Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Creston. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Creston.
Creston
33 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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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.
These schools take students by address, so the district is the filter that matters.
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.
32 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.
5 magnets and schools of choice. You apply through the district, not the school.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Creston?
20 scored elementary schools are within 20 miles of Creston. The closest is Creston Elementary, less than 0.1 miles away.
Distance 0.0mi
Creston Elementary
Atascadero Unified · Grades K–5
201367% below the standard
Scope Score 75Developing · 48th percentile
Distance 8.5mi
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy
Atascadero Unified · Grades K–5
2069% below the standard
Scope Score 71Developing · 26th percentile
Distance 8.7mi
San Gabriel Elementary
Atascadero Unified · Grades Pre-K–5
212356% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 44th percentile
Distance 8.9mi
Santa Margarita Elementary
Atascadero Unified · Grades K–5
262945% below the standard
Scope Score 80Solid · 73rd percentile
Distance 9.7mi
San Benito Elementary
Atascadero Unified · Grades K–5
162064% below the standard
Scope Score 71Needs Support · 24th percentile
Distance 10.1mi
Monterey Road Elementary
Atascadero Unified · Grades K–5
302842% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 69th percentile
Distance 10.6mi
Virginia Peterson Elementary
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades K–6
151966% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 39th percentile
Distance 11.6mi
Winifred Pifer Elementary
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades K–6
121969% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 11th percentile
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
Distance 12.0mi
Pat Butler Elementary
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades K–6
121870% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 19th percentile
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
Distance 13.0mi
Shandon Elementary
Shandon Joint Unified · Grades K–8
172459% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 42nd percentile
Distance 13.8mi
Glen Speck Elementary
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades K–6
1380% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 14th percentile
Distance 13.9mi
Kermit King Elementary
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades K–6
242452% below the standard
Scope Score 80Solid · 71st percentile
Distance 13.9mi
Vineyard Elementary
Templeton Unified · Grades 3–5
212455% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 60th percentile
Distance 16.9mi
Pacheco Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades K–6
292348% below the standard
Scope Score 80Solid · 74th percentile
Distance 17.0mi
Bishop's Peak Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades K–6
442432% below the standard
Scope Score 82Strong · 80th percentile
Distance 17.6mi
Sinsheimer Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades K–6
412930% below the standard
Scope Score 84Strong · 83rd percentile
Distance 17.8mi
Hawthorne Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades Pre-K–6
272548% below the standard
Scope Score 76Solid · 53rd percentile
Distance 19.2mi
C L Smith Elementary
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades Pre-K–6
302644% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 68th 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?
8 scored middle schools are within 20 miles of Creston. The closest is Atascadero Middle, 8.8 miles away.
Distance 8.8mi
Atascadero Middle
Atascadero Unified · Grades 6–8
182557% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 46th percentile
Distance 8.8mi
Fine Arts Academy
Atascadero Unified · Grades 4–8
223048% below the standard
Scope Score 80Solid · 72nd percentile
Distance 11.6mi
Templeton Middle
Templeton Unified · Grades 6–8
242848% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 70th percentile
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
Distance 13.0mi
Shandon Elementary
Shandon Joint Unified · Grades K–8
1482% below the standard
Scope Score 68Needs Support · 11th percentile
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
Distance 14.0mi
Lewis Flamson Junior High
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades 7–8
142363% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 37th percentile
Distance 19.4mi
Laguna Middle
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades 7–8
382735% below the standard
Scope Score 86Strong · 89th 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?
7 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 9.0mi
Atascadero High
Atascadero Unified · Grades 9–12
242254% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 45th percentile
Distance 11.5mi
Templeton High
Templeton Unified · Grades 9–12
203248% below the standard
Scope Score 83Strong · 81st 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
Distance 12.0mi
Paso Robles High
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades 9–12
203050% below the standard
Scope Score 75Developing · 48th percentile
Distance 13.1mi
Shandon High
Shandon Joint Unified · Grades 9–12
1189% below the standard
No score
Distance 17.0mi
San Luis Obispo High
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades 9–12
362341% below the standard
Scope Score 85Strong · 84th percentile
Continuation and other schools · 5
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 7.8mi
Paloma Creek High
Atascadero Unified · Grades 9–12
94% below the standard
Developing · 35th percentileRanked only against California continuation high schools.
Distance 11.9mi
Liberty High (Continuation)
Paso Robles Joint Unified · Grades 10–12
1189% below the standard
Solid · 63rd percentileRanked only against California continuation high schools.
Distance 16.8mi
San Luis Obispo County Community
San Luis Obispo County Office of Educati · Grades 6–12
95% below the standard
No score
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.
Distance 19.7mi
Pacific Beach High
San Luis Coastal Unified · Grades 10–12
95% below the standard
Strong · 95th percentileRanked only against California continuation 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.
- Atascadero Unified11 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Paso Robles Joint Unified11 public and charter schools in the lists above
- San Luis Coastal Unified8 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Templeton Unified4 public and charter schools in the lists above
- San Luis Obispo County Office of Educati3 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Shandon Joint Unified2 public and charter schools in the lists above