Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPE ELEMENTARY·NCES 061749007426
Hope Elementary
3970-A La Colina Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93110 · (805) 563-2974 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% 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.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
118 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 48% larger than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
68.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.5pp since 2014
Math
58.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.0% | 29.6% | 13.2% | 18.2% |
| Math | 36.5% | 22.0% | 24.5% | 17.0% |
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 | 68.5% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 56.3% |
| 2022-23 | 68.6% | 62.2% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 67.8% |
| 2018-19 | 65.3% | 60.5% |
| 2017-18 | 67.4% | 62.4% |
| 2016-17 | 64.9% | 58.5% |
| 2015-16 | 71.0% | 67.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Hope Elementary
Hope Elementary's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Elementary this school | 279 | 42.3% | 62.3% |
| Manzanita Elementary Gridley | 306 | 42.8% | 44.8% |
| Hollywood Beach Elementary Oxnard | 289 | 39.1% | 49.6% |
| Soquel Elementary Soquel | 337 | 40.1% | 42.2% |
| Knightsen Elementary Knightsen | 316 | 38.0% | 36.9% |
| Ellwood Elementary Goleta | 303 | 43.6% | 49.7% |
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 Hope Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #1,009 of 5,151 | #9 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #1,132 of 5,172 ▲ 38 | #9 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #815 of 5,172 ▲ 159 | #8 of 66 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.9pp | #226 of 5,116 | #4 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #4,931 of 5,915 | #58 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #187 of 5,352 | #10 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #1,875 of 5,354 | #13 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #4,242 of 5,625 | #53 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #2,616 of 3,837 | #32 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
279
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 279 | 16 | 17.4:1 | 42% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 16 | 17.6:1 | 41% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 15 | 17.9:1 | 43% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 270 | 14 | 19.3:1 | 38% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 15 | 20.8:1 | 31% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 316 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 31% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | N/A | N/A | 26% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 19 | 21.1:1 | 14% (56) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hope Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (312 to 279); teachers up 7% (15 to 16).
About Hope Elementary
Hope Elementary is an elementary school in Santa Barbara, California, reachable at (805) 563-2974. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 279 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 40% lower.
Hope Elementary is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Of every 100 students at Hope Elementary, about 49 are Hispanic, the largest group. The school is also 39% White, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put Santa Barbara County at about 48% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Hope Elementary are from different groups.
A staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.4:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 42%. The 68% average for public schools in Santa Barbara County is 26 points higher.
Among California public elementary schools, Hope Elementary outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.8% for Hope Elementary. The school posts 62.3%, 7.6 points above the prediction.
In Santa Barbara County, home to about 443,701 people, the median household earns about $98,161 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Santa Barbara County number 129, with about 66,191 students.
Of the public schools around it, Hope Elementary is closest to La Colina Junior High, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Hope Elementary is 4th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Hope Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 279 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 270. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.3:1 to 17.4:1.
The Hope Elementary discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Hope Elementary
- Vieja Valley ElementaryElementary · 313 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 267 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 Hope Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Hope Elementary. Hope Elementary is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Hope ElementaryCarlsbad, CA · 659 students
- Hope ElementaryPorterville, CA · 237 students
- Hope Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 764 students
- Hope Elementary SchoolHope, IN · 547 students
- Hope Elementary SchoolHope, ME · 140 students
Nearby schools
- La Colina Junior High0.3 mi · 832
- Monte Vista Elementary0.6 mi · 267
- Santa Barbara County Community1.0 mi · 27
- Santa Barbara County Special Education1.0 mi · 49
- Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court1.0 mi · 31
- Vieja Valley Elementary1.1 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Hope ElementaryHow large is Hope Elementary?
Hope Elementary enrolls approximately 279 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Hope Elementary serve?
Hope Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Hope Elementary have?
Hope Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hope Elementary?
At Hope Elementary, the student body is approximately 39% White, 49% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Hope Elementary public or private?
Hope Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hope Elementary.
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