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San Luis Obispo High

Public 9-12

 1499 San Luis Dr.
       San Luis Obispo, CA  93401-3060

(805) 596-4040

District: San Luis Coastal Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
178th of 2,123 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,101 Help

Feeder schools for San Luis Obispo High:

Elementary:    Bishop's Peak Elementary
    C L Smith Elementary
    Hawthorne Elementary
    Los Ranchos Elementary
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Middle:    Laguna Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  21.9
Number of students:  1,636

Racial breakdown:

White:
58.1%
Hispanic:
30.3%
Asian:
5.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  30.9%

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Compare Details San Luis Obispo High ranks better than 91.6% of high schools in California. It also ranks first among 3 ranked high schools in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 91.65. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details San Luis Obispo High has the largest high school student body size in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District. Racial makeup is: White (58.1%), Hispanic (30.3%), Asian (5.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 30.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at San Luis Obispo High is 21.9, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at San Luis Obispo High is $13,101, which is the lowest among 3 high schools in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District!
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Schooldigger 2022 Rankings:

San Luis Obispo High:

SchoolDigger ranks San Luis Obispo High 178th of 2123 California public high schools. (See San Luis Obispo High in the ranking list.)

San Luis Coastal Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Luis Coastal Unified 263rd of 1535 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for San Luis Obispo High

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Rank History for all students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 65.32 260th 1653 84.3%
2005 67.44 287th 1901 84.9%
2006 68.80 307th 1968 84.4%
2007 73.11 211th 2063 89.8%
2008 66.21 335th 2117 84.2%
2009 66.24 319th 2238 85.7%
2010 65.94 376th 2281 83.5%
2011 65.78 380th 2367 83.9%
2012 68.35 340th 2354 85.6%
2013 61.00 516th 2426 78.7%
2015 92.44 136th 1994 93.2%
2016 89.26 204th 2039 90.0%
2017 89.64 203rd 2021 90.0%
2018 89.83 206th 2017 89.8%
2019 96.07 79th 2133 96.3%
2021 83.49 209th 1290 83.8%
2022 91.65 178th 2123 91.6%

Rank History for Multi-racial students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.99 102nd 366 72.1%
2019 75.46 99th 422 76.5%
2022 89.08 29th 515 94.4%

Rank History for English Language Learner students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.98 339th 938 63.9%
2019 89.03 36th 941 96.2%
2022 43.75 431st 1044 58.7%

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.05 645th 1862 65.4%
2019 86.08 194th 1937 90.0%
2021 57.31 432nd 1126 61.6%
2022 80.89 262nd 1943 86.5%

Rank History for Homeless students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 82.31 31st 290 89.3%

Rank History for Female students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.98 137th 1760 92.2%
2019 95.32 74th 1833 96.0%
2021 73.56 255th 1054 75.8%
2022 89.53 182nd 1858 90.2%

Rank History for Disabled students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.14 580th 1052 44.9%
2019 64.58 241st 1117 78.4%
2022 52.51 364th 1161 68.6%

Rank History for Male students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.88 285th 1834 84.5%
2019 94.21 97th 1880 94.8%
2021 86.64 158th 1122 85.9%
2022 91.56 161st 1916 91.6%

Rank History for Asian students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.16 134th 581 76.9%
2019 75.98 140th 582 75.9%
2022 77.93 127th 581 78.1%

Rank History for Hispanic students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.67 630th 1742 63.8%
2019 88.40 142nd 1814 92.2%
2022 73.55 364th 1861 80.4%

Rank History for White students at San Luis Obispo High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.91 88th 1173 92.5%
2019 91.18 70th 1222 94.3%
2022 87.56 104th 1204 91.4%

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

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Enrollment information for San Luis Obispo High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1108 25 39 69 1 n/a n/a 0 1242
1989 1038 26 35 73 2 n/a n/a 0 1174
1990 1037 37 42 90 1 n/a n/a 0 1207
1991 1001 38 43 112 1 n/a n/a 0 1195
1992 1011 37 48 128 2 n/a n/a 0 1226
1993 997 38 50 134 3 n/a n/a 0 1222
1994 1023 25 57 131 5 n/a n/a 0 1241
1995 1110 31 60 139 1 n/a n/a 0 1341
1996 1110 31 60 139 1 n/a n/a 0 1341
1997 1195 25 76 140 5 n/a n/a 0 1441
1998 1278 29 75 139 6 n/a n/a 0 1527
1999 1385 25 61 157 8 n/a n/a 0 1636
2000 1369 33 68 165 8 n/a n/a 0 1643
2001 1375 32 51 172 8 n/a n/a 0 1638
2002 1231 24 55 184 12 n/a n/a 13 1519
2003 1231 24 55 184 12 n/a n/a 13 1519
2004 1233 27 54 204 10 n/a n/a 16 1544
2005 1201 21 68 192 7 n/a n/a 71 1560
2006 1188 27 66 218 9 n/a n/a 60 1568
2007 1181 41 77 254 5 n/a n/a 2 1560
2008 1151 39 81 241 6 n/a n/a 0 1518
2009 1130 32 74 275 4 3 8 0 1526
2010 1073 24 55 315 5 2 56 0 1530
2011 1023 26 66 296 6 1 35 0 1453
2012 1025 30 73 282 4 1 31 0 1446
2013 999 27 78 292 2 1 45 0 1444
2014 932 25 77 305 4 0 66 0 1409
2015 941 22 78 328 4 0 60 0 1433
2016 877 16 75 357 2 0 68 0 1395
2017 866 16 89 371 2 2 60 0 1406
2018 905 15 99 410 4 2 91 0 1526
2019 932 17 103 427 3 2 74 0 1558
2020 953 11 102 450 2 3 81 0 1602
2021 912 11 92 466 2 5 79 1 1568
2022 950 11 95 495 3 5 73 4 1636

