Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPE ELEMENTARY·NCES 061749002190
Vieja Valley Elementary
434 Nogal Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93110 · (805) 967-1239 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
20.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
88 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 68 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 70% larger than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
67.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.9pp since 2014
Math
62.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.4% | 24.5% | 17.0% | 15.1% |
| Math | 38.6% | 23.4% | 19.6% | 18.4% |
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 | 67.9% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.6% | 63.8% |
| 2022-23 | 71.2% | 59.9% |
| 2021-22 | 71.3% | 57.2% |
| 2018-19 | 68.8% | 60.4% |
| 2017-18 | 67.2% | 56.8% |
| 2016-17 | 62.8% | 53.7% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Vieja Valley Elementary
Vieja Valley Elementary's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vieja Valley Elementary this school | 313 | 28.1% | 67.9% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Santa Barbara | 267 | 25.8% | 69.6% |
| Prestwood Elementary Sonoma | 275 | 30.5% | 40.9% |
| Shell Beach Elementary Pismo Beach | 330 | 33.0% | 68.0% |
| Cosumnes River Elementary Sloughhouse | 350 | 26.6% | 70.0% |
| Naples Elementary Long Beach | 338 | 25.7% | 80.5% |
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 Vieja Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #749 of 5,151 | #7 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #965 of 5,172 ▼ 110 | #8 of 66 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #854 of 5,172 ▼ 501 | #10 of 66 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,126 of 5,116 | #36 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #4,655 of 5,915 | #53 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,419 of 5,352 | #32 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #2,214 of 5,354 | #22 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #4,833 of 5,625 | #60 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #2,856 of 3,837 | #34 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
313
+44 (+16%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 313 | 15 | 20.9:1 | 28% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 15 | 20.4:1 | 25% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 15 | 20.0:1 | 27% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 13 | 20.7:1 | 26% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 13 | 26.4:1 | 35% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 339 | 14 | 24.2:1 | 32% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | N/A | N/A | 27% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 22 | 20.5:1 | 8% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 18 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vieja Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (343 to 313); teachers up 15% (13 to 15).
About Vieja Valley Elementary
Vieja Valley Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Santa Barbara, California, one of the schools in Hope Elementary. It educates 313 students in kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 33% smaller than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Hope Elementary has 859 students in 3 schools, and Vieja Valley Elementary is one of those schools.
Vieja Valley Elementary's enrollment is 55% White. Enrollment also includes 36% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Vieja Valley Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
The school reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 20.9 students per teacher. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 28%. The gap from the 68% average for public schools in Santa Barbara County is 40 points.
Vieja Valley Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Vieja Valley Elementary are 4.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (67.9% actual, 63.1% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Santa Barbara County show that median household income is about $98,161, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County, with a combined enrollment of about 66,191.
The school nearest to Vieja Valley Elementary is San Marcos Senior High, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Within five miles of Vieja Valley Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.9%; Vieja Valley Elementary's is 67.9%, ranking 1st of 6.
For locale, NCES codes Vieja Valley Elementary as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 269 in 2020-21 and 313 in 2024-25, a increase of 44 students.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Hope Elementary
- Hope ElementaryElementary · 279 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 267 students
Other schools in Santa Barbara
- San Marcos Senior HighHigh · 1,926 students
- Santa Barbara Senior HighHigh · 1,924 students
- La Colina Junior HighMiddle · 832 students
- Peabody CharterElementary · 780 students
- Santa Barbara Junior HighMiddle · 512 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 477 students
Nearby schools
- San Marcos Senior High1.0 mi · 1,926
- Hope Elementary1.1 mi · 279
- Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court1.1 mi · 31
- Santa Barbara County Special Education1.1 mi · 49
- Santa Barbara County Community1.1 mi · 27
- La Colina Junior High1.2 mi · 832
Frequently asked questions
About Vieja Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Vieja Valley Elementary?
Vieja Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Vieja Valley Elementary serve?
Vieja Valley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Vieja Valley Elementary?
Approximately 20.9:1 students per teacher at Vieja Valley Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Vieja Valley Elementary?
Student demographics at Vieja Valley Elementary are roughly 55% White, 36% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Vieja Valley Elementary in?
Vieja Valley Elementary is part of Hope Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.