Los Osos Middle

Summary:

Los Osos Middle is a public middle school serving 539 students in grades 6-8 in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District in Los Osos, California. The school has consistently been ranked in the top 15% of California middle schools over the past several years, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Los Osos Middle stands out for its strong academic performance, with students consistently outperforming the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics on the Smarter Balanced Assessments. In 2023-2024, 62.82% of Los Osos Middle students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 47.04%. In Mathematics, 46.32% of Los Osos Middle students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 35.54%. The school also performs exceptionally well for certain student subgroups, ranking 95th out of 1,540 California middle schools for English Language Learners and 55th out of 1,531 California middle schools for Disabled students, both with 5-star ratings.

When compared to nearby middle schools, Los Osos Middle generally outperforms its peers in academic achievement. For example, in 2023-2024, Los Osos Middle's ELA proficiency rate of 62.82% was significantly higher than the San Luis Coastal Unified School District average of 66.5% and the state average of 47.04%. In Mathematics, Los Osos Middle's proficiency rate of 46.32% was also higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, while Los Osos Middle has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism, reaching 30.4% in 2021-2022, this is still lower than the state average of 31.8% for that year.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1555 El Moro St.
       Los Osos, CA  93402-1910


(805) 534-2835

District: San Luis Coastal Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
473rd of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,900 Help


Students who attend Los Osos Middle usually attend:

High:    Morro Bay High

Feeder schools for Los Osos Middle:

Elementary:    Baywood Elementary
    Del Mar Elementary
    Monarch Grove Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  17.4 Help
Number of students:  486

Racial breakdown:

White:
59.5%
Hispanic:
25.9%
Two or more races:
8.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  55.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Los Osos Middle ranks better than 83% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 80.22. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (59.5%), Hispanic (25.9%), two or more races (8.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 55.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Los Osos Middle is 17.4, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Los Osos Middle is $13,900, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Los Osos Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Osos Middle 473rd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Los Osos Middle in the ranking list.)

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San Luis Coastal Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Luis Coastal Unified 254th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Los Osos Middle

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Rank History for all students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 85.27 197th 1769 88.9%
2005 83.62 224th 1777 87.4%
2006 81.28 268th 1804 85.1%
2007 77.46 343rd 1999 82.8%
2008 65.23 592nd 2005 70.5%
2009 71.40 481st 2063 76.7%
2010 65.86 643rd 2179 70.5%
2011 68.97 586th 2236 73.8%
2012 67.94 628th 2259 72.2%
2013 69.81 605th 2379 74.6%
2015 69.91 646th 2477 73.9%
2016 83.83 357th 2497 85.7%
2017 85.00 356th 2508 85.8%
2018 85.07 341st 2480 86.3%
2019 83.80 393rd 2715 85.5%
2021 75.10 177th 894 80.2%
2022 82.77 424th 2740 84.5%
2023 82.73 418th 2802 85.1%
2024 80.22 473rd 2777 83.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.82 133rd 462 71.2%
2019 61.96 239th 554 56.9%
2022 49.00 348th 665 47.7%
2023 44.44 385th 678 43.2%
2024 42.31 411th 699 41.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.67 304th 1364 77.7%
2019 78.38 140th 1442 90.3%
2021 70.38 47th 363 87.1%
2022 82.80 95th 1540 93.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 86.22 125th 1538 91.9%
2024 72.41 255th 1550 83.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.46 216th 2230 90.3%
2019 82.32 258th 2369 89.1%
2021 64.83 189th 721 73.8%
2022 82.19 262nd 2458 89.3%
2023 81.01 313th 2549 87.7%
2024 76.01 422nd 2575 83.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 98.27 5th 336 98.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.37 320th 2262 85.9%
2019 80.47 420th 2380 82.4%
2021 72.36 171st 738 76.8%
2022 77.90 471st 2509 81.2%
2023 82.39 390th 2547 84.7%
2024 79.46 445th 2546 82.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.26 209th 1369 84.7%
2019 76.91 213th 1491 85.7%
2021 75.01 48th 354 86.4%
2022 94.19 55th 1531 96.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.16 337th 2273 85.2%
2019 84.61 337th 2407 86.0%
2021 75.25 160th 763 79.0%
2022 84.61 363rd 2527 85.6%
2023 80.75 426th 2558 83.3%
2024 78.12 467th 2547 81.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.47 466th 2072 77.5%
2019 71.71 460th 2213 79.2%
2022 82.39 250th 2359 89.4%
2023 85.46 213th 2391 91.1%
2024 60.15 725th 2383 69.6%
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Rank History for White students at Los Osos Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.84 322nd 1496 78.5%
2019 74.97 355th 1602 77.8%
2022 71.62 391st 1555 74.9%
2023 72.18 378th 1552 75.6%
2024 74.96 331st 1535 78.4%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Los Osos Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 401 9 27 25 0 n/a n/a 0 462
1989 380 4 20 33 0 n/a n/a 0 437
1990 400 7 17 32 0 n/a n/a 0 456
1991 435 6 16 32 1 n/a n/a 0 490
1992 419 5 25 42 2 n/a n/a 0 493
1993 463 9 27 16 2 n/a n/a 0 517
1994 483 9 22 39 0 n/a n/a 0 553
1995 443 6 29 52 1 n/a n/a 0 531
1996 443 6 29 52 1 n/a n/a 0 531
1997 472 8 24 63 2 n/a n/a 0 569
1998 465 7 27 65 1 n/a n/a 0 565
1999 438 7 22 74 5 n/a n/a 0 546
2000 413 4 18 58 4 n/a n/a 0 497
2001 402 8 25 61 2 n/a n/a 4 502
2002 474 6 30 89 5 n/a n/a 7 611
2003 474 6 30 89 5 n/a n/a 7 611
2004 410 6 37 98 5 n/a n/a 15 571
2005 390 4 33 88 5 n/a n/a 22 542
2006 328 7 32 98 3 n/a n/a 20 488
2007 284 3 24 90 3 n/a n/a 2 406
2008 272 2 26 82 1 n/a n/a 0 383
2009 254 3 27 83 1 2 3 0 373
2010 220 1 20 111 0 0 22 0 374
2011 233 2 23 108 3 0 13 0 382
2012 235 5 26 90 4 0 9 0 369
2013 242 5 29 92 1 0 14 0 383
2014 364 4 46 116 4 1 25 0 560
2015 378 7 43 130 5 1 19 0 583
2016 383 6 42 150 5 1 23 0 610
2017 389 6 34 154 2 0 28 0 613
2018 366 3 37 164 1 0 28 0 599
2019 351 3 29 151 0 0 29 0 563
2020 331 2 37 154 2 0 30 0 556
2021 323 0 30 149 2 0 37 0 541
2022 291 0 31 161 4 0 33 0 520
2023 328 2 25 139 4 0 41 0 539
2024 289 2 26 126 2 0 41 0 486

