Paloma Creek High

Paloma Creek High runs as a very small high school in Atascadero, California. There are 55 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in California, the average enrollment is about 838.

Atascadero Unified counts 4,355 students in its 12 schools, and Paloma Creek High is one of them.

The student body at Paloma Creek High is 58% White. Other reported shares: 38% Hispanic. San Luis Obispo County's residents are about 69% White, 11 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.

With 3.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.0:1. The average for high schools in California is 18.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Paloma Creek High, 71% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in San Luis Obispo County.

In the wider San Luis Obispo County area, the median household earns about $97,446 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Paloma Creek High shares San Luis Obispo County with 82 other public schools.

Atascadero Choices in Education Academy (ACE) is less than a tenth of a mile from Paloma Creek High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES describes the area around Paloma Creek High as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 55, down from 62 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.0:1, from 20.7:1.

This page is set up for the Paloma Creek High community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.