Regular local school district · San Luis Obispo County
Atascadero Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Atascadero Unified runs 12 public schools with 4,357 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 21.8 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 4,357
- Teachers (FTE)
- 200
- Students per teacher
- 21.8
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5601 West Mall, Atascadero, CA 93422
- Phone
- (805)462-4200
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0603300
- State district ID
- CA-4068700
- Total staff (FTE)
- 540
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 363 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district21.8
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,397), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $79.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.0 million
- State revenue
- $29.3 million
- Local revenue
- $43.9 million
- Total spending
- $67.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,247
- Salaries
- $31.1 million46.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $103.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.5%
- State: 37.0%
- Local: 55.5%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,247
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Atascadero Unified
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Atascadero Choices in Education Academy (ACE) | High | 9 to 12 | 159 | 31.8 |
| Atascadero HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,157 | 19.6 |
| Atascadero MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 845 | 21.1 |
| Carrisa Plains ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 21 | 21.0 |
| Creston ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 61 | 20.3 |
| Fine Arts AcademyCEP school | Middle | 4 to 8 | 238 | 21.6 |
| Monterey Road ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 382 | 25.5 |
| Paloma Creek HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 55 | 18.3 |
| San Benito ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 403 | 28.8 |
| San Gabriel ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 360 | 25.7 |
| Santa Margarita ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 297 | 27.0 |
| Santa Rosa Road Academic AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 377 | 20.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in San Luis Obispo County
- Lucia Mar Unified 9,591 students
- San Luis Coastal Unified 7,654 students
- Paso Robles Joint Unified 6,284 students
- Templeton Unified 2,215 students
- San Miguel Joint Union 668 students
- Almond Acres Charter Academy District 478 students
- Coast Unified 478 students
- San Luis Obispo County Office of Education 345 students
- Shandon Joint Unified 268 students
- Cayucos Elementary School District 185 students
- Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District 163 students
- Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary 58 students
- Central California School Finance Authority JPA
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.