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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOLETA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061551001970
Foothill Elementary
711 Ribera Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93111 · (805) 681-1268 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
73 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
74.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
69.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.5% | 21.1% | 17.4% | 8.0% |
| Math | 44.1% | 24.9% | 17.8% | 13.2% |
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 | 74.7% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.1% | 68.3% |
| 2022-23 | 76.8% | 70.7% |
| 2021-22 | 78.4% | 68.1% |
| 2018-19 | 78.3% | 74.3% |
| 2017-18 | 78.3% | 75.8% |
| 2016-17 | 81.3% | 79.5% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 74.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
73.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Foothill Elementary
Foothill Elementary's state test result (73.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothill Elementary this school | 413 | 17.7% | 73.2% |
| Vallecito Elementary San Rafael | 408 | 19.6% | 63.5% |
| Wildwood Elementary Thousand Oaks | 390 | 20.0% | 75.3% |
| Westlake Hills Elementary Westlake Village | 375 | 19.5% | 68.3% |
| Templeton Elementary Templeton | 422 | 19.4% | N/A |
| Ortega Elementary Pacifica | 404 | 13.6% | 51.4% |
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 Foothill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #507 of 5,151 | #5 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #646 of 5,172 ▲ 42 | #4 of 66 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #507 of 5,172 ▼ 255 | #5 of 66 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #1,374 of 5,116 | #23 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #3,518 of 5,915 | #40 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,986 of 5,352 | #41 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #1,283 of 5,354 | #3 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #5,225 of 5,625 | #66 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #2,257 of 3,837 | #24 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
413
+68 (+20%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
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 | 413 | 19 | 21.7:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 17.5 | 22.7:1 | 20% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 17 | 22.0:1 | 16% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 23% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 21 | 22.7:1 | 21% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 20 | 22.3:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | N/A | N/A | 18% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 18 | 21.3:1 | 10% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 16 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foothill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (476 to 413); teachers down 10% (21 to 19).
About Foothill Elementary
Foothill Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Goleta Union Elementary, located in Santa Barbara, California. It reports enrollment of 413 students in kindergarten through 6.
District-wide, Goleta Union Elementary has 9 schools and 3,395 students.
About 50% of the student body at Foothill Elementary is White. Enrollment also includes 27% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Santa Barbara County residents are about 48% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Foothill Elementary lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.7 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 18% of the student body. The average for public schools in Santa Barbara County is 68%.
Foothill Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 73.2% and a predicted 69.2%.
Santa Barbara County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $98,161 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Foothill Elementary shares Santa Barbara County with 128 other public schools.
Foothill Elementary's closest public school neighbor is El Camino Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Foothill Elementary is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 345 (2020-21) to 413 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio rising from 18.2:1 to 21.7:1.
This page is set up for the Foothill Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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 Goleta Union Elementary
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 429 students
- Isla Vista ElementaryElementary · 418 students
- Hollister ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Kellogg ElementaryElementary · 369 students
- La Patera ElementaryElementary · 369 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 351 students
Other schools in Santa Barbara
- San Marcos Senior HighHigh · 1,926 students
- Santa Barbara Senior HighHigh · 1,924 students
- La Colina Junior HighMiddle · 832 students
- Peabody CharterElementary · 780 students
- Santa Barbara Junior HighMiddle · 512 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 477 students
Other Foothill Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 2 states are named Foothill Elementary. Foothill Elementary is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Foothill ElementaryCorona, CA · 640 students
- Foothill ElementaryPrather, CA · 609 students
- Foothill ElementaryPittsburg, CA · 551 students
- Foothill ElementaryRiverside, CA · 451 students
- Foothill ElementarySaratoga, CA · 278 students
Nearby schools
- El Camino Elementary0.7 mi · 350
- Mountain View Elementary0.9 mi · 351
- Kellogg Elementary1.2 mi · 369
- San Marcos Senior High1.2 mi · 1,926
- Hollister Elementary1.3 mi · 393
- Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court1.8 mi · 31
Frequently asked questions
About Foothill ElementaryHow many students attend Foothill Elementary?
Foothill Elementary enrolls approximately 413 students in grades KG-06.
Is Foothill Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Foothill Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Foothill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Foothill Elementary is approximately 21.7:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Foothill Elementary?
Foothill Elementary reports a student body of 50% White, 27% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Foothill Elementary?
Foothill Elementary is overseen by Goleta Union Elementary in Santa Barbara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.