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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOLETA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061551001972
Isla Vista Elementary
6875 El Colegio Rd., Goleta, CA 93117 · (805) 685-4418 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
19.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
199 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 47% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
68%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
68.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.3pp since 2014
Math
62.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 41.1% | 27.2% | 15.2% | 16.5% |
| Math | 36.2% | 26.0% | 18.7% | 19.1% |
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 | 68.3% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.6% | 62.1% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 59.4% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 61.4% |
| 2018-19 | 63.5% | 60.7% |
| 2017-18 | 59.5% | 61.7% |
| 2016-17 | 59.7% | 58.2% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Isla Vista Elementary
Isla Vista Elementary's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isla Vista Elementary this school | 418 | 47.6% | 65.7% |
| Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology Ceres | 435 | 48.7% | 43.5% |
| High Tech Elementary North County San Marcos | 438 | 50.2% | N/A |
| Red Hawk Elementary Temecula | 496 | 44.2% | 65.4% |
| Del Lago Elementary Mission Viejo | 362 | 49.2% | 36.6% |
| Deer Canyon Elementary Alta Loma | 496 | 45.8% | 58.7% |
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 Isla Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #849 of 5,151 | #8 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #959 of 5,172 ▼ 29 | #7 of 66 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #834 of 5,172 ▼ 142 | #9 of 66 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,638 of 5,116 | #28 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #3,447 of 5,915 | #39 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #881 of 5,352 | #25 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #868 of 5,354 | #2 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #4,024 of 5,625 | #45 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #2,482 of 3,837 | #29 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
418
+39 (+10%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 418 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 48% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 21 | 20.6:1 | 50% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 46% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 20 | 18.9:1 | 46% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 23 | 20.6:1 | 49% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 53% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | N/A | N/A | 65% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 565 | 28 | 20.2:1 | 74% (417) |
| 1990-91 | 688 | 32 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isla Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (473 to 418); teachers down 9% (23 to 21).
About Isla Vista Elementary
Isla Vista Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Goleta Union Elementary, located in Goleta, California. Enrolled students number 418 students, in kindergarten through 6.
Goleta Union Elementary has 9 schools; together they serve 3,395 students.
Enrollment at Isla Vista Elementary is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 25% White, 17% Asian, and 10% multiracial. The Hispanic share in Santa Barbara County as a whole is similar, at about 48%. Isla Vista Elementary has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Isla Vista Elementary is 21 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 19.9:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The school counts 199 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 48%. Public schools in Santa Barbara County average 68%.
The allk12 Grade for Isla Vista Elementary is A. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In California, Isla Vista Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 65.7% actual against a predicted 51.6%.
Santa Barbara County has these Census figures: median household income is about $98,161, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Santa Barbara County number 129 and enroll about 66,191.
The shortest distance from Isla Vista Elementary to another public school is about 1.6 miles, to Dos Pueblos Senior High. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Isla Vista Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
The number of students climbed from 379 to 418 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Foothill ElementaryElementary · 413 students
- Hollister ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Kellogg ElementaryElementary · 369 students
- La Patera ElementaryElementary · 369 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 351 students
Other schools in Goleta
- Dos Pueblos Senior HighHigh · 2,149 students
- Goleta Valley Junior HighMiddle · 731 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 429 students
- Kellogg ElementaryElementary · 369 students
- La Patera ElementaryElementary · 369 students
- Ellwood ElementaryElementary · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Dos Pueblos Senior High1.6 mi · 2,149
- Ellwood Elementary1.9 mi · 303
- Brandon Elementary2.1 mi · 429
- La Patera Elementary2.5 mi · 369
- Santa Barbara Charter3.0 mi · 269
- Goleta Valley Junior High3.0 mi · 731
Frequently asked questions
About Isla Vista ElementaryHow many students attend Isla Vista Elementary?
Isla Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Isla Vista Elementary serve?
Isla Vista Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Isla Vista Elementary have?
Isla Vista Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Isla Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Isla Vista Elementary are roughly 25% White, 47% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Isla Vista Elementary in?
Isla Vista Elementary is part of Goleta Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.