Bellevue-santa Fe Charter, San Luis Obispo CA

Original Research by School Decision on Bellevue-santa Fe Charter

Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter is a small public charter serving kindergarten through sixth grade in San Luis Obispo, with an enrollment of about a hundred and sixty students. The school sits in a college town anchored by California Polytechnic State University, with a downtown district of historic buildings, pedestrian corridors, and community gathering spaces. The region is in active growth mode, with major master-planned residential developments reshaping the city's edges and driving demand for schools.

Academically, the school shows solid strength across its tested grades. In English language arts, proficiency is above the county median across third through sixth grade, with sixth-grade performance notably high. Mathematics proficiency is more mixed: third grade and sixth grade perform above the county median, but fourth and fifth grades fall below it. Fifth-grade science proficiency is in line with county performance. Overall, the school's combined proficiency index places it in the top quartile among San Luis Obispo County districts. Because the school serves only grades through sixth, there is no graduation data.

The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of multiracial and Hispanic students. About a sixth of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school does not report counts for students with individualized education plans or English learners; these data are not provided in the available sources.

One property-tax consideration affects families in the area. San Luis Coastal Unified, the broader district within which the school sits, passed a facilities bond in 2022 that added a long-term property-tax levy for modernization, safety upgrades, and classroom improvements across elementary and middle schools. This tax obligation runs through a future year and is relevant for families weighing a move to the San Luis Obispo area.

The school's context includes the rapid residential growth pressuring the region. Five major developments are under way on the city's edges, bringing hundreds of new homes and shifting the local footprint. The broader economy rests on Cal Poly, county government, regional healthcare, and utilities, with more jobs than housing drawing daily commuters into the area. Housing costs in the zip code are above state and national benchmarks and rising. Rental costs are also climbing faster than historical trend.

State testing data was not available for prior years, so trends cannot be assessed. The school website was not provided, so information about programs, pedagogical approach, or specific school-level initiatives is not available from the sources reviewed.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 386%

School 86% · district not reported

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 463%

School 63% · district not reported

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 568%

School 68% · district not reported

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 683%

School 83% · district not reported

▲ 52 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 368%

School 68% · district not reported

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 488%

School 88% · district not reported

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 584%

School 84% · district not reported

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 691%

School 91% · district not reported

▲ 47 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Science

Grade 568%

School 68% · district not reported

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.