Mesa Middle
Public · Grades 7–8 · 474 students
Paulding Middle
600 Crown Hill St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
Grades
7–8
Middle
Students
544
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
20 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Lucia Mar Unified
San Luis Obispo County
Schola Grade B · Above average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,332 California middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Paulding Middle
Paulding Middle is a public middle school in Arroyo Grande, California, serving grades 7–8. It is part of Lucia Mar Unified. The school is located in a small suburb in San Luis Obispo County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 544 students were enrolled, with about 20 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical California middle school (21.0 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is B (above average), compared with 1,332 California middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 7–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 7–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 544 students
- Students per teacher
- 20 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Small
- School district
- Lucia Mar Unified
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- NCES school ID
- 062308003528
Schools near Paulding Middle
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Teach Elementary
Magnet · Grades 4–6 · 193 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.