Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary

Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary, a sizable primary school in Santa Maria, California, one of the schools within Santa Maria-Bonita, educates 849 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 83% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Santa Maria-Bonita comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 17,408 students; Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 4% White, 4% Asian. By comparison, Santa Barbara County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Santa Barbara County's rate of about 68%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.4%; this one delivers 21.6%.

Around the school, census data for Santa Barbara County shows median household income runs about $98,161, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Santa Barbara County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students), Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rice (William) Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 21.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 934 students in 2018 compared to 849 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 84% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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