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San Luis County Special Education School

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San Luis Obispo's San Luis County Special Education School is a public school serving 232 students in grades K-12.  It is special education. 
 
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Student diversity
53% of students at this school are White.
                    
 
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Chris Unger leads this school.
 
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9
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792

Change from
2011 to 2012

+21

API Statewide Rank
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API Similar Schools Rank (2003)

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792

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The Academic Performance Index (API) is a single number assigned to each school by the California Department of Education to measure overall school performance and improvement over time on statewide testing. The API ranges from 200 and 1000, with 800 as the state goal for all schools.

Change from
2011 to 2012

+21

Change from 2011 to 2012

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API Statewide Rank (2003)

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API Similar Schools Rank (2003)

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Student ethnicity

Ethnicity	This school	State average
White	53%	27%
Hispanic	37%	51%
Two or more races	5%	3%
American Indian/Alaska Native	3%	1%
Asian	2%	11%
Black	0%	7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0%	1%

Source: NCES, 2010-2011

Student subgroups

	This school	District average	State average
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program ¹	40%	N/A	54%
English language learners ²	16%	N/A	24%

Source:¹ NCES, 2010-2011
Source:² CA Dept. of Education, 2008-2009

Home languages of english learners

Language	This school	State average
Spanish	94%	85%
Filipino (Pilipino or Tagalog)	3%	1%
Ilocano	3%	0%

Source: CA Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

Average class size

	This school	District average	State average
Average class size	9	N/A	25

Source: CA Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

Teacher experience

	This school	District average	State average
Average years teaching in district	10	N/A	11
Average years teaching	16	N/A	13

Source: CA Dept. of Education, 2008-2009

Teacher credentials

	This school	District average	State average
Full credential	97%	N/A	96%
Emergency credential or waiver	3%	N/A	2%

Source: CA Dept. of Education, 2008-2009

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Special education

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School basics

School Leader's name	Chris Unger
Fax number	(805) 546-0646

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3350 Education Drive
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
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Phone: (805) 782-7300

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