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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Kunst (Tommie) Junior High this year?
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Enrollment
912
Middle
DISTRICT 846 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA MARIA-BONITA·NCES 060558011436
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High
930 Hidden Pines Way, Santa Maria, CA 93458 · (805) 361-5800 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL912 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of California public middle schools
- CTest 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.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
798 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 447 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 465 | 51% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
32.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.1pp since 2014
Math
18.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.6% | 24.3% | 26.5% | 40.6% |
| Math | 6.3% | 12.3% | 28.6% | 52.8% |
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 | 32.9% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 29.4% | 15.1% |
| 2021-22 | 33.1% | 16.0% |
| 2018-19 | 43.2% | 30.8% |
| 2017-18 | 42.5% | 26.7% |
| 2016-17 | 43.1% | 26.6% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Kunst (Tommie) Junior High
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kunst (Tommie) Junior High this school | 912 | 87.5% | 25.8% |
| Barbara Worth Junior High Brawley | 881 | 86.6% | 27.9% |
| Olive Vista Middle Sylmar | 897 | 88.7% | 31.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Madera | 948 | 87.7% | 24.3% |
| R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering Oxnard | 1,027 | 89.1% | 28.8% |
| Harry S. Truman Middle Fontana | 883 | 89.2% | 24.8% |
Matched among California middle 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 Kunst (Tommie) Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #878 of 1,224 | #10 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #904 of 1,227 ▼ 73 | #10 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #910 of 1,227 ▼ 62 | #9 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #719 of 1,214 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 912 | #292 of 1,377 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #219 of 1,279 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #1,141 of 1,278 | #10 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #363 of 1,329 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #359 of 930 | #3 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
912
-172 (-16%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 786
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 912 | 50.4 | 18.1:1 | 88% (798) |
| 2023-24 | 1,028 | 55.1 | 18.7:1 | 84% (859) |
| 2022-23 | 1,030 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 61% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 1,084 | 58 | 18.7:1 | 83% (896) |
| 2017-18 | 1,133 | 53.6 | 21.1:1 | 81% (923) |
| 2015-16 | 770 | 37 | 20.8:1 | 76% (589) |
| 2010-11 | 786 | N/A | N/A | 71% (559) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kunst (Tommie) Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,133 to 912); teachers down 6% (53.6 to 50.4).
About Kunst (Tommie) Junior High
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Santa Maria, California. The school counted 912 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8. It has 38% more students than the average for middle schools in California (about 659).
Santa Maria-Bonita has 17,408 students in 21 schools, and Kunst (Tommie) Junior High is one of those schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Kunst (Tommie) Junior High is 93%. Other groups make up 3% Asian and 3% White. Santa Barbara County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kunst (Tommie) Junior High scores 12%.
A staff of 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.1:1. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 88%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Santa Barbara County is 68%.
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of California public middle schools.
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High is 2.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (25.8% versus 28.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Looking at the county, Santa Barbara County, the median household earns about $98,161 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Kunst (Tommie) Junior High, Santa Barbara County has 129 public schools.
Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Kunst (Tommie) Junior High ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Kunst (Tommie) Junior High inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
The school shrank from 1,084 students in 2020-21 to 912 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Kunst (Tommie) Junior High can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Maria HighHigh · 3,143 students
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- Ernest Righetti HighHigh · 2,416 students
- JIMENEZ ROBERTO AND DR. FRANCISCO ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,177 students
- Bruce (Robert) ElementaryElementary · 1,050 students
- Alvin ElementaryElementary · 998 students
Nearby schools
- Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary0.6 mi · 869
- Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary1.3 mi · 849
- Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary1.6 mi · 849
- Rice (William) Elementary1.7 mi · 887
- Bruce (Robert) Elementary1.7 mi · 1,050
- El Camino Junior High1.9 mi · 830
Frequently asked questions
About Kunst (Tommie) Junior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Kunst (Tommie) Junior High?
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High enrolls approximately 912 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Kunst (Tommie) Junior High serve?
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Kunst (Tommie) Junior High have?
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Kunst (Tommie) Junior High?
Student demographics at Kunst (Tommie) Junior High are roughly 3% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Kunst (Tommie) Junior High?
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High is overseen by Santa Maria-Bonita in Santa Barbara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.