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 San Luis Obispo High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1242 72.6 17.1 n/a
1989 1174 70.3 16.6 n/a
1990 1207 68.0 17.7 n/a
1991 1195 69.8 17.1 n/a
1992 1226 70.9 17.2 10.7
1993 1222 62.6 19.5 11.5
1994 1241 61.1 20.3 11.9
1995 1341 56.1 23.9 13.1
1996 1341 56.1 23.9 13.1
1997 1441 59.8 24.1 13.5
1998 1527 59.5 25.7 13.9
1999 1636 72.7 22.5 14.1
2000 1643 79.6 20.6 12.6
2001 1638 75.0 21.8 12
2002 1519 67.9 22.4 16.3
2003 1519 67.9 22.4 16.3
2004 1544 68.8 22.4 17.3
2005 1560 70.7 22.1 20.4
2006 1568 79.8 19.6 21.2
2007 1560 77.6 20.1 19.5
2008 1518 59.0 25.7 18.2
2009 1526 69.9 19.0 20.3
2010 1530 70.1 21.8 20.3
2011 1453 n/a n/a 20.9
2012 1446 67.9 21.2 22.8
2013 1444 67.0 21.5 25.8
2014 1409 64.8 21.7 24.6
2015 1433 64.0 22.3 25.4
2016 1395 65.0 21.4 27
2017 1406 64.1 21.9 23.2
2018 1526 64.7 23.5 28.9
2019 1558 67.2 23.1 25.3
2020 1602 n/a n/a 23.8
2021 1568 75.1 20.8 23
2022 1636 74.4 21.9 30.9

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

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch
For information about the National School Lunch Program, see the USDA Website

Student/Teacher Ratio San Luis Obispo High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1242 72.6 17.1 n/a
1989 1174 70.3 16.6 n/a
1990 1207 68.0 17.7 n/a
1991 1195 69.8 17.1 n/a
1992 1226 70.9 17.2 10.7
1993 1222 62.6 19.5 11.5
1994 1241 61.1 20.3 11.9
1995 1341 56.1 23.9 13.1
1996 1341 56.1 23.9 13.1
1997 1441 59.8 24.1 13.5
1998 1527 59.5 25.7 13.9
1999 1636 72.7 22.5 14.1
2000 1643 79.6 20.6 12.6
2001 1638 75.0 21.8 12
2002 1519 67.9 22.4 16.3
2003 1519 67.9 22.4 16.3
2004 1544 68.8 22.4 17.3
2005 1560 70.7 22.1 20.4
2006 1568 79.8 19.6 21.2
2007 1560 77.6 20.1 19.5
2008 1518 59.0 25.7 18.2
2009 1526 69.9 19.0 20.3
2010 1530 70.1 21.8 20.3
2011 1453 n/a n/a 20.9
2012 1446 67.9 21.2 22.8
2013 1444 67.0 21.5 25.8
2014 1409 64.8 21.7 24.6
2015 1433 64.0 22.3 25.4
2016 1395 65.0 21.4 27
2017 1406 64.1 21.9 23.2
2018 1526 64.7 23.5 28.9
2019 1558 67.2 23.1 25.3
2020 1602 n/a n/a 23.8
2021 1568 75.1 20.8 23
2022 1636 74.4 21.9 30.9

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for San Luis Obispo High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $13,101

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on San Luis Obispo High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Pandemic (2021-2022)		 Change (%)
Ranks 79th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 178th of 2123 High schools
 4.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Pandemic (2021-2022)		 Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Luis Obispo High)81.374.7
 6.7%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Luis Coastal Unified)7672.9
 3.1%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.354.8
 2.5%
11th Grade Mathematics (San Luis Obispo High)58.754
 4.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (San Luis Coastal Unified)52.247
 5.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227
 5.3%
11th Grade Science (San Luis Obispo High)60.560.4
 0.1%
   11th Grade Science (San Luis Coastal Unified)51.852.3
 0.5%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.430.8
 0.4%
12th Grade Science (San Luis Obispo High)50.830.2
 20.6%
   12th Grade Science (San Luis Coastal Unified)4529
 16%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.8
 1.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Pandemic (2020-2021)		 Change (%)
Total Students15581568
 0.6%
African American1711
 35.3%
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian10392
 10.7%
Hispanic427466
 9.1%
Pacific Islander25
 150%
White932912
 2.1%
Two or More Races7479
 6.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients25.3%23%
 2.3%



Frequently Asked Questions about San Luis Obispo High

Students at San Luis Obispo High are 58% White, 30% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

In the 2021-22 school year, 1,636 students attended San Luis Obispo High.

Yes. San Luis Obispo High ranks in the top 8.4% of California high schools.

San Luis Obispo High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Bishop's Peak Elementary
Elementary : C L Smith Elementary
Elementary : Hawthorne Elementary
Elementary : Los Ranchos Elementary
Elementary : Sinsheimer Elementary
Middle : Laguna Middle


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