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Atascadero Middle

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Atascadero Middle ranks 960 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

960^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 65% of California middle schools

Summary

Atascadero Middle is a public school serving about 845 students in grades 6-8 within the Atascadero Unified School District, offering a consistent, mid-tier education in a district ranked in the 62nd percentile statewide.

Academically, the school performs close to the California average, with about 49% of students proficient in English and 38% in math, but it generally lags behind several nearby middle schools like Laguna Middle and Los Osos Middle. A significant area of concern is chronic absenteeism, with 30% of students missing too much school—a rate much higher than at comparison schools such as Fine Arts Academy (9.3%) and Templeton Middle (14%), which likely impacts overall learning. The school spends about $13,833 per student, which is less than most of the schools it is compared to.

An interesting comparison is with the Fine Arts Academy, located in the same district just a short distance away, which has much higher test scores and lower absenteeism with similar funding, suggesting other factors like school programs or culture play a strong role. The school shows performance gaps for certain student groups, such as English Learners and military-connected students, indicating a potential need for more targeted support. Addressing the high rate of student absences could be a key step toward improving the school's academic standing relative to its peers.

845

Students ?

20.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,833

Per pupil spending ?

48.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6501 Lewis Ave.
Atascadero, CA 93422-4222

(805) 462-4360

District: Atascadero Unified

Students who attend Atascadero Middle usually attend:

High:

Atascadero High

Feeder schools for Atascadero Middle:

Elementary:	Carrisa Plains Elementary
	Creston Elementary
	Monterey Road Elementary
	San Benito Elementary
	More...
	San Gabriel Elementary
	Santa Margarita Elementary
	Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy

Racial breakdown:

White:

58.3%

Hispanic:

32.8%

Two or more races:

4.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 70th percentile in 2022 → 65th in 2025

Strengths

✓Above the California median (65th percentile)

Worth a look

!High chronic absenteeism (30% vs 19% California)

!Ranking has slipped from its 70th-percentile peak (2022) to 65th (2025)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school42%

District avg44%

California avg41%

960^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 35%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From top 43% (2015) to top 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2Middle Schools in the Atascadero Unified

594^th of 1,543Atascadero Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.7	960 of 2761	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.9	1114 of 2783	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.8	908 of 2781	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.8	834 of 2740	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.6	1065 of 2715	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.1	1034 of 2480	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2017	55.9	962 of 2508	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2016	53.1	1041 of 2497	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	51.4	1063 of 2477	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	57.0	965 of 2379	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	59.1	843 of 2259	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	55.7	941 of 2236	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2010	59.2	811 of 2179	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2009	52.0	925 of 2063	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2008	61.5	672 of 2005	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2007	61.3	651 of 1999	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2006	72.8	416 of 1804	76.9%	★★★★☆
2005	64.8	529 of 1777	70.2%	★★★★☆
2004	63.9	539 of 1769	69.5%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	34.4	910 of 1531	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.7	945 of 1491	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.5	667 of 1369	51.3%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	31.7	1136 of 1478	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.9	979 of 1521	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.6	1353 of 1540	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.5	1258 of 1442	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.9	638 of 1364	53.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.0	948 of 2533	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.5	1050 of 2551	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.6	876 of 2531	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.4	871 of 2509	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.9	1009 of 2380	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.2	1036 of 2262	54.2%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.7	1491 of 2395	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.3	1678 of 2388	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.4	1322 of 2374	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.7	1111 of 2359	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.2	1215 of 2213	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.8	1163 of 2072	43.9%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.2	301 of 477	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	20.2	350 of 394	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.0	1077 of 2542	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.0	1080 of 2579	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.1	1024 of 2531	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.0	873 of 2458	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.5	1374 of 2369	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.2	1046 of 2230	53.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.8	883 of 2534	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.4	1029 of 2552	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.6	805 of 2538	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	66.1	697 of 2527	72.4%	★★★★☆
2019	53.4	955 of 2407	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.1	917 of 2273	59.7%	★★★☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.5	147 of 194	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.2	158 of 192	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.7	132 of 197	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.3	103 of 193	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	49.7	263 of 462	43.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.1	1009 of 1566	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.7	1147 of 1552	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.1	881 of 1531	42.5%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.7	785 of 1520	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.5	873 of 1537	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.1	740 of 1543	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.5	664 of 1555	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.7	1013 of 1602	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.4	990 of 1496	33.8%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2025)65th percentile~ school

Female (2025)63rd percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)58th percentile-8 vs school

