Enrollment
188
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLD SPRING ELEMENTARY·NCES 060927000939
Cold Spring Elementary
2243 Sycamore Canyon Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108 · (805) 969-2678 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL188 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
13.7:1
14 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
11 students
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 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (32).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
96.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.2pp since 2014
Math
95.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 85.8% | 10.4% | 3.8% | 0.0% |
| Math | 74.5% | 20.8% | 4.7% | 0.0% |
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 | 96.2% | 95.3% |
| 2023-24 | 99.0% | 98.0% |
| 2022-23 | 93.9% | 92.8% |
| 2021-22 | 91.1% | 92.8% |
| 2020-21 | 97.1% | 95.2% |
| 2018-19 | 92.6% | 90.5% |
| 2017-18 | 92.3% | 90.2% |
| 2016-17 | 84.8% | 81.5% |
| 2015-16 | 88.0% | 76.0% |
| 2014-15 | 81.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
97.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 97% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 76% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in California's top 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 Cold Spring Elementary
Cold Spring Elementary's state test result (97.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Spring Elementary this school | 188 | 5.9% | 97.0% |
| Webster Elementary Malibu | 178 | 6.2% | 74.6% |
| Creekside Charter Olympic Valley | 233 | 6.9% | N/A |
| Newcastle Elementary Newcastle | 164 | 13.4% | 66.6% |
| Farallone View Elementary Montara | 177 | 6.2% | 67.1% |
| Nord Country Chico | 213 | 15.0% | N/A |
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 Cold Spring Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #1 of 5,151 | #1 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.3% | #3 of 5,172 ▼ 2 | #1 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.2% | #1 of 5,172 no change | #1 of 66 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #2,022 of 5,116 | #18 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 188 | #5,395 of 5,915 | #65 of 75 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.9% | #5,563 of 5,625 | #69 of 70 |
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
188
+10 (+6%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 174
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 188 | 13.8 | 13.7:1 | 6% (11) |
| 2023-24 | 178 | 14.7 | 12.1:1 | 4% (7) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 15.9 | 12.2:1 | 5% (10) |
| 2020-21 | 178 | 15 | 11.9:1 | 3% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 170 | N/A | N/A | 9% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 151 | 9 | 16.8:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 165 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 239 | 11 | 21.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 174 | 7 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cold Spring Elementary.
About Cold Spring Elementary
In Santa Barbara, California, part of Santa Barbara County, Cold Spring Elementary is an elementary school. It enrolls 188 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 60% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Cold Spring Elementary is its own local education agency in federal data.
More than half of enrollment at Cold Spring Elementary is White: 79%. Next come 13% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 48% White. The diversity index for Cold Spring Elementary is 35%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Cold Spring Elementary totals 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal data show 6% of students (11) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 68% for public schools in Santa Barbara County.
Among California public elementary schools, Cold Spring Elementary outscored 99%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Cold Spring Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 76.1%. The school's actual rate is 97.0%, 20.9 points higher.
The county, Santa Barbara County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $98,161, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 129 public schools and about 66,191 students.
Cleveland Elementary sits about 1.1 miles from Cold Spring Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Cold Spring Elementary comes in 1st of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Cold Spring Elementary as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 178 (2020-21) to 188 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 13.7:1, from 11.9:1.
People who know Cold Spring Elementary can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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
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Other Cold Spring Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cold Spring Elementary. Cold Spring Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- COLD SPRING ELEMENTARYCOLD SPRING, MN · 656 students
- Cold Spring Elementary SchoolDoylestown, PA · 470 students
- Cold Spring ElementaryPotomac, MD · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Cleveland Elementary1.1 mi · 254
- Franklin Elementary1.5 mi · 424
- Adelante Charter1.5 mi · 306
- Montecito Union1.8 mi · 353
- Santa Barbara Junior High1.9 mi · 512
- Santa Barbara Senior High2.1 mi · 1,924
Frequently asked questions
About Cold Spring ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cold Spring Elementary?
Cold Spring Elementary enrolls approximately 188 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Cold Spring Elementary serve?
Cold Spring Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cold Spring Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cold Spring Elementary is approximately 13.7:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cold Spring Elementary?
At Cold Spring Elementary, the student body is approximately 79% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Cold Spring Elementary public or private?
Cold Spring Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cold Spring Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.