Summary:
Zip code 93405 has 11 schools spanning elementary through high school, along with alternative and special-education programs; the list includes four elementary, two middle, four high schools and one alternative school. Grade coverage varies—for example, Teach Elementary serves grades 4–6 despite being labeled “Middle” in the list. Results vary widely across schools, but the clearest finding for families is that Teach leads the reported proficiency results and also stands out in comparisons of students in the same grades.
Teach Elementary has the highest reported 2025–26 All Grades results: 92% in ELA, 86% in math and 81% in science. Bishop’s Peak Elementary is next, at 70%, 63% and 57%, respectively—about 22 to 24 percentage points behind Teach. Teach also leads in ELA and math in each compared grade from 4 through 6. At the low end, San Luis Obispo County Community has the lowest reported All Grades ELA result, at 4%; three schools tie at 0% in math, and Pacific Beach High reports 0% in science. Among reported grade 7–8 results, Laguna Middle is a standout: its ELA results are 69% and 70%, and its math results are 63% and 56%, all above the corresponding state rates.
Across the eight schools with results in both years, average ELA changed little, from 47.6% to 47.7%, and average math rose from 38.6% to 39.1%; science increased from 36% to 40%, slightly more than the state’s increase. SchoolDigger ranks Bishop’s Peak at the 86th statewide percentile and Laguna at the 89th; over three years, Bishop’s Peak rose five percentile points while Laguna slipped two. The reported low-income measure is free/reduced lunch eligible, sy 2024–2025: it ranges from 17% at Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter to 86% at County Community, while Teach’s student–teacher ratio is 32.1. These figures offer context, not an explanation of school results. School-wide figures combine different grades and programs, so comparisons within the same grade are more informative.
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