Education

San Luis Obispo's superior educational institutions and facilities include San Luis Coastal Unified School District for K-12, Cuesta Community College and California Polytechnic State University. All are progressive, safe and boast excellent faculty and programs.

San Luis Coastal Unified School District (SLCUSD) includes 15 schools and serves approximately 7,400 students.  Several schools have been honored as Blue Ribbon Schools and California Distinguished Schools. Diana Barnhart, Los Osos Middle School science teacher, was selected as California Teacher-of-the-Year. Additional information about these prestigious awards and our District is available on its website http://www.slcusd.org

Cuesta College is located at the heart of scenic San Luis Obispo County, and is highly regarded throughout the state for its excellent educational programs, responsive student services and exceptional faculty and staff. In 1996 the college received a Silver Medal Eureka Award for Quality and Service Excellence.  Cuesta has 151 full-time and 324 part-time faculty, 61 degree programs and 70 cerificate programs. Additional information is available on its website, http://www.cuesta.edu.

California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) is a nationally ranked, four-year, comprehensive public university. Cal Poly's "learn by doing" educational philosophy guides the instruction of more than 18,000 students. Cal Poly is routinely ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the finest technical universities in the West.

Besides its excellent academic reputation, Cal Poly's outstanding programs and location attracts students. The 6,000-acre main campus is nestled in the foothills of San Luis Obispo, minutes from beaches, hiking and othe outdoor pursuits.  The campus totals 9,678 acres, making Cal Poly the second-largest land-holding university in California (second only to UC Berkeley), and one of the largest land-holding universities in the nation. Cal Poly, however, uses all of its land for educational and public purposes. Cal Poly has about 1,180 faculty members, with a student-faculty ratio of 19-1. Additional information is available on its website, http://www.calpoly.edu/.