Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Morro Bay. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Morro Bay.
Morro Bay
5 scored schools near Morro Bay
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 Morro Bay.
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Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Morro Bay?
1 scored elementary school is within 20 miles of Morro Bay. The closest is Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary, 19.5 miles away.
Distance 19.5mi
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 Morro Bay, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Morro Bay?
1 scored middle school is within 20 miles of Morro Bay. The closest is Paso Robles Independent Study Center, 19.7 miles away.
Distance 19.7mi
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 Morro Bay, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Morro Bay?
3 scored high schools are within 20 miles of Morro Bay. The closest is Atascadero Choices in Education Academy (ACE), 13.3 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 13.3mi
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 13.6mi
Templeton Independent Study High
Templeton Unified · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
2168% below the standard
Scope Score 70Developing · 25th percentile
Distance 18.9mi
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 Morro Bay, 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 Morro Bay?
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.
- Wishing Well SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 119 students5.5 mi
- Christ Classical SchoolGrades K–6 · 40 students11.0 mi
- ACTS Advanced Christian Training SchoolsGrades K–12 · 40 students11.1 mi
- Childrens House Montessori SchoolGrades Pre-K–6 · 56 students12.0 mi
- North County Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 82 students12.6 mi
- Orfalea Family & Asi Children's Center Rm # 133Grades Pre-K to transitional year after K · 9 students12.6 mi
- Santa Lucia SchoolGrades K–7 · 30 students12.7 mi
- Old Mission SchoolGrades K–8 · 299 students13.0 mi
- Mission College Prep High SchoolGrades 9–12 · 273 students13.1 mi
- Lindamood-Bell AcademyGrades 1–12 · 128 students13.1 mi
- San Luis Obispo Classical AcademyGrades K–12 · 361 students13.1 mi
- Templeton Hills 7th-Day Adventist SchoolGrades K–8 · 20 students13.7 mi
- Montessori Childrens SchoolGrades Pre-K–6 · 54 students14.3 mi
- St. Rose Catholic SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 214 students19.4 mi
- Trinity Lutheran SchoolGrades K–8 · 112 students19.5 mi
15 private schools are within 20 miles of Morro Bay, 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 Morro Bay?
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