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Enrollment
1,924
High
DISTRICT 1,239 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED·NCES 060141406031
Santa Barbara Senior High
700 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103 · (805) 966-9101 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,924 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of California public high schools
- C-Test 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.
- BThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
1,188 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 424 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 484 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 459 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 557 | 29% |
Student demographics
52%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
44.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.1pp since 2014
Math
18.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -13.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 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 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.2% | 31.7% | 25.1% | 30.0% |
| Math | 5.8% | 12.9% | 24.2% | 57.1% |
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 | 44.9% | 18.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% | 19.5% |
| 2022-23 | 42.8% | 22.1% |
| 2021-22 | 33.2% | 23.7% |
| 2018-19 | 61.5% | 37.3% |
| 2017-18 | 55.8% | 33.0% |
| 2016-17 | 49.2% | 35.3% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Santa Barbara Senior High
Santa Barbara Senior High's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara Senior High this school | 1,924 | 61.7% | 30.1% |
| Buena High Ventura | 1,585 | 60.2% | 38.0% |
| San Marcos Senior High Santa Barbara | 1,926 | 58.0% | 43.3% |
| Ventura High Ventura | 1,939 | 60.4% | 40.9% |
| Turlock High Turlock | 2,479 | 58.8% | 36.5% |
| Paso Robles High Paso Robles | 1,986 | 65.0% | 43.2% |
Matched among California high 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 Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #795 of 1,052 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #712 of 1,056 ▼ 86 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #806 of 1,056 ▲ 112 | #7 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #440 of 1,044 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,924 | #332 of 2,093 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #468 of 1,352 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #641 of 1,351 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #1,014 of 1,575 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #443 of 802 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,924
-261 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 1,924 | 98.9 | 19.5:1 | 62% (1,188) |
| 2023-24 | 2,046 | 96.4 | 21.2:1 | 60% (1,235) |
| 2022-23 | 2,107 | 102.2 | 20.6:1 | 61% (1,292) |
| 2020-21 | 2,185 | 91 | 24.0:1 | 49% (1,066) |
| 2017-18 | 2,148 | 84.7 | 25.4:1 | 47% (1,015) |
| 2015-16 | 2,188 | 91 | 24.0:1 | 40% (874) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Barbara Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (2,148 to 1,924); teachers up 17% (84.7 to 98.9).
About Santa Barbara Senior High
Santa Barbara Senior High is a high-enrollment high school. Its address is in Santa Barbara, California. It had 1,924 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in California have about 838 students on average; enrollment here is 130% higher.
In Santa Barbara Unified, 20 schools enroll a combined 12,247 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Santa Barbara Senior High is 62%, a majority. It is also 30% White and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Santa Barbara County is roughly 48% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
Its staff includes 98.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.5 students per teacher. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is 18.2:1. Santa Barbara Senior High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 62%.
Santa Barbara Senior High holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of California public high schools.
In California, Santa Barbara Senior High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 30.1% actual against a predicted 43.4%.
The school's county is Santa Barbara County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $98,161 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Santa Barbara County number 129, with about 66,191 students.
Santa Barbara Junior High is the nearest public school to Santa Barbara Senior High, about 0.4 miles away. Santa Barbara Senior High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 40.3%, higher than Santa Barbara Senior High's 30.1%.
NCES assigns Santa Barbara Senior High the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 1,924 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 2,185. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.0:1 to 19.5:1.
Santa Barbara Senior High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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 Santa Barbara Unified
- Dos Pueblos Senior HighHigh · 2,149 students
- San Marcos Senior HighHigh · 1,926 students
- La Colina Junior HighMiddle · 832 students
- Goleta Valley Junior HighMiddle · 731 students
- Santa Barbara Junior HighMiddle · 512 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 477 students
Other schools in Santa Barbara
- San Marcos Senior HighHigh · 1,926 students
- La Colina Junior HighMiddle · 832 students
- Peabody CharterElementary · 780 students
- Santa Barbara Junior HighMiddle · 512 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Adams ElementaryElementary · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Barbara Junior High0.4 mi · 512
- Alta Vista0.6 mi · 2
- La Cuesta Continuation High0.6 mi · 77
- Alta Vista Alternative High0.6 mi · 119
- Adelante Charter0.9 mi · 306
- Franklin Elementary0.9 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Barbara Senior HighHow many students attend Santa Barbara Senior High?
Santa Barbara Senior High enrolls approximately 1,924 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Santa Barbara Senior High serve?
Santa Barbara Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Santa Barbara Senior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Santa Barbara Senior High is approximately 19.5:1 (99 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Santa Barbara Senior High?
Santa Barbara Senior High reports a student body of 30% White, 62% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Santa Barbara Senior High public or private?
Santa Barbara Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Barbara Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.