Best Public Schools in Santa Barbara, California

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School												Students/Teachers											Ranking (2016)				Ranking (2015)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2016)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2016)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2016)	Statewide Rank (2016)	State Percentile (2016)	SchoolDigger Rating (2016)	Average Standard Score (2015)	Statewide Rank (2015)	State Percentile (2015)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade
Santa Barbara County Regional Occupational Program-South	Public	9-12	4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd	Santa Barbara	93160	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara County Regional Occupational Program	No	No	(n/a)	(805) 967-4711																			(n/a)
Adams Elementary	Public	K-6	2701 Las Positas Rd	Santa Barbara	93105	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 563-2515	585	25	23.4	70.0 %	95 (16.2 %)	11 (1.9 %)	457 (78.1 %)	9 (1.5 %)	3 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	10 (1.7 %)	60.7	1959^th of 5601 public elementary schools	65.0 %		52.2	2316^th of 5567 public elementary schools	58.4 %	357	64.0	51.0	60.0	42.0				67.0	37.0	37.0	21.0
Cleveland Elementary	Public	K-6	123 Alameda Padre Serra	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 963-8873	400	17	23.5	87.0 %	2 (0.5 %)	3 (0.8 %)	390 (97.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	4 (1.0 %)	13.6	5159^th of 5601 public elementary schools	7.9 %		21.2	4471^st of 5567 public elementary schools	19.7 %	688	10.0	23.0	25.0	18.0				26.0	15.0	10.0	10.0
Franklin Elementary	Public	K-6	1111 East Mason St	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 963-4283	573	22	26.0	87.0 %	7 (1.2 %)	4 (0.7 %)	553 (96.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	2 (0.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	7 (1.2 %)	39.9	3053^rd of 5601 public elementary schools	45.5 %		23.5	4259^th of 5567 public elementary schools	23.5 %	1206	21.0	46.0	30.0	48.0				35.0	37.0	28.0	33.0
Harding University Partnership	Public	K-6	1625 Robbins St	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 965-8994	418	18	23.2	79.0 %	17 (4.1 %)	0 (0.0 %)	395 (94.5 %)	1 (0.2 %)	1 (0.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	4 (1.0 %)	19.8	4627^th of 5601 public elementary schools	17.4 %		18.1	4792^nd of 5567 public elementary schools	13.9 %	165	28.0	17.0	12.0	30.0				43.0	13.0	4.0	20.0
La Colina Junior High	Public	7-8	4025 Foothill Rd	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	(805) 967-4506	839	34	24.7	29.0 %	406 (48.4 %)	13 (1.5 %)	340 (40.5 %)	48 (5.7 %)	3 (0.4 %)	1 (0.1 %)	28 (3.3 %)	89.8	243^rd of 2409 public middle schools	89.9 %		86.2	308^th of 2482 public middle schools	87.6 %	65					71.0	71.0						65.0	60.0
La Cuesta Continuation High	Public	9-12	710 Santa Barbara St	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-0883	138	8	17.2	75.0 %	10 (7.2 %)	2 (1.4 %)	121 (87.7 %)	1 (0.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	4 (2.9 %)	11.2	1799^th of 2033 public high schools	11.5 %		11.6	1721^st of 1999 public high schools	13.9 %	78							11.0							0.0
La Cumbre Junior High	Public	7-8	2255 Modoc Rd	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 687-0761	537	26	20.8	78.0 %	47 (8.8 %)	4 (0.7 %)	475 (88.5 %)	3 (0.6 %)	3 (0.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	5 (0.9 %)	54.4	968^th of 2409 public middle schools	59.8 %		56.1	957^th of 2482 public middle schools	61.4 %	11					53.0	51.0						27.0	39.0
Monroe Elementary	Public	K-6	431 Flora Vista Dr	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-7023	495	21	23.5	65.0 %	103 (20.8 %)	4 (0.8 %)	373 (75.4 %)	7 (1.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	8 (1.6 %)	34.5	3385^th of 5601 public elementary schools	39.6 %		35.5	3264^th of 5567 public elementary schools	41.4 %	121	34.0	37.0	35.0	40.0				38.0	23.0	19.0	31.0
Open Alternative	Public	K-8	4025 Foothill Rd	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	(805) 683-3127	134	5	26.8	40.0 %	65 (48.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	52 (38.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	2 (1.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	15 (11.2 %)	49.5	2498^th of 5601 public elementary schools	55.4 %		35.8	3241^st of 5567 public elementary schools	41.8 %	743		42.0	56.0	59.0					17.0	31.0	30.0
Peabody Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	3018 Calle Noguera	Santa Barbara	93105	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	Yes	No	Yes	(805) 563-1172	749	33	23.0	40.0 %	344 (45.9 %)	3 (0.4 %)	352 (47.0 %)	25 (3.3 %)	4 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	21 (2.8 %)	74.9	1305^th of 5601 public elementary schools	76.7 %		83.6	942^nd of 5567 public elementary schools	83.1 %	363	36.0	57.0	63.0	74.0				55.0	45.0	64.0	64.0
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-6	1990 Laguna St	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	(805) 563-2062	612	24	25.5	34.0 %	296 (48.4 %)	5 (0.8 %)	283 (46.2 %)	14 (2.3 %)	3 (0.5 %)	1 (0.2 %)	10 (1.6 %)	64.3	1777^th of 5601 public elementary schools	68.3 %		71	1443^rd of 5567 public elementary schools	74.1 %	334	47.0	53.0	52.0	63.0				57.0	45.0	30.0	43.0
