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Enrollment
478
Middle
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEMPLETON UNIFIED·NCES 063900008996
Templeton Middle
925 Old County Rd., Templeton, CA 93465 · (805) 434-5813 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of California public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
20.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
87 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 164 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 153 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 161 | 34% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 Templeton Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
54.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
38.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 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 down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.3% | 35.2% | 26.4% | 19.1% |
| Math | 18.0% | 20.0% | 30.8% | 31.2% |
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 | 54.5% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.1% | 46.1% |
| 2022-23 | 56.4% | 45.7% |
| 2021-22 | 61.4% | 42.4% |
| 2018-19 | 61.9% | 51.2% |
| 2017-18 | 57.5% | 52.3% |
| 2016-17 | 64.6% | 57.6% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 69% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Templeton Middle
Templeton Middle's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Templeton Middle this school | 478 | 18.2% | 47.2% |
| Carmel Middle Carmel | 468 | 17.3% | 65.0% |
| Camerado Springs Middle Cameron Park | 536 | 20.5% | 59.4% |
| Earl Warren Middle Solana Beach | 476 | 18.1% | 75.0% |
| Adaline E. Kent Middle Kentfield | 488 | 10.7% | 77.1% |
| Scotts Valley Middle Scotts Valley | 463 | 11.2% | 60.6% |
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 Templeton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #390 of 1,224 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #436 of 1,227 ▼ 130 | #6 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #405 of 1,227 ▲ 36 | #7 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.6pp | #52 of 1,214 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #961 of 1,377 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #529 of 1,279 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #541 of 1,278 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #1,237 of 1,329 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #728 of 930 | #6 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
478
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+87% since 1990-91, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 478 | 23.4 | 20.4:1 | 18% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 24 | 19.8:1 | 21% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 23.4 | 20.3:1 | 18% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 22 | 22.1:1 | 22% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 22.9 | 22.7:1 | 22% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 18% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | N/A | N/A | 18% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 18% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 256 | 13 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Templeton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (519 to 478); teachers up 2% (22.9 to 23.4).
About Templeton Middle
Templeton Middle is a small middle school located in Templeton, California. Total enrollment is 478 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in California enroll about 659 students on average.
Templeton Unified enrolls 2,214 students in 7 schools, including Templeton Middle.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Templeton Middle. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic and 14% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of San Luis Obispo County's population at about 69%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Classroom staffing at Templeton Middle totals 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. It is about the same as the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Of all students at Templeton Middle, 18% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in San Luis Obispo County is 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Templeton Middle lands at C, ahead of 29% of California public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Templeton Middle is in the bottom 10% of California schools: 47.2% actual against 68.9% predicted.
In San Luis Obispo County, home to about 281,555 people, median household income comes to about $97,446, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 83 public schools in the county, enrolling about 33,339, Templeton Middle among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Templeton Elementary, is the closest to Templeton Middle. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Templeton Middle is behind the 51.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 5.
NCES describes the area around Templeton Middle as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 478, close to the 487 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 22.1:1 to 20.4:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Templeton Unified
- Templeton HighHigh · 725 students
- Vineyard ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- Templeton ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Templeton Independent Study HighHigh · 96 students
- Templeton HomeElementary · 54 students
- Eagle Canyon HighHigh · 13 students
Other schools in Templeton
- Templeton HighHigh · 725 students
- Vineyard ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- Templeton ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Templeton Independent Study HighHigh · 96 students
- Templeton HomeElementary · 54 students
- Eagle Canyon HighHigh · 13 students
Other Templeton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Templeton Middle. Templeton Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Templeton MiddleSussex, WI · 766 students
Nearby schools
- Templeton Elementary0.1 mi · 422
- Eagle Canyon High0.1 mi · 13
- Templeton Home0.1 mi · 54
- Templeton Independent Study High0.1 mi · 96
- Templeton High0.3 mi · 725
- Vineyard Elementary1.9 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Templeton MiddleHow many students attend Templeton Middle?
Templeton Middle enrolls approximately 478 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Templeton Middle serve?
Templeton Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Templeton Middle?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Templeton Middle.
What is the student diversity at Templeton Middle?
Student demographics at Templeton Middle are roughly 61% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Templeton Middle in?
Templeton Middle is part of Templeton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.