Schools in Whitley Gardens · Paso Robles Joint Unified School District
Whitley Gardens’s public schools beat 55% of California districts
The public schools Whitley Gardens’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
50%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
52%
▲ 4 pts vs CA 49%
2020–21
Math proficiency
28%
▼ 5 pts vs CA 33%
2020–21
Graduate on time
88%
▲ 0 pts vs CA 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$16.7K
▼ 21% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Whitley Gardens compares
B Test scoresC+ Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 55%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (28)Better than 50%
Good confidence. Built on 492 tested students and a graduating class of 559; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of California only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Whitley Gardens.
6 schools teach K in Whitley Gardens’s district. Which one depends on your address: Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary, Kermit King Elementary, Winifred Pifer Elementary and Pat Butler Elementary and more.
6 schools teach 1st grade in Whitley Gardens’s district. Which one depends on your address: Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary, Kermit King Elementary, Winifred Pifer Elementary and Pat Butler Elementary and more.
6 schools teach 2nd grade in Whitley Gardens’s district. Which one depends on your address: Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary, Kermit King Elementary, Winifred Pifer Elementary and Pat Butler Elementary and more.
6 schools teach 3rd grade in Whitley Gardens’s district. Which one depends on your address: Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary, Kermit King Elementary, Winifred Pifer Elementary and Pat Butler Elementary and more.
6 schools teach 4th grade in Whitley Gardens’s district. Which one depends on your address: Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary, Kermit King Elementary, Winifred Pifer Elementary and Pat Butler Elementary and more.
6 schools teach 5th grade in Whitley Gardens’s district. Which one depends on your address: Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary, Kermit King Elementary, Winifred Pifer Elementary and Pat Butler Elementary and more.
6 schools teach 6th grade in Whitley Gardens’s district. Which one depends on your address: Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary, Kermit King Elementary, Winifred Pifer Elementary and Pat Butler Elementary and more.
The path, start to finish
K–66 schoolsDepends on your address
7–8Lewis Flamson Junior Highin Paso Robles
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading52%
State average 48.5%
Math28%
State average 33.4%
Every school in Whitley Gardens
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Whitley Gardens · in other towns
Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary
682 students27:1Rate it →
Kermit King Elementary
507 students27:1Rate it →
Winifred Pifer Elementary
492 students25:1Rate it →
Pat Butler Elementary
472 students28:1Rate it →
Virginia Peterson Elementary
C461 students23:1Rate it →
Glen Speck Elementary
454 students28:1Rate it →
Lewis Flamson Junior High
D−884 students19:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Whitley Gardens
There’s no college in Whitley Gardens, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo, 26 miles away.
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoUniversity or college · Public · San Luis Obispo
26 mi22,376 students
Cuesta CollegeCommunity college · Public · San Luis Obispo
26 mi7,216 students
Laurus CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · San Luis Obispo
28.3 mi641 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Whitley Gardens. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.