El Camino Elementary

El Camino Elementary is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in Santa Barbara, California, overseen by Goleta Union Elementary, hosting 350 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Goleta Union Elementary, which oversees 9 schools and 3,395 students, El Camino Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, El Camino Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Santa Barbara County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Santa Barbara County (around 68%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, El Camino Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.8%; El Camino Elementary posts 36.4%, -15.4 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Santa Barbara County) reports that 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. El Camino Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students).

Hollister Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts El Camino Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 63.4%.

El Camino Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 53%: 229 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 84% to 74% across the same window.

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