An equity score of 75/100 ranks Coast Unified #175 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $30,611 per pupil, Coast Unified ranks #89 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
488
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$30,611
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Coast Unified operates 4 public schools serving 488 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in San Luis Obispo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $30,611 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 78.9% local, 15.9% state, and 5.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 75/100, ranked #175 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 368.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.2% Hispanic or Latino, 23.6% White, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Leffingwell High (Continuation), with a diversity index of 48.0/100.
Its largest campus is Cambria Grammar, enrolling 202 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Leffingwell High (Continuation), at 5 students, a 40x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cambria Grammar accounts for 41.4% of all Coast Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Coast Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Coast Unified school enrollment varies 40× across entities
Coast Unified school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 202 students (highest), a spread of 197 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Coast Unified student-counselor ratio is 368:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Coast Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 25.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Coast Unified is typically wider than the Coast Unified-aggregate figure suggests.