Summary:
ZIP code 93430 has one listed school, Cayucos Elementary, serving kindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 185 students. With no other listed schools, families can compare its results with California’s, but not with local school peers. In 2025–26, Cayucos was above the state in every reported subject: proficiency was 69% in ELA versus 49% statewide, 60% in math versus 38%, and 63% in science versus 36%. Its largest advantage was in science, at 27 percentage points.
Cayucos is the only local entry, so there is no local top or bottom school to distinguish; its clearest strength is its broad advantage over state results. Within the school, fourth-grade ELA stands out: 83% of students were proficient, compared with 46% statewide, a 38-point advantage. Fifth-grade math is the narrow exception: 39% were proficient, just 2 points above the state’s 37%. The school’s highest all-grades score was ELA, while its largest advantage over the state was in science.
Results improved in all three subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26, and the state advantage widened most in math and science. Cayucos’s proficiency rose by 1 point in ELA, 4 in math, and 6 in science; its advantage grew by 3 points in math and 2 in science, while the ELA gap changed by less than 1 point. SchoolDigger gives Cayucos four stars and ranks it in the 84th percentile (922 of 5,804) for 2025–26; its rank moved from the 80th percentile in 2023–24 to the 85th in 2024–25 before edging down. Other context: the 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 12.6:1, and 23% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. In 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 16%, compared with 18% statewide. Because only one school is listed, these figures cannot show how Cayucos compares with nearby schools.
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