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Enrollment
845
Middle
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATASCADERO UNIFIED·NCES 060330000248
Atascadero Middle
6501 Lewis Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422 · (805) 462-4360 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL845 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
409 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 252 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 286 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 307 | 36% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Atascadero Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.4pp since 2014
Math
37.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.5% | 31.9% | 24.2% | 26.5% |
| Math | 19.3% | 18.5% | 25.2% | 37.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 30.6% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 32.5% |
| 2021-22 | 51.4% | 34.0% |
| 2018-19 | 48.7% | 37.1% |
| 2017-18 | 47.3% | 37.4% |
| 2016-17 | 51.5% | 35.8% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Atascadero Middle
Atascadero Middle's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atascadero Middle this school | 845 | 48.4% | 40.7% |
| Jacobsen Middle Tehachapi | 925 | 46.5% | 24.9% |
| Bidwell Junior High Chico | 1,012 | 52.3% | 45.3% |
| Laguna Middle San Luis Obispo | 780 | 43.3% | 64.3% |
| Niguel Hills Middle Laguna Niguel | 693 | 44.6% | 65.2% |
| Marine View Middle Huntington Beach | 736 | 46.2% | 56.1% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Atascadero Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #502 of 1,224 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #441 of 1,227 ▲ 108 | #7 of 12 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #501 of 1,227 ▲ 44 | #8 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #754 of 1,214 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 845 | #371 of 1,377 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #556 of 1,279 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #556 of 1,278 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #953 of 1,329 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #738 of 930 | #7 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
845
+32 (+4%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 835
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 20.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 845 | 40.9 | 20.7:1 | 48% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 855 | 42.9 | 19.9:1 | 51% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 41.1 | 20.3:1 | 50% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 40 | 20.3:1 | 33% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 914 | 41.8 | 21.9:1 | 44% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 806 | 35 | 23.0:1 | 39% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | N/A | N/A | 36% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 869 | 43 | 20.2:1 | 20% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 835 | 37 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atascadero Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (914 to 845); teachers down 2% (41.8 to 40.9).
About Atascadero Middle
Atascadero Middle operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school in Atascadero, California. It teaches 845 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 28% higher.
Atascadero Middle is in Atascadero Unified, a district with 4,355 students across 12 schools.
More than half of the students at Atascadero Middle are White (58%). Other reported shares: 33% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 69% White among all San Luis Obispo County residents. The diversity index for Atascadero Middle is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Atascadero Middle, giving a ratio of 20.7:1. That is in line with the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. A total of 409 students, or 48%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public middle schools, Atascadero Middle outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Atascadero Middle is 51.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.7%.
The school's county is San Luis Obispo County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $97,446, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. San Luis Obispo County's 83 public schools enroll about 33,339 students and include Atascadero Middle.
Fine Arts Academy is the nearest public school to Atascadero Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Atascadero Middle is behind the 46.9% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.
Locale data from NCES put Atascadero Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000 (Suburb: Small).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 845, up from 813 in 2020-21.
Atascadero Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
San Luis Obispo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,555
Census ACS
Median income
$97,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
33,339 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Atascadero Unified
- Atascadero HighHigh · 1,157 students
- San Benito ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- Monterey Road ElementaryElementary · 382 students
- Santa Rosa Road Academic AcademyElementary · 377 students
- San Gabriel ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- Santa Margarita ElementaryElementary · 297 students
Other schools in Atascadero
- Atascadero HighHigh · 1,157 students
- San Benito ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- Monterey Road ElementaryElementary · 382 students
- Santa Rosa Road Academic AcademyElementary · 377 students
- San Gabriel ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- Fine Arts AcademyMiddle · 238 students
Nearby schools
- Fine Arts Academy0.2 mi · 238
- Atascadero High0.7 mi · 1,157
- Monterey Road Elementary1.6 mi · 382
- Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy1.9 mi · 377
- San Benito Elementary2.0 mi · 403
- San Gabriel Elementary2.3 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Atascadero MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Atascadero Middle?
Atascadero Middle enrolls approximately 845 students in grades 06-08.
Is Atascadero Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Atascadero Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Atascadero Middle have?
Atascadero Middle employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Atascadero Middle?
At Atascadero Middle, the student body is approximately 58% White, 33% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Atascadero Middle public or private?
Atascadero Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atascadero Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.