Atascadero Middle

Summary:

Atascadero Middle is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Atascadero, California, with 835 students. The school is part of the Atascadero Unified School District, which is ranked 570 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Atascadero Middle faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, lower academic performance across all subject areas compared to the district and state averages, and achievement gaps among various student subgroups. For example, in 2023-2024, the 8th grade proficiency rates at Atascadero Middle were 40.5% in English Language Arts, 27.8% in Mathematics, and 32.64% in Science, all of which are below the district and state averages. The school's Hispanic, English Language Learner, special education, and military-connected students have particularly low performance, with proficiency rates ranging from 1 to 3 stars on SchoolDigger's rating system.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Laguna Middle and Teach Elementary in the San Luis Coastal Unified district, Atascadero Middle's academic performance is generally lower. This may be influenced by the school's higher percentage of socioeconomically disadvantaged students, as 49.82% of its students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 6501 Lewis Ave.
       Atascadero, CA  93422-4222


(805) 462-4360

District: Atascadero Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1111th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,497 Help


Students who attend Atascadero Middle usually attend:

High:    Atascadero High

Feeder schools for Atascadero Middle:

Elementary:    Carrisa Plains Elementary
    Creston Elementary
    Monterey Road Elementary
    San Benito Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  19.9 Help
Number of students:  855

Racial breakdown:

White:
59.2%
Hispanic:
33.7%
Two or more races:
2.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  51.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Atascadero Middle ranks better than 60% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.86. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (59.2%), Hispanic (33.7%), two or more races (2.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 51.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Atascadero Middle is 19.9. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Atascadero Middle is $9,497.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Atascadero Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Atascadero Middle 1111th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Atascadero Middle in the ranking list.)

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Atascadero Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Atascadero Unified 570th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Atascadero Middle

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Rank History for all students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 63.87 539th 1769 69.5%
2005 64.76 529th 1777 70.2%
2006 72.76 416th 1804 76.9%
2007 61.30 651st 1999 67.4%
2008 61.54 672nd 2005 66.5%
2009 52.03 925th 2063 55.2%
2010 59.22 811th 2179 62.8%
2011 55.67 941st 2236 57.9%
2012 59.14 843rd 2259 62.7%
2013 57.04 965th 2379 59.4%
2015 51.39 1063rd 2477 57.1%
2016 53.12 1041st 2497 58.3%
2017 55.87 962nd 2508 61.6%
2018 52.10 1034th 2480 58.3%
2019 53.55 1065th 2715 60.8%
2022 62.84 834th 2740 69.6%
2023 59.84 912th 2802 67.5%
2024 51.86 1111th 2777 60.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.66 263rd 462 43.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.94 638th 1364 53.2%
2019 27.53 1258th 1442 12.8%
2022 27.61 1353rd 1540 12.1%
2023 34.92 982nd 1529 35.8%
2024 31.70 1136th 1477 23.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 36.10 884th 1538 42.5%
2024 28.66 1145th 1550 26.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.16 1046th 2230 53.1%
2019 38.52 1374th 2369 42.0%
2022 55.00 873rd 2458 64.5%
2023 50.10 1030th 2549 59.6%
2024 48.97 1077th 2575 58.2%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 20.18 350th 394 11.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.20 1036th 2262 54.2%
2019 51.86 1009th 2380 57.6%
2022 57.44 871st 2509 65.3%
2023 57.58 879th 2547 65.5%
2024 50.47 1046th 2546 58.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.48 667th 1369 51.3%
2019 32.70 945th 1491 36.6%
2022 34.43 910th 1531 40.6%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 47.32 103rd 193 46.6%
2023 31.68 132nd 197 33.0%
2024 18.16 157th 191 17.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.09 917th 2273 59.7%
2019 53.37 955th 2407 60.3%
2022 66.14 697th 2527 72.4%
2023 60.59 808th 2558 68.4%
2024 51.37 1026th 2547 59.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.83 1163rd 2072 43.9%
2019 41.19 1215th 2213 45.1%
2022 45.68 1111th 2359 52.9%
2023 38.36 1328th 2391 44.5%
2024 29.30 1674th 2383 29.8%
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Rank History for White students at Atascadero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.36 990th 1496 33.8%
2019 36.74 1013th 1602 36.8%
2022 55.50 664th 1555 57.3%
2023 50.06 743rd 1552 52.1%
2024 41.46 872nd 1535 43.2%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Atascadero Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 552 5 7 54 3 n/a n/a 0 621
1989 608 12 6 55 6 n/a n/a 0 687
1990 696 13 5 58 7 n/a n/a 0 779
1991 755 9 7 60 4 n/a n/a 0 835
1992 814 10 6 61 7 n/a n/a 0 898
1993 804 11 12 62 2 n/a n/a 0 891
1994 810 12 19 61 2 n/a n/a 0 904
1995 872 11 13 86 7 n/a n/a 0 989
1996 872 11 13 86 7 n/a n/a 0 989
1997 840 11 18 90 5 n/a n/a 0 964
1998 853 9 24 73 3 n/a n/a 0 962
1999 847 15 18 78 8 n/a n/a 0 966
2000 813 17 14 95 7 n/a n/a 0 946
2001 730 19 14 100 6 n/a n/a 0 869
2002 757 13 9 104 7 n/a n/a 0 890
2003 757 13 9 104 7 n/a n/a 0 890
2004 667 12 8 104 5 n/a n/a 0 796
2005 628 22 11 108 3 n/a n/a 4 776
2006 555 22 12 115 5 n/a n/a 2 711
2007 566 17 10 126 9 n/a n/a 4 732
2008 603 16 18 140 4 n/a n/a 0 781
2009 539 13 18 140 1 1 0 0 712
2010 457 11 9 133 7 2 23 0 642
2011 425 8 12 129 6 3 24 0 607
2012 380 9 17 150 5 0 9 0 570
2013 357 10 11 174 10 0 11 0 573
2014 430 13 20 227 10 2 15 0 717
2015 445 9 18 231 8 2 27 0 740
2016 472 11 22 265 10 2 24 0 806
2017 464 10 23 229 9 0 29 0 764
2018 577 9 19 265 4 0 40 0 914
2019 603 12 10 273 2 0 40 0 940
2020 584 12 16 269 4 0 35 0 920
2021 509 10 12 246 6 0 30 0 813
2022 496 9 15 247 3 2 21 1 794
2023 505 8 15 280 4 2 19 2 835
2024 506 8 18 288 7 3 24 1 855

