Summary:
Goleta has one listed high school, Dos Pueblos Senior High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 2,149 students. With no other Goleta high school in the data, families can compare its results with district and state figures, but not with local peers. The most important finding is that Dos Pueblos’ 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency was above the state in English language arts, mathematics, and science.
Dos Pueblos compares favorably with the state in all three subjects, with its largest advantage in English language arts: 71% proficient versus 49% statewide, a 22-point lead. Mathematics was 48% versus 38%, a 10-point lead, and science was 51% versus 36%, a 15-point lead. There is a notable science exception by grade: 11th-grade science was 52% versus 38% statewide, but 12th-grade science was 14% versus 33%, or 19 points lower. The school also had a 96% graduation rate, compared with 88% statewide, while chronic absenteeism was 17% versus 18%. Because it is the only school listed, Dos Pueblos cannot be identified as the city’s top or bottom school.
Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Dos Pueblos gained 3 points in ELA, 3 in mathematics, and 5 in science, while its state-relative advantages widened by 2, 1, and 2 points, respectively. SchoolDigger ranked it 306th of 2,137 schools, in the 86th percentile, with 4 stars in 2025–2026; that was an improvement from 344th and the 84th percentile the year before, though below its 2023–2024 standing of 283rd and the 87th percentile. As context, the school’s 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 22.6:1, and 44% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school and do not explain its results.
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