Summary:
ZIP code 93401 has five schools: three K–6 elementary schools, one 9–12 high school and one K–12 alternative school; Peep – Prepare has no supplied test-score results. The central finding is that all four schools with reported results exceeded state proficiency in all three subjects: their averages were 70% in ELA, 59% in math and 58% in science, compared with 49%, 38% and 36% statewide.
San Luis Obispo High stands out in ELA, with 76% proficient—8 percentage points above the other tested schools’ average and 26 points above the state. Among the elementary schools, Los Ranchos Elementary leads in math at 68%, 12 points above the other two elementary schools’ average; it also leads them in ELA at 72%. Sinsheimer Elementary leads elementary science at 73%, 21 points above its two peers’ average. Hawthorne Elementary is lowest among the tested schools in all three subjects. Compared with the other two elementary schools’ average, it trails by 11 points in ELA, 15 in math and 18 in science, though it remains above the state in each.
Average results rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 3 points in ELA, 1 in math and 11 in science; state results rose by 0, 1 and 3 points. Sinsheimer’s science score jumped 41 points, from 32% to 73%, driving much of the group’s science increase; its ELA score fell 4 points. SchoolDigger ranks San Luis Obispo High at the 90th statewide percentile, Los Ranchos at the 89th, Sinsheimer at the 88th and Hawthorne at the 74th. As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 54% at Hawthorne, 26% at Sinsheimer and 24% at Los Ranchos; these are observations, not explanations for results. Peep’s 2025–26 chronic absenteeism was 44%, compared with 18% statewide.
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