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Which teacher or staff member at Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
849
Elementary
DISTRICT 825 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA MARIA-BONITA·NCES 060558010659
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary
1921 North Carlotti Dr., Santa Maria, CA 93454 · (805) 361-6250 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL849 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
728 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 163 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 142 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (163) is 15% larger than its 6th grade class (142).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
24.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.7pp since 2014
Math
19.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.0% | 17.3% | 24.7% | 51.0% |
| Math | 6.9% | 12.1% | 27.0% | 54.0% |
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 | 24.3% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 18.9% |
| 2022-23 | 23.8% | 17.2% |
| 2021-22 | 28.3% | 22.4% |
| 2018-19 | 43.1% | 29.2% |
| 2017-18 | 35.7% | 25.4% |
| 2016-17 | 32.4% | 22.6% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary this school | 849 | 85.7% | 21.4% |
| John C. Fremont Elementary Stockton | 813 | 87.0% | 11.2% |
| Bill Libbon Elementary Santa Maria | 834 | 87.9% | 25.4% |
| Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary Santa Maria | 917 | 84.2% | 22.5% |
| Grasslands Elementary Los Banos | 884 | 85.1% | 40.0% |
| Bret Harte Elementary Modesto | 867 | 86.5% | 22.8% |
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 Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #4,440 of 5,151 | #50 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #4,392 of 5,172 ▼ 103 | #50 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #4,552 of 5,172 ▼ 89 | #53 of 66 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.7pp | #797 of 5,116 | #12 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 849 | #258 of 5,915 | #11 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #557 of 5,352 | #20 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #4,474 of 5,354 | #46 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.7% | #1,585 of 5,625 | #19 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #2,797 of 3,837 | #33 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
849
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 920
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
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 | 849 | 44.5 | 19.1:1 | 86% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 40.6 | 21.6:1 | 84% (733) |
| 2022-23 | 833 | 37.7 | 22.1:1 | 82% (683) |
| 2020-21 | 867 | 43 | 20.2:1 | 78% (677) |
| 2017-18 | 934 | 41.5 | 22.5:1 | 78% (729) |
| 2015-16 | 969 | 38 | 25.5:1 | 71% (684) |
| 2010-11 | 920 | N/A | N/A | 69% (631) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (934 to 849); teachers up 7% (41.5 to 44.5).
About Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary is one of the public schools in Santa Maria, California. It is a large elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 849 students. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 83% above that.
District-wide, Santa Maria-Bonita has 21 schools and 17,408 students.
Most students at Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary are Hispanic: 90% of enrollment. The remaining students are 4% White and 4% Asian. Census figures show Santa Barbara County is about 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
Its teaching staff equals 44.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 19.1:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Around 86% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 68% average for public schools in Santa Barbara County is 18 points.
The allk12 Grade for Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary is D. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 9% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (21.4%) and its predicted rate (29.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
In Santa Barbara County (population about 443,701), 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. A total of 129 public schools operate in Santa Barbara County, serving about 66,191 students.
Of nearby public schools, Rice (William) Elementary is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 867 in 2020-21 and 849 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 20.2:1 to 19.1:1.
Discussions about Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Taylor (Ida Redmond) ElementaryHow many students attend Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary?
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary enrolls approximately 849 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary serve?
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary is approximately 19.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary?
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary?
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary is overseen by Santa Maria-Bonita in Santa Barbara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.