Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPE ELEMENTARY·NCES 061749002189
Monte Vista Elementary
730 North Hope Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93110 · (805) 687-5333 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
19.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
69 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 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
56%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
71.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.6pp since 2014
Math
66.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 48.4% | 23.2% | 16.1% | 12.3% |
| Math | 45.8% | 20.6% | 20.0% | 13.6% |
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 | 71.6% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 69.4% |
| 2022-23 | 65.2% | 63.4% |
| 2021-22 | 62.8% | 56.0% |
| 2018-19 | 75.6% | 60.7% |
| 2017-18 | 69.5% | 60.3% |
| 2016-17 | 71.0% | 57.8% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 59.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
69.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Monte Vista Elementary
Monte Vista Elementary's state test result (69.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Vista Elementary this school | 267 | 25.8% | 69.6% |
| Santa Barbara Charter Goleta | 269 | 24.5% | 47.5% |
| Vieja Valley Elementary Santa Barbara | 313 | 28.1% | 67.9% |
| Prestwood Elementary Sonoma | 275 | 30.5% | 40.9% |
| Tahoe Lake Elementary Tahoe City | 282 | 28.0% | 52.4% |
| Plaza Elementary Orland | 215 | 29.8% | 63.1% |
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 Monte Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #670 of 5,151 | #6 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #758 of 5,172 ▼ 121 | #5 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #674 of 5,172 ▼ 23 | #6 of 66 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.7pp | #652 of 5,116 | #5 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #5,021 of 5,915 | #60 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #553 of 5,352 | #19 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #2,235 of 5,354 | #23 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #4,935 of 5,625 | #61 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #2,245 of 3,837 | #21 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 267 | 14 | 19.1:1 | 26% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 14 | 20.2:1 | 20% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 14 | 19.3:1 | 24% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 308 | 12 | 25.7:1 | 29% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 14 | 24.5:1 | 24% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | N/A | N/A | 18% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 10% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 20 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monte Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (308 to 267); teachers up 17% (12 to 14).
About Monte Vista Elementary
Monte Vista Elementary is a small elementary school. Its address is in Santa Barbara, California. Enrollment stands at 267 students, covering kindergarten through 6. The school is 43% below the average for elementary schools in California.
Monte Vista Elementary is in Hope Elementary, a district with 859 students across 3 schools.
More than half of the students at Monte Vista Elementary are White (57%). The remaining shares are 34% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Santa Barbara County's population at about 48%. The diversity index for Monte Vista Elementary is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 69 students, or 26%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Santa Barbara County report 68%.
Monte Vista Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools.
Monte Vista Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 69.6% and a predicted 64.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau 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 Monte Vista Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, La Colina Junior High is about 0.6 miles from Monte Vista Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 60.2% proficiency; Monte Vista Elementary posts 69.6%.
The NCES locale for Monte Vista Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The Monte Vista Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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
- Hope ElementaryElementary · 279 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 Monte Vista Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 3 states are named Monte Vista Elementary. Monte Vista Elementary is the 14th largest of the 14.
- Monte Vista ElementaryLancaster, CA · 788 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 785 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryMurrieta, CA · 769 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryLa Crescenta, CA · 721 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryVista, CA · 556 students
Nearby schools
- La Colina Junior High0.6 mi · 832
- Hope Elementary0.6 mi · 279
- Peabody Charter1.2 mi · 780
- Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court1.4 mi · 31
- Santa Barbara County Special Education1.4 mi · 49
- Santa Barbara County Community1.4 mi · 27
Frequently asked questions
About Monte Vista ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Monte Vista Elementary?
Monte Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 267 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Monte Vista Elementary serve?
Monte Vista Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Monte Vista Elementary?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Monte Vista Elementary.
How diverse is Monte Vista Elementary?
Monte Vista Elementary reports a student body of 57% White, 34% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Monte Vista Elementary in?
Monte Vista Elementary is part of Hope Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.