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Coast Unified

Cambria, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

478
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
39
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.2:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 48
  • Grade 1 30
  • Grade 2 34
  • Grade 3 27
  • Grade 4 31
  • Grade 5 32
  • Grade 6 28
  • Grade 7 39
  • Grade 8 45
  • Grade 9 36
  • Grade 10 39
  • Grade 11 39
  • Grade 12 50

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 78%
  • White 18%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 411 of 473 students in the 3 of its 4 schools that report
  • Free lunch 82%
  • Reduced-price lunch 5%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$33,358 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $18,272
  • Support services $13,941
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,145

Where the money comes from

  • Local 81%
  • State 14%
  • Federal 5%

Total revenue $19.8 milliontotal spending $18.0 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Fringe

Total staff (FTE)

107

District office

1350 Main St., Cambria CA 93428

County

San Luis Obispo County

Official website

NCES District ID

600049

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About Coast Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Coast Unified School District is located on the Central Coast of California in the community of Cambria. The district consists of one K-5 elementary school, one 6-8 middle school, one traditional 9-12 high school and one alternative high school. There are approximately 810 students enrolled K-12. The District also serves the communities of San Simeon to the north and Cayucos to the south (grades 9-12) as well as surrounding rural areas.The area’s economy is primarily based on the tourism and agriculture industries. The economic status of the local population is very diverse and includes low, middle and high-income families.
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