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Enrollment
883
Elementary
DISTRICT 825 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA MARIA-BONITA·NCES 060558009319
Miller (Isaac) Elementary
410 East Camino Colegio, Santa Maria, CA 93454 · (805) 361-7560 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
834 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 212 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (212) is 110% larger than its 6th grade class (101).
Student demographics
10%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
24.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.0pp since 2014
Math
19.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 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 up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.0% | 18.0% | 30.0% | 46.0% |
| Math | 4.5% | 14.4% | 26.6% | 54.4% |
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 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 17.5% |
| 2022-23 | 27.1% | 18.2% |
| 2021-22 | 30.3% | 16.0% |
| 2018-19 | 30.4% | 21.9% |
| 2017-18 | 29.1% | 20.6% |
| 2016-17 | 22.6% | 19.4% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Miller (Isaac) Elementary
Miller (Isaac) Elementary's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller (Isaac) Elementary this school | 883 | 94.5% | 21.1% |
| Rice (William) Elementary Santa Maria | 887 | 95.2% | 16.0% |
| Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary Santa Maria | 869 | 94.2% | 38.7% |
| Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary Santa Maria | 849 | 95.9% | 18.4% |
| Kamala Elementary Oxnard | 842 | 95.8% | 24.1% |
| Romero-Cruz Academy Santa Ana | 827 | 95.8% | 10.4% |
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 Miller (Isaac) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #4,481 of 5,151 | #51 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #4,398 of 5,172 ▲ 40 | #52 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,570 of 5,172 ▼ 193 | #54 of 66 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #1,295 of 5,116 | #21 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #193 of 5,915 | #6 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,105 of 5,352 | #42 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.7% | #4,948 of 5,354 | #50 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #510 of 5,625 | #12 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #3,617 of 3,837 | #44 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
883
-21 (-2%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 811
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 883 | 40.4 | 21.9:1 | 94% (834) |
| 2023-24 | 883 | 41.4 | 21.4:1 | 92% (811) |
| 2022-23 | 858 | 35.3 | 24.3:1 | 90% (768) |
| 2020-21 | 904 | 37 | 24.4:1 | 89% (809) |
| 2017-18 | 904 | 36.5 | 24.8:1 | 93% (841) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 34 | 25.1:1 | 87% (746) |
| 2010-11 | 850 | N/A | N/A | 84% (710) |
| 2000-01 | 867 | 44 | 19.7:1 | 82% (710) |
| 1990-91 | 811 | 30 | 27.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Miller (Isaac) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (904 to 883); teachers up 11% (36.5 to 40.4).
About Miller (Isaac) Elementary
Families in Santa Maria, California, are served by Miller (Isaac) Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school has 883 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 90% above average.
Santa Maria-Bonita serves 17,408 students across 21 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Miller (Isaac) Elementary is 95%. Other groups make up 2% 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, Miller (Isaac) Elementary scores 10%.
Its staff includes 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.9 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Miller (Isaac) Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 94%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Santa Barbara County is 68%.
Miller (Isaac) Elementary 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 15% of California public elementary schools.
Test results at Miller (Isaac) Elementary are 3.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (21.1% actual, 24.2% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Santa Barbara County show that the median household earns about $98,161 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Santa Barbara County has 129 public schools with about 66,191 students, including Miller (Isaac) Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Miller (Isaac) Elementary is closest to Santa Maria High, about 0.4 miles away. Miller (Isaac) Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 21.0% on proficiency, and Miller (Isaac) Elementary is above that at 21.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 904 in 2020-21, 883 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.9:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Maria-Bonita
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- Tunnell (Martin Luther) ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Kunst (Tommie) Junior HighMiddle · 912 students
Other schools in Santa Maria
- Santa Maria HighHigh · 3,143 students
- Pioneer Valley HighHigh · 3,080 students
- 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
- Santa Maria High0.4 mi · 3,143
- Battles (Washington) Elementary0.7 mi · 769
- Adam (William Laird) Elementary0.7 mi · 874
- Sanchez (David J.) Elementary0.9 mi · 654
- Bill Libbon Elementary1.0 mi · 834
- Fesler (Isaac) Junior High1.2 mi · 974
Frequently asked questions
About Miller (Isaac) ElementaryHow large is Miller (Isaac) Elementary?
Miller (Isaac) Elementary enrolls approximately 883 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Miller (Isaac) Elementary serve?
Miller (Isaac) Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Miller (Isaac) Elementary have?
Miller (Isaac) Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Miller (Isaac) Elementary?
Student demographics at Miller (Isaac) Elementary are roughly 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Miller (Isaac) Elementary?
Miller (Isaac) Elementary 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.