Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOLETA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061551001971
Hollister Elementary
4950 Anita Ln., Santa Barbara, CA 93111 · (805) 681-1271 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% 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.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
175 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 94 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 100% larger than its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
62%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
59.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.2pp since 2014
Math
55.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.8% | 26.4% | 21.3% | 19.5% |
| Math | 29.3% | 25.9% | 17.8% | 27.0% |
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 | 59.2% | 55.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.8% | 51.4% |
| 2022-23 | 66.3% | 56.2% |
| 2021-22 | 67.7% | 60.5% |
| 2018-19 | 58.6% | 52.2% |
| 2017-18 | 53.0% | 49.6% |
| 2016-17 | 50.2% | 50.4% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Hollister Elementary
Hollister Elementary's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollister Elementary this school | 393 | 44.5% | 57.3% |
| Lakewood Elementary Modesto | 395 | 42.5% | 61.3% |
| La Patera Elementary Goleta | 369 | 45.0% | 46.8% |
| Providencia Elementary Burbank | 409 | 41.3% | 58.6% |
| Micheltorena Street Elementary Los Angeles | 388 | 39.9% | 59.2% |
| Brandon Elementary Goleta | 429 | 42.2% | 50.6% |
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 Hollister Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #1,255 of 5,151 | #12 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #1,299 of 5,172 ▲ 137 | #12 of 66 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #1,390 of 5,172 ▼ 359 | #15 of 66 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.9pp | #304 of 5,116 | #9 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #3,776 of 5,915 | #42 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #438 of 5,352 | #17 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #1,632 of 5,354 | #6 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #4,160 of 5,625 | #50 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #2,936 of 3,837 | #35 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
393
+96 (+32%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 393 | 21 | 18.7:1 | 45% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 17 | 20.4:1 | 41% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 18 | 19.1:1 | 40% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 16 | 18.6:1 | 37% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 21.5 | 19.9:1 | 43% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 22 | 20.7:1 | 39% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | N/A | N/A | 40% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 25% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 25 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hollister Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (427 to 393); teachers down 2% (21.5 to 21).
About Hollister Elementary
Hollister Elementary is a small elementary school serving families in Santa Barbara, California. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 393 students.
Hollister Elementary is one school in a 9-school district, Goleta Union Elementary, which enrolls 3,395 students.
The student body at Hollister Elementary is 52% Hispanic. It is also 32% White, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Among Santa Barbara County residents, the Hispanic share is about 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, Hollister Elementary has a ratio of 18.7:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 68% average for public schools in Santa Barbara County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Hollister Elementary lands at B, ahead of 62% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Hollister Elementary is 3.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
The school's county is Santa Barbara County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $98,161 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Hollister Elementary shares Santa Barbara County with 128 other public schools.
Hollister Elementary's closest public school neighbor is El Camino Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Hollister Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Hollister 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.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 393, up from 297 in 2020-21.
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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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- Santa Barbara Senior HighHigh · 1,924 students
- La Colina Junior HighMiddle · 832 students
- Peabody CharterElementary · 780 students
- Santa Barbara Junior HighMiddle · 512 students
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Other Hollister Elementary schools
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Nearby schools
- El Camino Elementary0.6 mi · 350
- San Marcos Senior High0.6 mi · 1,926
- Foothill Elementary1.3 mi · 413
- Vieja Valley Elementary1.5 mi · 313
- Kellogg Elementary1.8 mi · 369
- Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court2.0 mi · 31
Frequently asked questions
About Hollister ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hollister Elementary?
Hollister Elementary enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Hollister Elementary serve?
Hollister Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Hollister Elementary?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Hollister Elementary.
How diverse is Hollister Elementary?
Hollister Elementary reports a student body of 32% White, 52% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Hollister Elementary?
Hollister 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.