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What's something Bruce (Robert) Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,050
Elementary
DISTRICT 825 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA MARIA-BONITA·NCES 060558009322
Bruce (Robert) Elementary
601 West Alvin Ave., Santa Maria, CA 93458 · (805) 361-6940 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,050 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
22.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
1,009 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 230 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 152 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 138 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (230) is 67% larger than its 6th grade class (138).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
16.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.5pp since 2014
Math
14.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.0% | 12.5% | 22.2% | 61.3% |
| Math | 3.6% | 11.0% | 24.4% | 61.0% |
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 | 16.5% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 15.7% | 12.6% |
| 2022-23 | 15.9% | 11.4% |
| 2021-22 | 16.1% | 10.7% |
| 2018-19 | 20.6% | 14.1% |
| 2017-18 | 15.9% | 12.1% |
| 2016-17 | 13.7% | 10.3% |
| 2015-16 | 14.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
15.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Bruce (Robert) Elementary
Bruce (Robert) Elementary's state test result (15.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce (Robert) Elementary this school | 1,050 | 96.1% | 15.0% |
| Ellen Ochoa Learning Center Cudahy | 1,052 | 96.6% | 29.8% |
| Alvin Elementary Santa Maria | 998 | 97.6% | 17.6% |
| McCabe Elementary Mendota | 986 | 97.7% | 24.8% |
| Saul Martinez Elementary Mecca | 961 | 95.7% | 25.1% |
| Rice (William) Elementary Santa Maria | 887 | 95.2% | 16.0% |
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 Bruce (Robert) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #4,932 of 5,151 | #66 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #4,778 of 5,172 ▲ 91 | #58 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #5,001 of 5,172 ▼ 7 | #66 of 66 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #2,597 of 5,116 | #27 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,050 | #53 of 5,915 | #2 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,508 of 5,352 | #46 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.5% | #5,222 of 5,354 | #58 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #311 of 5,625 | #7 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #535 of 1,139 | #5 of 13 |
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
1,050
+110 (+12%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 1,050 | 46.9 | 22.4:1 | 96% (1,009) |
| 2023-24 | 998 | 49.3 | 20.2:1 | 89% (888) |
| 2022-23 | 951 | 43.8 | 21.7:1 | 83% (789) |
| 2020-21 | 940 | 41 | 22.9:1 | 91% (856) |
| 2017-18 | 959 | 42 | 22.8:1 | 93% (891) |
| 2015-16 | 975 | 39 | 25.0:1 | 92% (895) |
| 2010-11 | 851 | N/A | N/A | 89% (757) |
| 2000-01 | 876 | 43 | 20.4:1 | 93% (813) |
| 1990-91 | 735 | 29 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bruce (Robert) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (959 to 1,050); teachers up 12% (42 to 46.9).
About Bruce (Robert) Elementary
Bruce (Robert) Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Santa Maria, California. The school has 1,050 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 126% higher.
Bruce (Robert) Elementary is in Santa Maria-Bonita, a district with 17,408 students across 21 schools.
The share of students at Bruce (Robert) Elementary who are Hispanic is 98%. By comparison, Santa Barbara County residents are about 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 4, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Bruce (Robert) Elementary totals 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Federal data show 96% of students (1,009) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Santa Barbara County report 68%.
Bruce (Robert) Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bruce (Robert) Elementary is -8.2 points: 15.0% actual, 23.2% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Santa Barbara County show that median household income comes to about $98,161, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 129, with about 66,191 students.
El Camino Junior High is about 0.2 miles from Bruce (Robert) Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Bruce (Robert) Elementary is 8th among 9 schools close by.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Bruce (Robert) Elementary enrolled 940 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 1,050.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Bruce (Robert) Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Santa Maria-Bonita
- JIMENEZ ROBERTO AND DR. FRANCISCO ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,177 students
- Alvin ElementaryElementary · 998 students
- Fesler (Isaac) Junior HighMiddle · 974 students
- Tunnell (Martin Luther) ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Kunst (Tommie) Junior HighMiddle · 912 students
- Rice (William) ElementaryElementary · 887 students
Other schools in Santa Maria
- Santa Maria HighHigh · 3,143 students
- Pioneer Valley HighHigh · 3,080 students
- Ernest Righetti HighHigh · 2,416 students
- JIMENEZ ROBERTO AND DR. FRANCISCO ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,177 students
- Alvin ElementaryElementary · 998 students
- Fesler (Isaac) Junior HighMiddle · 974 students
Nearby schools
- El Camino Junior High0.2 mi · 830
- Fairlawn Elementary0.5 mi · 716
- Alvin Elementary0.6 mi · 998
- Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary0.7 mi · 849
- Rice (William) Elementary0.9 mi · 887
- Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary1.1 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Bruce (Robert) ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bruce (Robert) Elementary?
Bruce (Robert) Elementary enrolls approximately 1,050 students in grades KG-06.
Is Bruce (Robert) Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bruce (Robert) Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Bruce (Robert) Elementary have?
Bruce (Robert) Elementary employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Bruce (Robert) Elementary?
Student demographics at Bruce (Robert) Elementary are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Bruce (Robert) Elementary in?
Bruce (Robert) Elementary is part of Santa Maria-Bonita.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.