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What do students at Solvang Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
602
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOLVANG ELEMENTARY·NCES 063711006295
Solvang Elementary
565 Atterdag Rd., Solvang, CA 93463 · (805) 688-4810 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
19.4:1
31 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
230 students
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 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 20% larger than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
56.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
42.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.7% | 33.1% | 21.8% | 21.3% |
| Math | 20.0% | 22.7% | 29.3% | 28.0% |
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 | 56.9% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 50.1% |
| 2022-23 | 50.3% | 48.5% |
| 2021-22 | 62.2% | 52.7% |
| 2020-21 | 63.0% | 46.0% |
| 2018-19 | 67.9% | 67.4% |
| 2017-18 | 67.2% | 62.5% |
| 2016-17 | 59.0% | 61.6% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Solvang Elementary
Solvang Elementary's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solvang Elementary this school | 602 | 38.2% | 51.3% |
| Denton Elementary Visalia | 648 | 35.8% | 66.1% |
| Alvin S. Hatch Elementary Half Moon Bay | 544 | 36.2% | 28.3% |
| Manzanita Public Charter Vandenberg Air Force Base | 483 | 40.0% | N/A |
| Valley Elementary Poway | 663 | 37.3% | 45.2% |
| Hart-Ransom Elementary Modesto | 705 | 43.4% | 48.0% |
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 Solvang Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #1,636 of 5,151 | #17 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #2,089 of 5,172 ▼ 574 | #23 of 66 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #1,552 of 5,172 ▼ 70 | #18 of 66 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.7pp | #242 of 5,116 | #5 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #1,387 of 5,915 | #22 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #672 of 5,352 | #21 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #2,317 of 5,354 | #25 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #4,405 of 5,625 | #58 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #1,129 of 1,139 | #13 of 13 |
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
602
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+120% since 1990-91, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 602 | 31.1 | 19.4:1 | 38% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 32.1 | 19.3:1 | 41% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 32.1 | 18.5:1 | 39% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 30 | 20.2:1 | 41% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 27 | 22.2:1 | 54% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 22 | 25.9:1 | 56% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 578 | N/A | N/A | 26% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 22 | 16.0:1 | 39% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 274 | 13 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Solvang Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (600 to 602); teachers up 15% (27 to 31.1).
About Solvang Elementary
In Solvang, California, part of Santa Barbara County, Solvang Elementary is an elementary school. The school's enrollment of 602 students covers kindergarten through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Federal records list Solvang Elementary as its own district.
Solvang Elementary is 58% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% White and 7% multiracial. In Santa Barbara County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Solvang Elementary's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.4:1, with 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Solvang Elementary is 38%. For comparison, public schools in Santa Barbara County average 68%.
Solvang Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 40% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Solvang Elementary scores 51.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 57.1%.
In Santa Barbara County (population about 443,701), the median household income is $98,161, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County, enrolling about 66,191 students in all.
The shortest distance from Solvang Elementary to another public school is about 2.5 miles, to Santa Ynez Valley Union High. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Solvang Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Solvang Elementary in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Solvang Elementary had 607 students in 2020-21 and 602 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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 Solvang
- Santa Ynez Valley Union HighHigh · 801 students
- Ballard ElementaryElementary · 113 students
- Refugio HighHigh · 11 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Ynez Valley Union High2.5 mi · 801
- Refugio High2.5 mi · 11
- Olive Grove Charter - Buellton2.7 mi · 34
- Ballard Elementary3.3 mi · 113
- Santa Ynez Elementary3.3 mi · 147
- Jonata Middle3.5 mi · 168
Frequently asked questions
About Solvang ElementaryHow many students attend Solvang Elementary?
Solvang Elementary enrolls approximately 602 students in grades KG-08.
Is Solvang Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Solvang Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Solvang Elementary have?
Solvang Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Solvang Elementary?
At Solvang Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 58% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Solvang Elementary public or private?
Solvang Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Solvang Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.