0	38	0	0	15	0	162
2022	116	0	0	42	0	1	15	0	174
2023	109	0	0	46	0	0	16	0	171
2024	111	1	0	50	0	0	18	0	180

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cayucos Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	274	12.3	22.2	n/a
1989	288	13.1	21.9	n/a
1990	287	14.3	20.0	n/a
1991	293	14.3	20.4	n/a
1992	287	14.5	19.7	31.4
1993	323	14.8	21.8	30.7
1994	349	14.9	23.4	29.8
1995	300	14.3	21.0	29.3
1996	300	14.3	21.0	29.3
1997	290	15.3	19.0	30.3
1998	289	13.8	20.9	27
1999	296	15.5	19.1	26.7
2000	281	15.1	18.6	33.1
2001	302	16.1	18.8	25.2
2002	234	14.2	16.5	20.2
2003	234	14.2	16.5	20.2
2004	221	12.4	17.8	23.1
2005	209	12.3	17.0	20.1
2006	198	12.6	15.7	21.7
2007	212	12.4	17.1	16.7
2008	169	12.4	13.6	14.2
2009	187	12.7	14.6	19.8
2010	208	12.5	16.6	24.5
2011	208	n/a	n/a	29.3
2012	223	12.5	17.8	24.2
2013	217	12.5	17.3	36.9
2014	213	13.1	16.2	28.6
2015	193	12.0	16.0	34.7
2016	210	13.0	16.1	34.3
2017	211	13.5	15.6	37
2018	191	13.7	13.8	45
2019	180	12.9	13.8	43.3
2020	184	n/a	n/a	42.9
2021	162	13.3	12.1	34.6
2022	174	14.5	11.9	36.2
2023	171	14.4	11.8	39.2
2024	180	13.4	13.3	25.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cayucos Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	274	12.3	22.2	n/a
1989	288	13.1	21.9	n/a
1990	287	14.3	20.0	n/a
1991	293	14.3	20.4	n/a
1992	287	14.5	19.7	31.4
1993	323	14.8	21.8	30.7
1994	349	14.9	23.4	29.8
1995	300	14.3	21.0	29.3
1996	300	14.3	21.0	29.3
1997	290	15.3	19.0	30.3
1998	289	13.8	20.9	27
1999	296	15.5	19.1	26.7
2000	281	15.1	18.6	33.1
2001	302	16.1	18.8	25.2
2002	234	14.2	16.5	20.2
2003	234	14.2	16.5	20.2
2004	221	12.4	17.8	23.1
2005	209	12.3	17.0	20.1
2006	198	12.6	15.7	21.7
2007	212	12.4	17.1	16.7
2008	169	12.4	13.6	14.2
2009	187	12.7	14.6	19.8
2010	208	12.5	16.6	24.5
2011	208	n/a	n/a	29.3
2012	223	12.5	17.8	24.2
2013	217	12.5	17.3	36.9
2014	213	13.1	16.2	28.6
2015	193	12.0	16.0	34.7
2016	210	13.0	16.1	34.3
2017	211	13.5	15.6	37
2018	191	13.7	13.8	45
2019	180	12.9	13.8	43.3
2020	184	n/a	n/a	42.9
2021	162	13.3	12.1	34.6
2022	174	14.5	11.9	36.2
2023	171	14.4	11.8	39.2
2024	180	13.4	13.3	25.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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