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Los Osos Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 462 22.3 20.7 n/a
1989 437 22.3 19.5 n/a
1990 456 23.0 19.8 n/a
1991 490 27.5 17.8 n/a
1992 493 27.9 17.6 16
1993 517 24.6 21.0 22.4
1994 553 26.6 20.8 23.7
1995 531 25.6 20.7 24.7
1996 531 25.6 20.7 24.7
1997 569 25.7 22.1 26.7
1998 565 22.7 24.9 27.6
1999 546 23.9 22.8 27.7
2000 497 26.0 19.1 26.6
2001 502 24.4 20.6 25.3
2002 611 26.8 22.8 30.3
2003 611 26.8 22.8 30.3
2004 571 26.0 22.0 30.8
2005 542 24.8 21.9 32.3
2006 488 23.0 21.2 34.8
2007 406 18.8 21.6 35.6
2008 383 17.2 22.3 37.3
2009 373 17.3 17.5 37.5
2010 374 18.4 20.3 45.2
2011 382 n/a n/a 43.5
2012 369 19.6 18.8 46.9
2013 383 18.7 20.4 49.1
2014 560 24.6 22.6 45.5
2015 583 30.0 19.4 44.3
2016 610 30.0 20.3 45.4
2017 613 29.4 20.8 41.4
2018 599 28.8 20.7 48.6
2019 563 28.8 19.5 42.3
2020 556 n/a n/a 43.3
2021 541 29.6 18.2 42.5
2022 520 27.4 18.9 56.5
2023 539 27.2 19.7 41.6
2024 486 27.9 17.4 55.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Los Osos Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 462 22.3 20.7 n/a
1989 437 22.3 19.5 n/a
1990 456 23.0 19.8 n/a
1991 490 27.5 17.8 n/a
1992 493 27.9 17.6 16
1993 517 24.6 21.0 22.4
1994 553 26.6 20.8 23.7
1995 531 25.6 20.7 24.7
1996 531 25.6 20.7 24.7
1997 569 25.7 22.1 26.7
1998 565 22.7 24.9 27.6
1999 546 23.9 22.8 27.7
2000 497 26.0 19.1 26.6
2001 502 24.4 20.6 25.3
2002 611 26.8 22.8 30.3
2003 611 26.8 22.8 30.3
2004 571 26.0 22.0 30.8
2005 542 24.8 21.9 32.3
2006 488 23.0 21.2 34.8
2007 406 18.8 21.6 35.6
2008 383 17.2 22.3 37.3
2009 373 17.3 17.5 37.5
2010 374 18.4 20.3 45.2
2011 382 n/a n/a 43.5
2012 369 19.6 18.8 46.9
2013 383 18.7 20.4 49.1
2014 560 24.6 22.6 45.5
2015 583 30.0 19.4 44.3
2016 610 30.0 20.3 45.4
2017 613 29.4 20.8 41.4
2018 599 28.8 20.7 48.6
2019 563 28.8 19.5 42.3
2020 556 n/a n/a 43.3
2021 541 29.6 18.2 42.5
2022 520 27.4 18.9 56.5
2023 539 27.2 19.7 41.6
2024 486 27.9 17.4 55.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Los Osos Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $13,900

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Los Osos Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 393rd of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 418th of 2802 Middle schools
 0.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Osos Middle)60.959.3
 1.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Luis Coastal Unified)71.563.7
 7.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Los Osos Middle)5144.3
 6.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (San Luis Coastal Unified)62.454.7
 7.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Osos Middle)7360.5
 12.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Luis Coastal Unified)74.868
 6.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Los Osos Middle)61.645.3
 16.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (San Luis Coastal Unified)70.862
 8.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Osos Middle)73.167.6
 5.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Luis Coastal Unified)72.264.9
 7.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Los Osos Middle)52.247.2
 5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (San Luis Coastal Unified)61.753.1
 8.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Los Osos Middle)46.559.2
 12.8%
   8th Grade Science (San Luis Coastal Unified)5653.9
 2%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students563539
 4.3%
African American32
 33.3%
American Indian04
Asian2925
 13.8%
Hispanic151139
 7.9%
Pacific Islander00
White351328
 6.6%
Two or More Races2941
 41.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.3%41.6%
 0.7%


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Los Osos Middle ranks 473rd of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 486 students attended Los Osos Middle.

Students at Los Osos Middle are 59% White, 26% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

Students who attend Los Osos Middle usually go on to attend Morro Bay High


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