Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED·NCES 060141402792
Santa Barbara Charter
6100 Stow Canyon Rd., Goleta, CA 93117 · (805) 967-6522 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
22.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
66 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 4 | 1% |
| Grade 8 | 8 | 3% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
59.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.1pp since 2014
Math
46.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.7% | 36.4% | 23.5% | 17.4% |
| Math | 22.7% | 23.5% | 28.8% | 25.0% |
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 | 59.1% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 43.8% |
| 2022-23 | 59.9% | 51.3% |
| 2021-22 | 61.4% | 47.2% |
| 2018-19 | 63.4% | 56.7% |
| 2017-18 | 63.6% | 45.8% |
| 2016-17 | 59.6% | 48.0% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 65% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Santa Barbara Charter
Santa Barbara Charter's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara Charter this school | 269 | 24.5% | 47.5% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Santa Barbara | 267 | 25.8% | 69.6% |
| Orange County Academy of Sciences and Arts Laguna Niguel | 249 | 19.7% | N/A |
| Glenwood Elementary San Rafael | 315 | 23.5% | 66.0% |
| Tahoe Lake Elementary Tahoe City | 282 | 28.0% | 52.4% |
| Solana Vista Elementary Solana Beach | 317 | 22.7% | 74.1% |
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 Santa Barbara Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,888 of 5,151 | #22 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,835 of 5,172 ▲ 72 | #19 of 66 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #1,399 of 5,172 ▲ 401 | #16 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #1,318 of 5,116 | #22 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #5,002 of 5,915 | #59 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,393 of 5,352 | #44 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #2,050 of 5,354 | #18 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #4,987 of 5,625 | #63 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #3,155 of 3,837 | #37 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
269
-42 (-14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 269 | 12.1 | 22.3:1 | 25% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 13 | 22.3:1 | 21% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 13 | 21.8:1 | 24% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 13 | 23.9:1 | 17% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 13.9 | 20.7:1 | 23% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 13 | 22.7:1 | 15% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Barbara Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (287 to 269); teachers down 13% (13.9 to 12.1).
About Santa Barbara Charter
Santa Barbara Charter is a public elementary school in Goleta, California. Enrollment is 269 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 42% smaller than average.
Santa Barbara Unified, which runs Santa Barbara Charter, has 20 schools and 12,247 students.
A majority of students at Santa Barbara Charter, 58%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Santa Barbara County, the White share is about 48%. The chance that two students picked at random at Santa Barbara Charter belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Teachers at Santa Barbara Charter total 12.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 22.3:1. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 25%. Across public schools in Santa Barbara County, the average is 68%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Santa Barbara Charter receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Santa Barbara Charter scores 17.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 47.5% actual versus 65.2% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Santa Barbara County, median household income is about $98,161, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Barbara Charter is among the 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County.
The closest other public school is Goleta Valley Junior High, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Santa Barbara Charter ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 47.5% versus a 58.1% average.
For locale, NCES codes Santa Barbara Charter as Suburb: Mid-size. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 311 in 2020-21 and 269 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.9:1 to 22.3:1.
Community posts for Santa Barbara Charter can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Barbara Unified
- Dos Pueblos Senior HighHigh · 2,149 students
- San Marcos Senior HighHigh · 1,926 students
- Santa Barbara Senior HighHigh · 1,924 students
- La Colina Junior HighMiddle · 832 students
- Goleta Valley Junior HighMiddle · 731 students
- Santa Barbara Junior HighMiddle · 512 students
Other schools in Goleta
- Dos Pueblos Senior HighHigh · 2,149 students
- Goleta Valley Junior HighMiddle · 731 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 429 students
- Isla Vista ElementaryElementary · 418 students
- Kellogg ElementaryElementary · 369 students
- La Patera ElementaryElementary · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Goleta Valley Junior High0.0 mi · 731
- La Patera Elementary0.7 mi · 369
- Kellogg Elementary0.8 mi · 369
- Mountain View Elementary1.2 mi · 351
- Foothill Elementary1.9 mi · 413
- El Camino Elementary2.3 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Barbara CharterHow large is Santa Barbara Charter?
Santa Barbara Charter enrolls approximately 269 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Santa Barbara Charter serve?
Santa Barbara Charter serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Santa Barbara Charter?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Santa Barbara Charter is approximately 22.3:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Santa Barbara Charter?
At Santa Barbara Charter, the student body is approximately 58% White, 26% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Santa Barbara Charter in?
Santa Barbara Charter is part of Santa Barbara Unified.
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