Big Sur Unified School District | |
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Address | |
69325 Highway 1 Big Sur , California, 93920United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Grades | K–12 [1] |
Superintendent | Debbie Gold |
Schools | 2 |
NCES District ID | 0600031 [1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 9 (2020–2021) [1] |
Teachers | 3.2 (FTE) [1] |
Staff | 7.77 (FTE) [1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 2.81:1 [1] |
Other information | |
Website | bigsurunified |
Big Sur Unified School District is a public school district in the southern Big Sur region of Monterey County, California, United States. It was originally the Pacific Valley School in the 1920s and served residents on the south coast including Manchester, Plaskett, Lucia, and Gorda,
The Pacific Valley School District was formally established in the 1950s and was renamed Big Sur Unified School District in 2012, although it does not include the Cooper School in Big Sur Village, California which is administered as part of the Carmel Unified School District. [2] It consists of two schools.
The public Pacific Valley School is located in the Pacific Valley, an open bench of land on the coast of southern Big Sur. It serves students in grades K–12 in several small hamlets and communities.
Pacific Valley School has a 3:1 student/teacher ratio. The small student population of 20-24 students, taught by three faculty, spans preschool through twelfth grade. They engage in collaborative learning between age groups. [3] [4] All of the administrative staff also serve as teachers or teachers aides. The school is located at 69325 Highway 1 in southern Big Sur. 73% of its students receive a free or reduced price lunch.
The school district is the authorizing agency for the Big Sur Charter School [2] [5] located in Monterey, California, 64 miles (103 km) to the north of the Pacific Valley School. It describes itself as a "non-classroom based school, "
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