Middle schools in San Luis Obispo County
50 middle schools in San Luis Obispo County, serving roughly 18,276 students. SweetSpot ranks each one on your family's priorities.
Top schools
- 8.4
Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter
San Luis Coastal Unified · K-6 · Charter
- 7.8
Branch Elementary
Lucia Mar Unified · K-6
- 7.8
Templeton Home
Templeton Unified · K-8 · Alternative school of choice
- 7.6
Teach Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · 4-6
- 7.3
Los Ranchos Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · K-6
- 7.2
Cayucos Elementary
Cayucos Elementary · K-8
- 7.2
Pacheco Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · K-6
- 7.1
Shell Beach Elementary
Lucia Mar Unified · K-6
- 7.1
Ocean View Elementary
Lucia Mar Unified · K-6
- 7.0
Bishop's Peak Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · K-6
- 7.0
Sinsheimer Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · K-6
- 6.8
Pleasant Valley Elementary
Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary · K-6
- 6.6
Harloe Elementary
Lucia Mar Unified · K-6
- 6.4
Kermit King Elementary
Paso Robles Joint Unified · K-6
- 6.4
C L Smith Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · P-6
- 6.2
Fine Arts Academy
Atascadero Unified · 4-8
- 6.1
Hawthorne Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · P-6
- 6.0
Judkins Middle
Lucia Mar Unified · 7-8
- 6.0
Cappy Culver Elementary
San Miguel Joint Union · P-8
- 5.9
Laguna Middle
San Luis Coastal Unified · 7-8
- 5.9
Paulding Middle
Lucia Mar Unified · 7-8
- 5.9
Templeton Middle
Templeton Unified · 6-8
- 5.9
Parkfield Elementary
Shandon Joint Unified · K-6
- 5.8
Lange (Dorothea) Elementary
Lucia Mar Unified · K-6
- 5.8
Oceano Elementary
Lucia Mar Unified · K-6
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Common questions
How many middle schools are in San Luis Obispo County?
50 middle schools in San Luis Obispo County, serving 18,276 students.
What counts as a "middle" school?
Any school whose grade span includes grades 6–8. K-8 schools appear under both elementary and middle.
How is the ranking computed?
By default, schools are ranked by SweetSpot's neutral baseline score — the mean of their academics, attendance, suspension rate, and teacher metrics. Tune your priorities to see a ranking calibrated to your family.
How does SweetSpot score schools?
SweetSpot scores every California public school on a 0–10 scale across academics, school size, teacher pay, suspension rates, attendance, graduation, and demographics — based on actual data, not peer-relative ranking.
Is this data accurate?
Yes — SweetSpot pulls directly from the California Department of Education's annual SARC (School Accountability Report Card) release. Last refreshed when the CDE publishes new data.
All schools in Middle schools, San Luis Obispo County
- Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter · K-6
- Branch Elementary · K-6
- Templeton Home · K-8
- Teach Elementary · 4-6
- Los Ranchos Elementary · K-6
- Cayucos Elementary · K-8
- Pacheco Elementary · K-6
- Shell Beach Elementary · K-6
- Ocean View Elementary · K-6
- Bishop's Peak Elementary · K-6
- Sinsheimer Elementary · K-6
- Pleasant Valley Elementary · K-6
- Harloe Elementary · K-6
- Kermit King Elementary · K-6
- C L Smith Elementary · P-6
- Fine Arts Academy · 4-8
- Hawthorne Elementary · P-6
- Judkins Middle · 7-8
- Cappy Culver Elementary · P-8
- Laguna Middle · 7-8
- Paulding Middle · 7-8
- Templeton Middle · 6-8
- Parkfield Elementary · K-6
- Lange (Dorothea) Elementary · K-6
- Oceano Elementary · K-6
- Santa Lucia Middle · 6-8
- Fairgrove Elementary · K-6
- Atascadero Choices in Education Academy (ACE) · 6-12
- Los Osos Middle · 6-8
- Pat Butler Elementary · K-6
- Grover Heights Elementary · K-6
- Dana Elementary · K-6
- Winifred Pifer Elementary · K-6
- Paso Robles Independent Study Center · K-8
- San Luis Obispo County Juvenile Court · 6-12
- Nipomo Elementary · P-6
- PEEP - PREPARE · P-Adult
- Lillian Larsen Elementary · K-8
- Mesa Middle · 7-8
- Pacific View Academy · K-12
- Atascadero Middle · 6-8
- Glen Speck Elementary · K-6
- Almond Acres Charter Academy · K-8
- Virginia Peterson Elementary · K-6
- Grover Beach Elementary · P-6
- Lewis Flamson Junior High · 7-8
- Georgia Brown Dual Immersion · K-7
- San Luis County Special Education · K-12
- Shandon Elementary · K-8
- San Luis Obispo County Community · 6-12