SLO Reporter

Paso Robles High School had the highest enrollment among San Luis Obispo County schools, welcoming 2,093 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.3% of them were boys, 49.6% were girls, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

The most represented ethnicity among Paso Robles High School students was white, accounting for 37.7% of the student population.

Among the 80 schools in San Luis Obispo County, Arroyo Grande High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,991 students, while San Luis Obispo High School welcomed 1,644 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Paso Robles High School is part of Paso Robles Joint Unified School District, which roughly covers schools within San Luis Obispo County and has a main office in Paso Robles.

In the previous school year, Paso Robles High School also had the highest number of students among San Luis Obispo County schools.

In the last decade, enrollment in California elementary and secondary schools rose by at least 5%, while high school enrollment dropped 5%.

However, overall enrollment in California public schools is sliding, and predicted by the Public Policy Institute of California to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Paso Robles High School	Paso Robles	2,093
Arroyo Grande High School	Arroyo Grande	1,991
San Luis Obispo High School	San Luis Obispo	1,644
Atascadero High School	Atascadero	1,173
Nipomo High School	Nipomo	891
Atascadero Middle School	Atascadero	835
Morro Bay High School	Morro Bay	795
Laguna Middle School	San Luis Obispo	789
Templeton High School	Templeton	775
Daniel Lewis Middle School	Paso Robles	665
George H. Flamson Middle School	Paso Robles	653
Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary School	Paso Robles	624
Dana Elementary School	Nipomo	600
Lange (Dorothea) Elementary School	Nipomo	594
Harloe Elementary School	Arroyo Grande	581
Los Osos Middle School	Los Osos	539
Paulding Middle School	Arroyo Grande	536
Ocean View Elementary School	Arroyo Grande	525
Pacheco Elementary School	San Luis Obispo	482
Templeton Middle School	Templeton	475
C. L. Smith Elementary School	San Luis Obispo	465
Mesa Middle School	Arroyo Grande	465
Judkins Middle School	Pismo Beach	458
Los Ranchos Elementary School	San Luis Obispo	450
Templeton Elementary School	Templeton	434
Hawthorne Elementary School	San Luis Obispo	430
Lillian Larsen Elementary School	San Miguel	425
Kermit King Elementary School	Paso Robles	419
Vineyard Elementary School	Templeton	419
San Benito Elementary School	Atascadero	414
Grover Beach Elementary School	Grover Beach	389
Winifred Pifer Elementary School	Paso Robles	388
Pat Butler Elementary School	Paso Robles	387
Fairgrove Elementary School	Grover Beach	386
Glen Speck Elementary School	Paso Robles	385
Monterey Road Elementary School	Atascadero	385
Virginia Peterson Elementary School	Paso Robles	372
Sinsheimer Elementary School	San Luis Obispo	371
Bishop's Peak Elementary School	San Luis Obispo	369
Nipomo Elementary School	Nipomo	369
Oceano Elementary School	Oceano	359
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy	Atascadero	359
San Gabriel Elementary School	Atascadero	352
Baywood Elementary School	Los Osos	348
Monarch Grove Elementary School	Los Osos	331
Shell Beach Elementary School	Pismo Beach	325
Grover Heights Elementary School	Grover Beach	323
Del Mar Elementary School	Morro Bay	290
Central Coast New Technology High School	Nipomo	267
Santa Margarita Elementary School	Santa Margarita	267
Branch Elementary School	Arroyo Grande	244
Cappy Culver Elementary School	Paso Robles	230
Grizzly ChalleNGe Charter	San Luis Obispo	212
Cambria Grammar	Cambria	207
Fine Arts Academy	Atascadero	183
Liberty High (Continuation)	Paso Robles	176
Shandon Elementary School	Shandon	175
Cayucos Elementary School	Cayucos	171
Teach Elementary School	San Luis Obispo	167
Pacific View Academy	Arroyo Grande	159
Atascadero Choices in Education Academy (ACE)	Atascadero	158
Coast Union High School	Cambria	149
Independence High School	Paso Robles	130
Lopez Continuation High School	Arroyo Grande	128
Santa Lucia Middle School	Cambria	121
Templeton Independent Study High School	Templeton	95
Shandon High School	Shandon	86
Paloma Creek High School	Atascadero	76
Creston Elementary School	Creston	71
Loma Vista Community	San Luis Obispo	68
Pacific Beach High School	San Luis Obispo	64
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	San Miguel	55
Paso Robles Independent Study Center	Paso Robles	47
Templeton Home	Templeton	45
Peep - Prepare	San Luis Obispo	21
San Luis County Special Education	San Luis Obispo	21
Carrisa Plains Elementary School	Santa Margarita	20
Eagle Canyon High School	Templeton	14
Leffingwell High (Continuation)	Cambria	11
San Luis Obispo County Juvenile Court	San Luis Obispo	9