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Enrollment
830
Middle
DISTRICT 846 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA MARIA-BONITA·NCES 060558009315
El Camino Junior High
219 West El Camino, Santa Maria, CA 93458 · (805) 361-7800 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL830 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- DThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
805 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 410 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 420 | 51% |
Student demographics
2%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
23.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.1pp since 2014
Math
12.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.4% | 19.7% | 26.0% | 50.9% |
| Math | 3.4% | 8.6% | 21.4% | 66.6% |
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 | 23.1% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.8% | 10.4% |
| 2022-23 | 24.1% | 12.7% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 11.7% |
| 2018-19 | 32.2% | 23.7% |
| 2017-18 | 29.8% | 22.5% |
| 2016-17 | 24.8% | 17.4% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
17.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 El Camino Junior High
El Camino Junior High's state test result (17.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Junior High this school | 830 | 97.0% | 17.3% |
| El Monte Middle Orosi | 844 | 97.0% | 30.3% |
| Gerald P. Carr Intermediate Santa Ana | 886 | 96.4% | 20.4% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle Madera | 865 | 96.9% | 16.1% |
| Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory Los Angeles | 792 | 96.2% | 26.6% |
| Mission Middle Escondido | 855 | 95.9% | 24.9% |
Matched among California middle 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 El Camino Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #1,110 of 1,224 | #14 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #1,094 of 1,227 ▲ 9 | #14 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,125 of 1,227 ▼ 39 | #14 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #137 of 1,214 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 830 | #398 of 1,377 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #247 of 1,279 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.4% | #1,264 of 1,278 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #52 of 1,329 | #1 of 15 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
830
+31 (+4%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 807
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 830 | 45.4 | 18.3:1 | 97% (805) |
| 2023-24 | 833 | 45.6 | 18.3:1 | 93% (778) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 45.4 | 17.2:1 | 91% (708) |
| 2020-21 | 799 | 44 | 18.2:1 | 93% (743) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 41.9 | 19.8:1 | 93% (771) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 34 | 21.4:1 | 88% (639) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | N/A | N/A | 89% (575) |
| 2000-01 | 884 | 46 | 19.2:1 | 79% (696) |
| 1990-91 | 807 | 36 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Camino Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (830 to 830); teachers up 8% (41.9 to 45.4).
About El Camino Junior High
A mid-sized middle school in Santa Maria, California, El Camino Junior High is part of Santa Maria-Bonita. Students in grades 7 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 830 students. Middle schools in California average about 659 students, which makes this school 26% bigger than average.
El Camino Junior High is one school in a 21-school district, Santa Maria-Bonita, which enrolls 17,408 students.
The share of students at El Camino Junior High who are Hispanic is 99%. County-wide, 48% of Santa Barbara County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 2% means there is a 2% chance two randomly chosen students at El Camino Junior High are from different groups.
Its ratio of 18.3:1 is based on 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 97%. On average, public schools in Santa Barbara County report 68%.
On the allk12 Grade, El Camino Junior High lands at D, ahead of 12% of California public middle schools.
El Camino Junior High sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 17.3% and a predicted 22.7%.
In the surrounding county, Santa Barbara County, median household income comes to about $98,161, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 129, with about 66,191 students.
The closest school to El Camino Junior High is Bruce (Robert) Elementary, located about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. El Camino Junior High ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.3% against a local average of 21.2%.
NCES assigns El Camino Junior High the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment rose 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. 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
- Bruce (Robert) ElementaryElementary · 1,050 students
- Alvin ElementaryElementary · 998 students
- Fesler (Isaac) Junior HighMiddle · 974 students
- Tunnell (Martin Luther) ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Kunst (Tommie) Junior HighMiddle · 912 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
- Bruce (Robert) ElementaryElementary · 1,050 students
- Alvin ElementaryElementary · 998 students
Nearby schools
- Bruce (Robert) Elementary0.2 mi · 1,050
- Alvin Elementary0.4 mi · 998
- Fairlawn Elementary0.6 mi · 716
- Rice (William) Elementary0.8 mi · 887
- Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary0.9 mi · 849
- Fesler (Isaac) Junior High1.1 mi · 974
Frequently asked questions
About El Camino Junior HighHow large is El Camino Junior High?
El Camino Junior High enrolls approximately 830 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does El Camino Junior High serve?
El Camino Junior High serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at El Camino Junior High?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at El Camino Junior High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at El Camino Junior High?
At El Camino Junior High, the student body is approximately 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Is El Camino Junior High public or private?
El Camino Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Maria-Bonita.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.