White (2025)48th percentile-17 vs school

Multi-racial (2018)43rd percentile-15 vs school

Disabled (2022)41st percentile-29 vs school

Hispanic (2025)38th percentile-27 vs school

Homeless (2025)37th percentile-28 vs school

Special Education (2025)36th percentile-30 vs school

Military Connected (2025)24th percentile-41 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)23rd percentile-37 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy49%~ state avg

Mathematics38%~ state avg

Science34%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Atascadero Middle	Public	6-8	6501 Lewis Ave.	Atascadero	93422	San Luis Obispo County	Atascadero Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 462-4360	845	41	20.6	48.4%	493 (58.3%)	6 (0.7%)	277 (32.8%)	19 (2.2%)	9 (1.1%)	3 (0.4%)	37 (4.4%)	57.7	960^th of 2761 public middle schools	65.2%		51.9	1114^th of 2783 public middle schools	60.0%	154		33.9	33.9			51.1	49.1	48.2	49.4			42.2	37.3	34.6	37.8	$13,833	$574	$13,259
Fine Arts Academy	Public	4-8	6100 Olmeda Ave.	Atascadero	93422	San Luis Obispo County	Atascadero Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 460-2500	238	11	20.8	35.3%	162 (68.1%)	4 (1.7%)	47 (19.7%)	9 (3.8%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	11 (4.6%)	61.2	877^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.2%		76.3	562^nd of 2783 public middle schools	79.8%	315	50.9	48.8	50.0	69.0	64.9	47.5	68.0	65.9	61.9	58.6	61.4	27.1	26.0	39.0	41.1	$14,344	$405	$13,939
Templeton Middle	Public	6-8	925 Old County Rd.	Templeton	93465	San Luis Obispo County	Templeton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 434-5813	478	23	20.4	18.2%	291 (60.9%)	0 (0.0%)	112 (23.4%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (14.2%)	64.2	801^st of 2761 public middle schools	71.0%		70.3	680^th of 2783 public middle schools	75.6%	121		42.6	42.6			52.8	61.5	49.3	54.5			32.7	41.9	39.9	38.0	$14,549	$861	$13,688
Lewis Flamson Junior High	Public	7-8	2405 Spring St.	Paso Robles	93446	San Luis Obispo County	Paso Robles Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 769-1400	884	46	19.0	70.0%	261 (29.5%)	5 (0.6%)	584 (66.1%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.1%)	44.2	1354^th of 2761 public middle schools	51.0%		52.1	1101^st of 2783 public middle schools	60.4%	253		32.7	32.7				44.7	38.2	41.3				29.7	27.7	28.6	$16,096	$1,788	$14,308
Teach Elementary	Public	4-6	165 Grand Ave.	San Luis Obispo	93405	San Luis Obispo County	San Luis Coastal Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 596-4100	193	6	32.1	25.4%	135 (69.9%)	3 (1.6%)	15 (7.8%)	15 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (11.9%)								(n/a)	72.3		72.3	95.2	84.6	91.9			90.5	95.2	75.4	83.6			84.7	$15,949	$559	$15,390
Los Osos Middle	Public	6-8	1555 El Moro St.	Los Osos	93402	San Luis Obispo County	San Luis Coastal Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 534-2835	494	27	18.5	51.4%	304 (61.5%)	2 (0.4%)	116 (23.5%)	30 (6.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.9%)	84.5	381^st of 2761 public middle schools	86.2%		80.2	475^th of 2783 public middle schools	82.9%	94		51.5	51.5			69.9	69.5	63.4	67.4			59.7	52.1	47.4	52.5	$20,331	$2,020	$18,311
Laguna Middle	Public	7-8	11050 Los Osos Valley Rd.	San Luis Obispo	93405	San Luis Obispo County	San Luis Coastal Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 596-4055	780	39	19.8	43.3%	427 (54.7%)	11 (1.4%)	234 (30.0%)	45 (5.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (7.3%)	90.6	261^st of 2761 public middle schools	90.5%		91	256^th of 2783 public middle schools	90.8%	5		61.0	61.0				68.7	72.0	70.5				57.5	60.1	58.9	$15,576	$1,008	$14,568

Frequently Asked Questions about Atascadero Middle

What is the racial makeup of Atascadero Middle?

Students at Atascadero Middle are 58% White, 33% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian.

How many students attend Atascadero Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 845 students attended Atascadero Middle.

Is Atascadero Middle a good school?

Atascadero Middle ranks 960^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Atascadero Middle in?

Atascadero Unified

What high school do graduates of Atascadero Middle attend?

Students who attend Atascadero Middle usually go on to attend Atascadero High

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