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The most racially diverse public middle schools in Santa Barbara County, California

Across Santa Barbara County, California, 14 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Goleta Valley Junior High leads the list at 62.6%, against a median of 28.8% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Santa Barbara County, California

Top Diversity index

62.6%

Median Diversity index

28.8%

MOST DIVERSE · SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Goleta Valley Junior High	Goleta, CA	731	62.6%	35.2%(257)	1.0%(7)	48.7%(356)	6.7%(49)
2	Orcutt Junior High	Santa Maria, CA	464	60.3%	31.3%(145)	1.7%(8)	53.7%(249)	2.8%(13)
3	La Colina Junior High	Santa Barbara, CA	832	59.3%	49.0%(408)	0.2%(2)	40.0%(333)	3.3%(27)
4	Vandenberg Middle	Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA	565	57.9%	28.7%(162)	2.8%(16)	57.7%(326)	4.4%(25)
5	Lakeview Junior High	Santa Maria, CA	463	46.8%	21.2%(98)	0.7%(3)	69.5%(322)	2.8%(13)
6	Carpinteria Middle	Carpinteria, CA	437	35.6%	18.5%(81)	0.9%(4)	78.0%(341)	0.7%(3)
7	Santa Barbara Junior High	Santa Barbara, CA	512	29.4%	12.7%(65)	0.6%(3)	83.0%(425)	0.6%(3)
8	Lompoc Valley Middle	Lompoc, CA	744	28.2%	8.6%(64)	0.5%(4)	84.1%(626)	2.8%(21)
9	La Cumbre Junior High	Santa Barbara, CA	426	18.5%	8.0%(34)	0.2%(1)	89.9%(383)	0.7%(3)
10	Kunst (Tommie) Junior High	Santa Maria, CA	912	12.4%	2.5%(23)	0.2%(2)	93.4%(852)	2.6%(24)
11	Arellanes Junior High	Santa Maria, CA	668	10.7%	2.5%(17)	0.6%(4)	94.5%(631)	2.1%(14)
12	Kermit McKenzie Intermediate	Guadalupe, CA	585	4.7%	1.0%(6)	0.2%(1)	97.6%(571)	0.5%(3)
13	Fesler (Isaac) Junior High	Santa Maria, CA	974	4.1%	0.6%(6)	0.4%(4)	98.0%(954)	0.5%(5)
14	El Camino Junior High	Santa Maria, CA	830	2.4%	0.5%(4)	0.1%(1)	98.8%(820)	0.5%(4)

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