Santa Barbara County Community

Located at 4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd., in Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara County Community is a very small senior high that enrolls 27 students (grades 5 through 12), part of Santa Barbara County Office of Education. That puts it 97% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 3 schools in Santa Barbara County Office of Education (107 students total), Santa Barbara County Community accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Santa Barbara County Community logs that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% White. By comparison, Santa Barbara County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.7:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at Santa Barbara County Community qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Santa Barbara County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Santa Barbara County) reports that median household earnings sit near $98,161, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Santa Barbara County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students), of which Santa Barbara County Community is one.

Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Santa Barbara County Community.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Santa Barbara County Community's enrollment has rose 13% since 2018, when it stood at 24 (now 27). The White share of enrollment declined from 8% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.