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Posted September 16, 2010

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This school is entirely what you make of it. Most graduates go on to higher education though usually around half of them go to the local community college. The top students sometimes go on to great universities like UCLA and MIT, so in no way does this school hold you back. It just doesn't really push you forward either. CUHS biggest benefit though is how easy it is to join sports and clubs here. All sports do not require tryouts to make the team, though most beginners will start on JV. It's biggest drawback is that since the school is so small, one bad teacher can really hold down a department.
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Posted October 26, 2008

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The teachers are good, and the envronment is amazing and great.
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Posted January 9, 2008

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I am an ex-student from this school and found it to be about the normal level of most schools I've been to, there to be a few issues that I had with this school that was a major disappointment to me, my parents and my closest peers. I found that this school whist having decent classes for education it had vary severe social issues. The second largest issue I had with this school was the lack of vocation educational programs to be a bit lacking. With a lack of classes that teach you how to live in the real world the general ED. classes seem to be up to snuff.

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Posted September 18, 2006

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The quality of academic programs at Coast Union in Cambria are O.K. They are moderate, but not exceptional. The availability of sports is what Coast is all about. Most coaches for Freshman or Junior Varsity teams are kids in college, not necessarily experience in coaching. Although they try hard, they are not always fair with their choices. The level of parent involvement at this school is pretty good for a high school. The new Principal has been good, and fortunately, a lot of bad teachers left last year. The quality of the new teachers who have replaced the old teachers is still being analyzed.
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Posted August 14, 2005

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I feel this school is good for most kids but my son. Academicly they seem to offer a lot of courses but as far as the child that is average they do not offer much. My son is ADD and love ag. The school at one time had a wonderfull ag. class and facility but not now. There is no welding, body shop, home ec., cooking and on top of that not much help for him accadimicly. I feel that if you are accadimicly sound it is a good school but for those that have other intrest it is not.
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Posted March 7, 2005

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The principal doesn't interact with the students like I wish she would, but we are getting a new principal for the 2005-2006 school year. That will be a great addition. The school is really safe, small, and nice. We have great teachers mostly, minus a few, but no school is perfect. Most importantly, we have competitive learning and great education.
—Submitted by Ashley, a student

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	Ethnicity	This school	State average
	White	61%	28%
Hispanic or Latino	31%	49%
Multiple or No Response	5%	3%
Asian	2%	8%
African American	0%	7%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%	1%
Filipino	0%	3%
Pacific Islander	0%	1%

	This school	District average	State average
English language learners ¹	18%	N/A	24%
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program ²	41%	N/A	52%

	Language	This school	State average
	Spanish	96%	85%
German	2%	0%
Mandarin (Putonghua)	2%	1%

	This school	District average	State average
Average class size	18	N/A	25

	This school	District average	State average
Average years teaching in district	13	N/A	11
Average years teaching	17	N/A	13

	This school	District average	State average
Full credential	100%	N/A	96%
Emergency credential or waiver	0%	N/A	2%

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2950 Santa Rosa Creek Road
Cambria, CA 93428
Phone: (805) 927-3889

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All Students	44%
Females	n/a
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	n/a
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	36%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	n/a
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	n/a
Females	n/a
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	n/a
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	n/a
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	n/a
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	93%
Females	n/a
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	n/a
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	93%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	100%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	38%
Females	32%
Males	44%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	32%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Native Hawaiian	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	50%
Economically disadvantaged	32%
Non-economically disadvantaged	47%
Students with disability	17%
Students with no reported disability	48%
English learner	23%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	46%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	38%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	74%
Females	83%
Males	65%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	78%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Native Hawaiian	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	76%
Economically disadvantaged	77%
Non-economically disadvantaged	72%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	83%
English learner	58%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	80%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	82%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	67%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	22%
Females	n/a
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	n/a
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	n/a
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	25%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	56%
Females	n/a
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	n/a
Non-economically disadvantaged	50%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	56%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	60%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	20%
Females	29%
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	17%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	19%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	19%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	25%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	81%
Females	n/a
Males	87%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	77%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	n/a
Non-economically disadvantaged	92%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	80%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	86%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	28%
Females	25%
Males	33%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	17%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	42%
Economically disadvantaged	22%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	30%
English learner	0%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	45%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	8%
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	63%
Females	n/a
Males	67%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	47%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	83%
Economically disadvantaged	42%
Non-economically disadvantaged	80%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	60%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	68%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	91%
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	57%
Females	53%
Males	61%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	51%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	67%
Economically disadvantaged	46%
Non-economically disadvantaged	75%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	57%
English learner	20%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	69%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	46%
Parent education - high school graduate	58%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	85%
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	21%
Females	8%
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	8%
Economically disadvantaged	n/a
Non-economically disadvantaged	18%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	21%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	21%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	24%
Females	20%
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	25%
Economically disadvantaged	n/a
Non-economically disadvantaged	27%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	24%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	24%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	97%
Females	96%
Males	97%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	94%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	100%
Declined to state	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	95%
Non-economically disadvantaged	100%
Economic Status Unknown	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Tested with modifications	n/a
English learner	87%
Language Fluency Unknown	n/a
Migrant education	n/a

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