Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARPINTERIA UNIFIED·NCES 060756000724
Aliso Elementary
4545 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria, CA 93013 · (805) 684-4539 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
248 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Carpinteria Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.8pp since 2014
Math
34.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.1% | 28.7% | 28.0% | 27.3% |
| Math | 17.7% | 16.3% | 36.7% | 29.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 37.6% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 28.9% |
| 2021-22 | 36.8% | 33.5% |
| 2020-21 | 37.9% | 33.9% |
| 2018-19 | 52.1% | 56.1% |
| 2017-18 | 53.3% | 55.8% |
| 2016-17 | 51.3% | 50.6% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Aliso Elementary
Aliso Elementary's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliso Elementary this school | 315 | 78.7% | 40.8% |
| Le Grand Elementary Le Grand | 344 | 79.4% | 29.9% |
| Fenton Charter Leadership Academy Sun Valley | 313 | 80.5% | N/A |
| Kellogg (Karl H.) Elementary Chula Vista | 305 | 76.1% | 39.4% |
| McKinley Elementary Santa Barbara | 293 | 80.9% | 20.1% |
| Great Western Elementary Reedley | 309 | 82.8% | 47.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Aliso Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #2,409 of 5,151 | #31 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,831 of 5,172 ▼ 451 | #34 of 66 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #2,476 of 5,172 ▼ 181 | #32 of 66 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #1,899 of 5,116 | #16 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #4,635 of 5,915 | #52 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #800 of 5,352 | #24 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #4,193 of 5,354 | #39 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #2,297 of 5,625 | #28 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #1,549 of 3,837 | #11 of 47 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
315
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 19.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 315 | 16 | 19.7:1 | 79% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 18 | 17.6:1 | 79% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 18 | 18.3:1 | 77% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 17 | 19.4:1 | 82% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 17 | 22.8:1 | 76% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 16 | 25.3:1 | 81% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | N/A | N/A | 77% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 20 | 21.9:1 | 56% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 18 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aliso Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (388 to 315); teachers down 6% (17 to 16).
About Aliso Elementary
Aliso Elementary is a small elementary school in Carpinteria, California. In all, 315 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That is 32% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Carpinteria Unified enrolls 1,912 students, and its 6 schools include Aliso Elementary.
Hispanic students are 86% of those enrolled at Aliso Elementary. The remaining shares are 11% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Santa Barbara County's population at about 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
There are 16 full-time-equivalent teachers at Aliso Elementary, giving a ratio of 19.7:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. By family income, 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Santa Barbara County average 68%.
Aliso Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Aliso Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 40.8% actual against 33.4% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Santa Barbara County show that the median household earns about $98,161 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Santa Barbara County, 129 public schools serve about 66,191 students.
Measured in a straight line, Carpinteria Family is about 0.7 miles from Aliso Elementary. The five-mile area around Aliso Elementary holds 5 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 59.4%, higher than Aliso Elementary's 40.8%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 315, compared with 329 in 2020-21.
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Santa Barbara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
443,701
Census ACS
Median income
$98,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
66,191 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carpinteria Unified
- Carpinteria Senior HighHigh · 593 students
- Canalino ElementaryElementary · 471 students
- Carpinteria MiddleMiddle · 437 students
- Summerland ElementaryElementary · 51 students
- Carpinteria FamilyElementary · 45 students
Other schools in Carpinteria
- Carpinteria Senior HighHigh · 593 students
- Canalino ElementaryElementary · 471 students
- Carpinteria MiddleMiddle · 437 students
- Carpinteria FamilyElementary · 45 students
Nearby schools
- Carpinteria Family0.7 mi · 45
- Canalino Elementary0.7 mi · 471
- Carpinteria Middle0.8 mi · 437
- Carpinteria Senior High0.9 mi · 593
- Summerland Elementary4.3 mi · 51
- Montecito Union6.4 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Aliso ElementaryHow many students attend Aliso Elementary?
Aliso Elementary enrolls approximately 315 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Aliso Elementary serve?
Aliso Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Aliso Elementary?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Aliso Elementary.
How diverse is Aliso Elementary?
Aliso Elementary reports a student body of 11% White, 86% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Aliso Elementary in?
Aliso Elementary is part of Carpinteria Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.