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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Canalino Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARPINTERIA UNIFIED·NCES 060756000725
Canalino Elementary
1480 Linden Ave., Carpinteria, CA 93013 · (805) 684-4141 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
19.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
294 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
49%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
49.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.8pp since 2014
Math
45.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.3% | 28.4% | 17.1% | 33.2% |
| Math | 25.0% | 20.8% | 29.7% | 24.5% |
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 | 49.8% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 49.4% |
| 2022-23 | 39.7% | 40.8% |
| 2021-22 | 40.2% | 36.8% |
| 2020-21 | 37.8% | 27.6% |
| 2018-19 | 40.5% | 38.1% |
| 2017-18 | 39.6% | 32.2% |
| 2016-17 | 40.7% | 33.6% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Canalino Elementary
Canalino Elementary's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canalino Elementary this school | 471 | 62.4% | 46.9% |
| Linden Elementary Linden | 414 | 65.0% | 41.0% |
| Bijou Community South Lake Tahoe | 422 | 59.0% | 35.7% |
| Denair Elementary Charter Academy Denair | 554 | 64.8% | 23.4% |
| Peachland Avenue Elementary Newhall | 463 | 60.9% | 51.9% |
| Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy Ventura | 461 | 57.5% | 46.8% |
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 Canalino Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #1,937 of 5,151 | #25 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,871 of 5,172 ▼ 310 | #21 of 66 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #2,050 of 5,172 ▲ 616 | #27 of 66 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #697 of 5,116 | #6 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #2,779 of 5,915 | #33 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #768 of 5,352 | #23 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #2,847 of 5,354 | #28 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #3,362 of 5,625 | #38 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #2,613 of 3,837 | #31 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
471
-46 (-9%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 471 | 24 | 19.6:1 | 62% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 24 | 20.1:1 | 62% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 26 | 19.1:1 | 62% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 71% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 23 | 22.9:1 | 63% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 23 | 22.2:1 | 66% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | N/A | N/A | 58% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 639 | 34 | 18.8:1 | 54% (343) |
| 1990-91 | 739 | 27 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canalino Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (527 to 471); teachers up 4% (23 to 24).
About Canalino Elementary
Canalino Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Carpinteria, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 471 students.
Carpinteria Unified serves 1,912 students across 6 schools.
Hispanic students are 63% of those enrolled at Canalino Elementary. The remaining shares are 33% White and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Santa Barbara County's population at about 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 24 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 19.6:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Roughly 62% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Canalino Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.0% for Canalino Elementary. The school posts 46.9%, 3.9 points above the prediction.
In Santa Barbara County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $98,161 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Canalino Elementary, Santa Barbara County has 129 public schools.
Carpinteria Family is less than a tenth of a mile from Canalino Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Canalino Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
Canalino Elementary falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 517 students in 2020-21 to 471 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Canalino Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Carpinteria MiddleMiddle · 437 students
- Aliso ElementaryElementary · 315 students
- Summerland ElementaryElementary · 51 students
- Carpinteria FamilyElementary · 45 students
Other schools in Carpinteria
- Carpinteria Senior HighHigh · 593 students
- Carpinteria MiddleMiddle · 437 students
- Aliso ElementaryElementary · 315 students
- Carpinteria FamilyElementary · 45 students
Nearby schools
- Carpinteria Family0.1 mi · 45
- Carpinteria Senior High0.4 mi · 593
- Carpinteria Middle0.6 mi · 437
- Aliso Elementary0.7 mi · 315
- Summerland Elementary4.8 mi · 51
- Montecito Union6.9 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Canalino ElementaryHow many students attend Canalino Elementary?
Canalino Elementary enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-05.
Is Canalino Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Canalino Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Canalino Elementary have?
Canalino Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
How diverse is Canalino Elementary?
Canalino Elementary reports a student body of 33% White, 63% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Canalino Elementary in?
Canalino Elementary is part of Carpinteria Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.