Cayucos Elementary

Cayucos Elementary is the sole public school serving grades K-8 in the Cayucos Elementary School District, which is ranked 182 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. With a total enrollment of 171 students, Cayucos Elementary stands out as a high-performing institution, consistently outperforming the state average on standardized tests in English Language Arts/Literacy, Mathematics, and Science.

The school's academic excellence is evident across multiple metrics. In the 2023-2024 school year, 61.82% of Cayucos Elementary students were proficient or better in ELA/Literacy at the end-of-course level, compared to the state average of 47.04%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 57.27%, significantly higher than the state's 35.54%. Additionally, the school's Science proficiency rate of 63.33% at the end-of-course level far exceeds the state average of 30.7%.

Despite a higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 31.5% in 2021-2022, Cayucos Elementary maintains a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.8 to 1, which likely contributes to the school's ability to provide personalized attention and support to its diverse student population. With nearly 40% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, the school serves a socioeconomically diverse community and has consistently improved its statewide ranking over the past three years, from 742 out of 5,883 California elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 1,149 out of 5,862 in 2023-2024.