Demographics and Enrollment

Student Population by Ethnicity

Demographics

All data on this page is from the California Dashboard and California Department of Education (2022)

Summer Experience Offers Cool Enrichment to Beat the Heat

While some are taking well-deserved vacations during the June/July months, many SLCUSD staff members are hard at work planning and coordinating fun and challenging learning experiences for students at San Luis Coastal’s Summer Experience program. Billed as “not your traditional summer school,” Summer Experience allows all students to learn, grow, and actively engage in their development, in a flexible, safe, and supportive environment. Strong community partnerships support students with highly engaging, hands-on learning that encourages the development of innovative, problem-solving skills to confront real life challenges.

“Families love our Summer Experience program because it offers their children a safe place during the summer to learn and have fun,” said Jeff Martin, San Luis Coastal Unified School District Director of Summer Programs. “Kids also get to meet other students from other District schools, and our middle school students are introduced to a high school environment where they have access to things like our swimming pools, gymnasiums and state-of-the-art classroom facilities.”

The program (including meals, transportation and before/after school childcare) is free for any SLCUSD student entering first through eighth grade, and is offered at five District school sites. This year’s program runs June 15-July 28, and offers a multitude of academic and cutting-edge enrichment courses including Drone Operating, Computer Programming, Business Entrepreneurship, and Fine, Culinary, and Performing Arts. Courses are taught by SLCUSD credentialed teachers, as well as students from Cal Poly SLO and community members who have a passion and background in these particular areas. This year’s program has a record 1,675 students registered. For more information about Summer Experience, visit https://se.slcusd.org.

Budget

How Are Schools Funded?

The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is how California funds public schools, with a focus on supplemental funding for high-needs students. The LCFF provides a base funding level connected to each district’s average daily attendance (ADA) and additional funding for low-income students, foster youth and English learners. In SLCUSD, we are fortunate to have property taxes that exceed the amount of money we would receive from the LCFF state funding. The state allows districts to keep excess property tax funds, making us a “Community Funded” district. This excess property amount has dropped dramatically over the past 5 years due to increased state funding, current projections have us $7.5 million in revenues over what we would receive from the LCFF.

Property taxes and the LCFF account for most of the District’s revenue, making up about 75% of the Districts’ general fund revenue. Another 17% came from state and federal aid for specific programs. This included state and federal onetime COVID Pandemic Relief funds. As shown in the chart (below right), over 80% of the District’s budget is spent on people (employee salaries and benefits).

The Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) is a planning tool used to set goals, plan actions, and leverage resources to improve student outcomes. The LCAP addresses the needs of all students, including specific student groups, and all districts must specifically address English learners, foster youth, and low-income students. In addition, the LCAP must address the state of California’s eight priority areas, and each school district’s spending plan must align to these priorities.

Annually, we invite our community, staff and students to participate in our LCAP planning.

To learn more go to: www.slcusd.org/about/lcap