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Atascadero Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 621 29.5 21.0 n/a
1989 687 31.5 21.8 n/a
1990 779 37.2 20.9 n/a
1991 835 37.5 22.2 n/a
1992 898 38.1 23.5 10.6
1993 891 40.5 22.0 5.1
1994 904 40.8 22.2 4.1
1995 989 43.0 23.0 17.3
1996 989 43.0 23.0 17.3
1997 964 43.4 22.2 16.8
1998 962 43.0 22.4 15.1
1999 966 43.0 22.5 18.1
2000 946 43.7 21.6 21.1
2001 869 43.8 19.8 20.4
2002 890 44.0 20.2 19.7
2003 890 44.0 20.2 19.7
2004 796 37.0 21.5 21.5
2005 776 55.8 13.9 24
2006 711 31.5 22.6 16.4
2007 732 24.7 29.6 31.3
2008 781 38.8 20.1 33.7
2009 712 30.1 20.3 36.8
2010 642 29.4 21.8 34.7
2011 607 n/a n/a 35.9
2012 570 28.7 19.8 n/a
2013 573 28.1 20.3 45.4
2014 717 33.3 21.5 46.2
2015 740 34.0 21.7 40.3
2016 806 35.0 23.0 38.7
2017 764 36.8 20.7 39
2018 914 41.8 21.8 44.1
2019 940 44.3 21.1 42.9
2020 920 n/a n/a 40.5
2021 813 40.7 19.9 33.5
2022 794 40.2 19.7 47
2023 835 41.1 20.3 49.8
2024 855 42.8 19.9 51.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Atascadero Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 621 29.5 21.0 n/a
1989 687 31.5 21.8 n/a
1990 779 37.2 20.9 n/a
1991 835 37.5 22.2 n/a
1992 898 38.1 23.5 10.6
1993 891 40.5 22.0 5.1
1994 904 40.8 22.2 4.1
1995 989 43.0 23.0 17.3
1996 989 43.0 23.0 17.3
1997 964 43.4 22.2 16.8
1998 962 43.0 22.4 15.1
1999 966 43.0 22.5 18.1
2000 946 43.7 21.6 21.1
2001 869 43.8 19.8 20.4
2002 890 44.0 20.2 19.7
2003 890 44.0 20.2 19.7
2004 796 37.0 21.5 21.5
2005 776 55.8 13.9 24
2006 711 31.5 22.6 16.4
2007 732 24.7 29.6 31.3
2008 781 38.8 20.1 33.7
2009 712 30.1 20.3 36.8
2010 642 29.4 21.8 34.7
2011 607 n/a n/a 35.9
2012 570 28.7 19.8 n/a
2013 573 28.1 20.3 45.4
2014 717 33.3 21.5 46.2
2015 740 34.0 21.7 40.3
2016 806 35.0 23.0 38.7
2017 764 36.8 20.7 39
2018 914 41.8 21.8 44.1
2019 940 44.3 21.1 42.9
2020 920 n/a n/a 40.5
2021 813 40.7 19.9 33.5
2022 794 40.2 19.7 47
2023 835 41.1 20.3 49.8
2024 855 42.8 19.9 51.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Atascadero Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $9,497

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Atascadero Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1065th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 912th of 2802 Middle schools
 6.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atascadero Middle)48.749.6
 0.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atascadero Unified)50.948.9
 2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Atascadero Middle)32.334.5
 2.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Atascadero Unified)32.935.1
 2.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atascadero Middle)50.247.7
 2.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atascadero Unified)52.552.4
 0.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Atascadero Middle)4132.6
 8.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Atascadero Unified)42.234.8
 7.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atascadero Middle)45.749.4
 3.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atascadero Unified)46.850.4
 3.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Atascadero Middle)38.530.2
 8.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Atascadero Unified)36.530.9
 5.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Atascadero Middle)35.438
 2.6%
   8th Grade Science (Atascadero Unified)35.839.3
 3.4%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students940835
 11.2%
African American128
 33.3%
American Indian24
 100%
Asian1015
 50%
Hispanic273280
 2.6%
Pacific Islander02
White603505
 16.3%
Two or More Races4019
 52.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.9%49.8%
 6.9%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 855 students attended Atascadero Middle.

Students at Atascadero Middle are 59% White, 34% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Atascadero Middle ranks 1111th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Atascadero Middle usually go on to attend Atascadero High


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