When is the first day of school in SLO County? See start dates for students
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- San Luis Coastal, Lucia Mar, and Paso Robles districts start on August 14.
- Atascadero Unified students begin school earlier, returning on August 13.
- Other district start dates span August 14 to August 21 across SLO County.
It’s almost time for students to head back to school in San Luis Obispo County.
As public school districts across the county prepare for the 2025-26 academic year, The Tribune looked into when classes officially begin.
While some students are about to hit the books again soon, others still have a few more weeks to savor summer vacation.
Here’s when the first day of school is for children attending elementary, middle and high schools in SLO County:
When do kids return to class in SLO? Morro Bay?
San Luis Coastal Unified School District will hold its first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 14, according to the district’s online instructional calendar for the 2025-26 school year.
The district has campuses in Los Osos, Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo serving students in transitional kindergarten through 12th grade, including:
- Baywood Elementary School
- Bishop’s Peak Elementary School
- C.L. Smith Elementary School
- Del Mar Elementary School
- Hawthorne Elementary School
- Los Ranchos Elementary School
- Monarch Grove Elementary School
- Pacheco Elementary School
- Sinsheimer Elementary School
- Teach Elementary School
- Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter School
- Laguna Middle School
- Los Osos Middle School
- Morro Bay High School
- San Luis Obispo High School
When is the first day of school in Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach?
Class resumes at Lucia Mar Unified School District campuses on Thursday, Aug. 14.
The district has schools in Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Nipomo, Oceano and Pismo Beach. They include:
- Branch Elementary School
- Dana Elementary School
- Fairgrove Elementary School
- Grover Beach Elementary School
- Grover Heights Elementary School
- Harloe Elementary School
- Lange Elementary School
- Nipomo Elementary School
- Ocean View Elementary School
- Oceano Elementary School
- Paulding Middle School
- Shell Beach Elementary School
- Judkins Middle School
- Mesa Middle School
- Arroyo Grande High School
- Central Coast New Tech High
- Nipomo High School
When does school start in Paso Robles?
Students in the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District return to class on Thursday, Aug. 14.
The district serves students at campuses across Paso Robles, including:
- Georgia Brown Dual Immersion School
- Glen Speck Elementary School
- Kermit King Elementary School
- Pat Butler Elementary School
- Virginia Peterson Elementary School
- Winifred Pifer Elementary School
- Lewis Flamson Junior High
- Paso Robles High School
When do students go back to campus in Atascadero?
At Atascadero Unified School District campuses, students go back to class on Wednesday, Aug. 13.
That includes children attending public schools in Atascadero, Carissa Plains, Creston and Santa Margarita.
Here’s where:
- Carissa Plains Elementary School
- Creston Elementary School
- Monterey Road Elementary School
- San Benito Elementary School
- San Gabriel Elementary School
- Santa Margarita Elementary School
- Santa Rosa Academic Academy
- Atascadero Fine Arts Academy
- Atascadero Middle School
- Atascadero High School
What about schools in Cambria? Templeton?
Here’s when other public school districts in San Luis Obispo County are welcoming the first day of the school year:
- Cayucos Elementary School District: Thursday, Aug. 21
- Coast Unified School District in Cambria: Thursday, Aug. 14
- Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary School District in San Miguel: Thursday, Aug. 14
- San Miguel Joint Union School District: Thursday, Aug. 14
- Shandon Joint Unified School District: Thursday, Aug. 14
- Templeton Unified School District: Tuesday, Aug. 19
