Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Creston. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Creston.
Creston
5 scored schools 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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We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
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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.
No charter schools are within 20 miles of Creston.
5 magnets and schools of choice. You apply through the district, not the school.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Creston?
1 scored elementary school is within 20 miles of Creston. The closest is Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary, 12.3 miles away.
Distance 12.3mi
Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet ElementaryMagnet
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades K–7 · Check how it admits students.
192259% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 70th 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 Paso Robles Independent Study Center, 13.9 miles away.
Distance 13.9mi
Paso Robles Independent Study Center
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
142363% below the standard
Scope Score 75Developing · 48th 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?
3 scored high schools are within 20 miles of Creston. The closest is Atascadero Choices in Education Academy (ACE), 7.7 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 7.7mi
Atascadero Choices in Education Academy (ACE)
Atascadero Unified · Grades 6–12 · Check how it admits students.
151570% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 35th percentile
Distance 11.6mi
Templeton Independent Study High
Templeton Unified · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
2168% below the standard
Scope Score 70Developing · 25th percentile
Distance 12.0mi
Independence High
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
1282% below the standard
Scope Score 63Needs Support · 5th 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), 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.
- Paso Robles Joint Unified3 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Atascadero Unified1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Templeton Unified1 public or charter school in the lists above