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Best public schools in San Luis Obispo, CA

16 public schools in San Luis Obispo: 8 elementary · 1 middle · 3 high · 4 combined. Ranked by our score, based on 2024-25 state test results.

Rankings renumber to share equal ranks and fill gaps when schools are hidden. Scores compare each school with schools of the same type across California.

Elementary schools

8 schools in San Luis Obispo, best first
1
Teach Elementary 98.5
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades 4-6 · 168 students
ELA 91%Math 85%Science 72%
#69 of 4,688 in California
2
Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter 94.4
Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District · Grades K-6 · Charter · 164 students
ELA 83%Math 75%Science 68%
#261 of 4,688 in California
3
Los Ranchos Elementary 84.9
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades K-6 · 502 students
ELA 68%Math 66%Science 63%
#707 of 4,688 in California
4
Bishop's Peak Elementary 84.2
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades K-6 · 368 students
ELA 69%Math 62%Science 64%
#739 of 4,688 in California
5
Sinsheimer Elementary 80.6
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades K-6 · 370 students
ELA 75%Math 64%Science 32%
#908 of 4,688 in California
6
C L Smith Elementary 76.5
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades K-6 · 484 students
ELA 66%Math 52%Science 50%
#1,100 of 4,688 in California
7
Hawthorne Elementary 69.4
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades K-6 · 415 students
ELA 56%Math 51%Science 42%
#1,433 of 4,688 in California
8
Pacheco Elementary 67.8
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades K-6 · 485 students
ELA 57%Math 50%Science 35%
#1,508 of 4,688 in California

Middle schools

1 school in San Luis Obispo
1
Laguna Middle 87.3
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades 7-8 · 845 students
ELA 71%Math 59%Science 61%
#169 of 1,326 in California

High schools

3 schools in San Luis Obispo, best first
1
San Luis Obispo High 85.2
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades 9-12 · 1,650 students
ELA 67%Math 51%Science 54%
#256 of 1,729 in California
2
Grizzly ChalleNGe Charter 11.5
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education · Grades 10-12 · Charter · 225 students
ELA 11%Math 1%Science 6%
#1,530 of 1,729 in California
3
Pacific Beach High 3.9
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades 10-12 · 67 students
ELA 9%Math 0%Science 0%
#1,662 of 1,729 in California

Combined schools

4 schools in San Luis Obispo
1
San Luis Obispo County Community 4.7
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education · Grades 6-12 · 73 students
ELA 8%Math 0%Science 0%
#542 of 569 in California
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PEEP - PREPARE —
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades K-12 · 24 students
No published test results
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San Luis County Special Education —
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education · Grades K-12 · 20 students
No published test results
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San Luis Obispo County Juvenile Court —
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education · Grades 6-12 · 16 students
No published test results

School districts serving San Luis Obispo

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