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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)						CSA Spanish Listening (2026)						CSA Spanish Writing (2026)						CSA Spanish Reading (2026)						CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	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
Paulding Middle	0.0mi	Public	7-8	600 Crown Hill St.	Arroyo Grande	93420	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3500	544	27	19.9	45.8%	270 (49.6%)	4 (0.7%)	211 (38.8%)	14 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (7.7%)	77.8	519^th of 2740 public middle schools	81.1%		74.6	590^th of 2761 public middle schools	78.6%	71																										41.2	41.2				68.2	68.8	68.5				51.1	45.8	48.5	$18,636	$2,698	$15,938
Mesa Middle	3.5mi	Public	7-8	2555 Halcyon Rd.	Arroyo Grande	93420	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3400	474	25	18.9	73.8%	131 (27.6%)	3 (0.6%)	311 (65.6%)	9 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.0%)	43.4	1388^th of 2740 public middle schools	49.3%		44.6	1341^st of 2761 public middle schools	51.4%	47																										31.8	31.8				49.1	43.1	46.1				32.7	23.2	28.0	$19,239	$2,771	$16,468
Judkins Middle	4.0mi	Public	7-8	680 Wadsworth St.	Pismo Beach	93449	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3600	431	25	17.5	60.3%	154 (35.7%)	0 (0.0%)	235 (54.5%)	10 (2.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.0%)	59.5	946^th of 2740 public middle schools	65.5%		60.9	885^th of 2761 public middle schools	67.9%	61																										37.9	37.9				52.4	61.2	57.1				33.3	35.6	34.5	$18,381	$2,560	$15,821
Kermit McKenzie Intermediate	11.7mi	Public	4-8	4710 West Main St.	Guadalupe	93434	Santa Barbara County	Guadalupe Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 343-1951	585	32	18.2	87.9%	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	571 (97.6%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								(n/a)	32.5	0.0	5.3			13.0	30.0	27.0	5.3			20.9	55.0	5.4	5.3			22.6	25.0	0.0	2.6			9.6	14.6		14.6	23.0	28.7	24.7			25.5	15.6	9.7	17.6			14.3	$34,150	$2,995	$31,155
Laguna Middle	11.8mi	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%)	88.2	298^th of 2740 public middle schools	89.1%		90.6	261^st of 2761 public middle schools	90.5%	37																										56.2	56.2				69.2	69.9	69.6				63.5	56.2	59.9	$14,986	$1,158	$13,828
Guadalupe Junior High	12.0mi	Public	7-8	351 Arroyo Seco Rd.	Guadalupe	93434	Santa Barbara County	Guadalupe Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 343-2270	0			—															(n/a)				14.3	23.8	19.1				23.8	38.1	31.0				23.8	9.5	16.7				14.3	38.1	26.2		18.0	18.0				21.0	30.2	26.1				9.4	9.4	9.4
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High	12.0mi	Public	7-8	930 Hidden Pines Way	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-5800	912	50	18.0	87.5%	23 (2.5%)	2 (0.2%)	852 (93.4%)	24 (2.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.9%)	22.3	2115^th of 2740 public middle schools	22.8%		24.8	2017^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.9%	98																										19.0	19.0				36.4	34.1	35.3				15.3	16.0	15.7	$22,612	$2,135	$20,477
Teach Elementary	12.6mi	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)																									80.6		80.6	92.2	94.0	89.7			92.0	90.6	80.6	86.8			85.9	$12,082	$505	$11,577
El Camino Junior High	13.8mi	Public	7-8	219 West El Camino	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7800	830	45	18.2	97.0%	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	820 (98.8%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.9	2536^th of 2740 public middle schools	7.4%		13.7	2489^th of 2761 public middle schools	9.9%	47																										11.9	11.9				17.9	26.4	22.3				9.0	12.9	11.0	$22,019	$1,792	$20,227
Fesler (Isaac) Junior High	14.6mi	Public	7-8	1100 East Fesler St.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7880	974	49	20.0	94.5%	6 (0.6%)	4 (0.4%)	954 (97.9%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	14.4	2453^rd of 2740 public middle schools	10.5%		13.2	2510^th of 2761 public middle schools	9.1%	57																										17.0	17.0				25.6	24.5	25.0				10.8	12.7	11.8	$21,282	$1,779	$19,503

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