Brandon Elementary

Brandon Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Goleta, California, one of the schools within Goleta Union Elementary, with 429 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Brandon Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Goleta Union Elementary, a district that hosts 3,395 students overall.

Demographically, Brandon Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to Santa Barbara County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Brandon Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Santa Barbara County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brandon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.4%; this one delivers 47.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Santa Barbara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $98,161 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Barbara County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students), Brandon Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ellwood Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Brandon Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 412 students in 2018 compared to 429 in 2025.

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