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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Nipomo High	0.0mi	Public	9-12	525 North Thompson Rd.	Nipomo	93444	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3300	819	43	19.0	70.2%	225 (27.5%)	5 (0.6%)	542 (66.2%)	10 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	31 (3.8%)	59.8	820^th of 2137 public high schools	61.6%		61.4	785^th of 2162 public high schools	63.7%	35		41.0		39.5		60.3	60.0		21.5	21.4	$19,372	$16,590	$2,782
Central Coast New Technical High	0.2mi	Public	9-12	523 North Thompson Ave.	Nipomo	93444	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3350	318	17	19.1	50.3%	160 (50.3%)	2 (0.6%)	123 (38.7%)	7 (2.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.0%)	88.3	235^th of 2137 public high schools	89.0%		92.9	150^th of 2162 public high schools	93.1%	85		56.8		56.8		90.5	90.5		41.9	41.9	$19,079	$16,452	$2,627
Lopez Continuation High	6.1mi	Public	10-12	1055 Mesa View Dr.	Arroyo Grande	93420	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3750	96	9	10.9	77.1%	27 (28.1%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (65.6%)	2 (2.1%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	9.6	1974^th of 2137 public high schools	7.6%		11.2	1959^th of 2162 public high schools	9.4%	15		5.5		5.5		12.7	12.7		1.7	1.7	$28,736	$24,444	$4,292
Arroyo Grande High	6.9mi	Public	9-12	495 Valley Rd.	Arroyo Grande	93420	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3200	2,012	96	20.9	47.2%	966 (48.0%)	11 (0.5%)	845 (42.0%)	60 (3.0%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	115 (5.7%)	71.4	593^rd of 2137 public high schools	72.3%		79.9	414^th of 2162 public high schools	80.9%	179		40.9	8.3	40.0		66.5	66.5		36.2	36.2	$15,413	$12,818	$2,595
Santa Maria High	7.9mi	Public	9-12	901 South Broadway	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 925-2567	3,143	144	21.9	76.1%	39 (1.2%)	6 (0.2%)	3,057 (97.3%)	29 (0.9%)	4 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.1%)	41.4	1239^th of 2137 public high schools	42.0%		40.3	1251^st of 2162 public high schools	42.1%	12		29.0	5.9	28.3		43.5	43.5		19.4	19.4	$27,920	$26,640	$1,280
Pioneer Valley High	8.0mi	Public	9-12	675 Panther Dr.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 922-1305	3,080	140	22.0	71.9%	70 (2.3%)	13 (0.4%)	2,893 (93.9%)	87 (2.8%)	4 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	8 (0.3%)	45	1141^st of 2137 public high schools	46.6%		47.2	1092^nd of 2162 public high schools	49.5%	49		32.2	7.1	31.6		45.9	45.9		19.7	19.7	$26,979	$25,752	$1,227
Ernest Righetti High	12.0mi	Public	9-12	941 East Foster Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 937-2051	2,416	115	21.0	55.5%	424 (17.5%)	32 (1.3%)	1,815 (75.1%)	78 (3.2%)	17 (0.7%)	6 (0.2%)	34 (1.4%)	63.4	745^th of 2137 public high schools	65.1%		58	877^th of 2162 public high schools	59.4%	132		39.3		38.9		62.6	62.6		27.1	27.1	$29,708	$28,504	$1,204
Delta High	13.0mi	Public	9-12	4893 Bethany Ln.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 937-6356	291	14	20.7	78.7%	11 (3.8%)	2 (0.7%)	274 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9.6	1975^th of 2137 public high schools	7.6%		10.9	1974^th of 2162 public high schools	8.7%	1		2.4	13.3	3.1		16.6	16.6		0.0	0.0	$33,469	$32,788	$681
Pacific Beach High	18.1mi	Public	10-12	11950 Los Osos Valley Rd.	San Luis Obispo	93405	San Luis Obispo County	San Luis Coastal Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 596-4023	62	4	14.6	74.2%	23 (37.1%)	1 (1.6%)	32 (51.6%)	1 (1.6%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.8%)	8.9	2010^th of 2137 public high schools	5.9%		8.1	2112^th of 2162 public high schools	2.3%	102		0.0		0.0		17.9	17.9		0.0	0.0	$36,940	$36,138	$802
San Luis Obispo High	18.6mi	Public	9-12	1499 San Luis Dr.	San Luis Obispo	93401	San Luis Obispo County	San Luis Coastal Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 596-4040	1,678	78	21.5	39.0%	941 (56.1%)	18 (1.1%)	521 (31.0%)	72 (4.3%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	107 (6.4%)	89.7	210^th of 2137 public high schools	90.2%		87.2	260^th of 2162 public high schools	88.0%	50		57.5		57.2		75.7	75.7		53.5	53.5	$19,810	$18,796	$1,014

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