Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Creston. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Creston.
Creston
1 scored school near Creston
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
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The district is known for every school. IB and Public Waldorf are checked against the International Baccalaureate’s directory and the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education’s member list.
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These come from each charter’s own website. We have read 0 of the 2 charters here. A school we have not read is never counted as a “no”.
We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
These are the nearest schools of every kind. Choose a kind of school to see that kind across the whole 20 miles.
0 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
2 charter schools. A charter takes students from any address and runs its own lottery; you apply to each one. We have read no coming dates on their sites.
No magnets or schools of choice are within 20 miles of Creston.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Creston?
1 scored elementary school is within 20 miles of Creston. The closest is Almond Acres Charter Academy, 11.7 miles away.
Distance 11.7mi
Almond Acres Charter AcademyCharter
San Luis Obispo County Office of Educati · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
2366% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 33rd percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Creston, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Creston?
1 scored middle school is within 20 miles of Creston. The closest is Almond Acres Charter Academy, 11.7 miles away.
Distance 11.7mi
Almond Acres Charter AcademyCharter
San Luis Obispo County Office of Educati · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
2368% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 41st percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Creston, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Creston?
No scored high schools are within 20 miles of Creston.
Continuation and other schools · 1
These schools are listed separately. Some are compared only with California schools of the same kind. Some have no score because students are placed there.
Distance 17.3mi
Grizzly ChalleNGe CharterCharter
San Luis Obispo County Office of Educati · Grades 10–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
94% below the standard
Strong · 91st percentileRanked only against California alternative high schools.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Creston, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
Private schools
Which private schools are near Creston?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- North County Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 82 students8.9 mi
- Childrens House Montessori SchoolGrades Pre-K–6 · 56 students10.2 mi
- ACTS Advanced Christian Training SchoolsGrades K–12 · 40 students11.3 mi
- Santa Lucia SchoolGrades K–7 · 30 students12.1 mi
- Templeton Hills 7th-Day Adventist SchoolGrades K–8 · 20 students12.1 mi
- Trinity Lutheran SchoolGrades K–8 · 112 students12.2 mi
- St. Rose Catholic SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 214 students12.5 mi
- San Luis Obispo Classical AcademyGrades K–12 · 361 students16.3 mi
- Orfalea Family & Asi Children's Center Rm # 133Grades Pre-K to transitional year after K · 9 students16.4 mi
- Old Mission SchoolGrades K–8 · 299 students17.4 mi
- Mission College Prep High SchoolGrades 9–12 · 273 students17.5 mi
- Lindamood-Bell AcademyGrades 1–12 · 128 students17.9 mi
- Christ Classical SchoolGrades K–6 · 40 students18.4 mi
13 private schools are within 20 miles of Creston, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near Creston?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- San Luis Obispo County Office of Educati2 public and charter schools in the lists above