Kellogg Elementary

Located at 475 Cambridge Ave., in Goleta, California, Kellogg Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community that hosts 369 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Goleta Union Elementary. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Kellogg Elementary sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Kellogg Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Goleta Union Elementary, a district that works with 3,395 students overall.

On demographics, Kellogg Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian. Compared to Santa Barbara County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Kellogg Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 25% of students at Kellogg Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Santa Barbara County (around 68%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Kellogg Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.7%, the actual is 57.3%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Santa Barbara County indicate median household earnings sit near $98,161, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kellogg Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mountain View Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kellogg Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Kellogg Elementary's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 434 (now 369). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 41% to 48%. Class-load math has grew: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

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