San Marcos Senior High	Public	9-12	4750 Hollister Ave	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 967-4581	1,942	74	26.1	43.0 %	705 (36.3 %)	20 (1.0 %)	1,068 (55.0 %)	78 (4.0 %)	8 (0.4 %)	4 (0.2 %)	59 (3.0 %)	60.8	802^nd of 2033 public high schools	60.6 %		68.4	581^st of 1999 public high schools	70.9 %	221							50.0							33.0
Santa Barbara Junior High	Public	7-8	721 East Cota St	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 963-7751	867	40	21.5	49.0 %	312 (36.0 %)	8 (0.9 %)	509 (58.7 %)	13 (1.5 %)	8 (0.9 %)	1 (0.1 %)	16 (1.8 %)	63.7	769^th of 2409 public middle schools	68.1 %		67.6	702^nd of 2482 public middle schools	71.7 %	67					52.0	56.0						39.0	43.0
Santa Barbara Senior High	Public	9-12	700 East Anapamu St	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-9101	2,177	88	24.6	40.0 %	817 (37.5 %)	26 (1.2 %)	1,224 (56.2 %)	45 (2.1 %)	14 (0.6 %)	4 (0.2 %)	47 (2.2 %)	54.9	933^rd of 2033 public high schools	54.1 %		59.1	762^nd of 1999 public high schools	61.9 %	171							48.0							28.0
Washington Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-6	290 Lighthouse Rd	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	Yes	No	(805) 965-6653	614	24	25.5	34.0 %	337 (54.9 %)	4 (0.7 %)	235 (38.3 %)	15 (2.4 %)	2 (0.3 %)	3 (0.5 %)	18 (2.9 %)	90.4	604^th of 5601 public elementary schools	89.2 %		91.7	522^nd of 5567 public elementary schools	90.6 %	82	74.0	70.0	74.0	68.0				80.0	64.0	67.0	55.0
Santa Barbara Community Academy	Public	K-6	850 Portesuello Ave	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 687-2081	288	11	26.1	86.0 %	5 (1.7 %)	5 (1.7 %)	275 (95.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	3 (1.0 %)	21.9	4422^nd of 5601 public elementary schools	21.0 %		22.2	4378^th of 5567 public elementary schools	21.4 %	44	27.0	26.0	32.0	19.0				42.0	19.0	14.0	11.0
Adelante Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	1102 East Yanonali St	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	Yes	No	Yes	(805) 966-7392	249	11	22.6	29.0 %	11 (4.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	218 (87.6 %)	1 (0.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	19 (7.6 %)	28.5	3845^th of 5601 public elementary schools	31.4 %		28.3	3816^th of 5567 public elementary schools	31.5 %	29	25.0	22.0	54.0	19.0				47.0	22.0	17.0	14.0
McKinley Elementary	Public	K-6	350 Loma Alta Dr	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-9926	435	22	19.7	86.0 %	2 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	429 (98.6 %)	2 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	2 (0.5 %)	16.4	4915^th of 5601 public elementary schools	12.2 %		24.6	4133^rd of 5567 public elementary schools	25.8 %	782	20.0	11.0	24.0	33.0				31.0	8.0	15.0	11.0
Santa Barbara Alternative	Public	9-12	700 East Anapamu St	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	(805) 966-9101																			(n/a)
San Marcos Bridge	Public	9-12	4750 Hollister Ave	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	(805) 967-4581																			(n/a)
Alta Vista Alternative High	Public	9-12	215 East Ortega St	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	(805) 965-1916	155	10	16.1	11.0 %	72 (46.5 %)	2 (1.3 %)	70 (45.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.6 %)	1 (0.6 %)	9 (5.8 %)	64.3	721^st of 2033 public high schools	64.5 %		33.7	1291^st of 1999 public high schools	35.4 %	570							61.0							28.0
Alta Vista Alternative Junior High	Public	7-8	215 East Ortega St	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	(805) 965-1916	2	0	10.0	0.0 %	2 (100.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)								(n/a)
Visions Academy Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3412 State St	Santa Barbara	93105	Santa Barbara	Blochman Union Elementary	Yes	No	(n/a)	(661) 272-1225	11	4	2.7	73.0 %	2 (18.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	9 (81.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)								(n/a)
Cold Spring Elementary	Public	K-6	2243 Sycamore Canyon Rd	Santa Barbara	93108	Santa Barbara	Cold Spring Elementary	No	No	Yes	(805) 969-2678	155	10	15.5	0.0 %	134 (86.5 %)	5 (3.2 %)	8 (5.2 %)	5 (3.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	3 (1.9 %)	97.4	147^th of 5601 public elementary schools	97.4 %		97.3	154^th of 5567 public elementary schools	97.2 %	7	83.0	84.0	96.0	90.0				87.0	79.0	67.0	74.0
Foothill Elementary	Public	K-6	711 Ribera Dr	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara	Goleta Union Elementary	No	No	No	(805) 681-1268	449	20	22.4	19.0 %	274 (61.0 %)	6 (1.3 %)	125 (27.8 %)	22 (4.9 %)	4 (0.9 %)	0 (0.0 %)	18 (4.0 %)	94.3	378^th of 5601 public elementary schools	93.3 %		93	441^st of 5567 public elementary schools	92.1 %	63	93.0	81.0	69.0	75.0				92.0	75.0	68.0	63.0
Hollister Elementary	Public	K-6	4950 Anita Ln	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara	Goleta Union Elementary	No	No	No	(805) 681-1271	464	22	21.0	39.0 %	174 (37.5 %)	3 (0.6 %)	243 (52.4 %)	22 (4.7 %)	1 (0.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	21 (4.5 %)	61.6	1903^rd of 5601 public elementary schools	66.0 %		59.3	1962^nd of 5567 public elementary schools	64.8 %	59	47.0	40.0	59.0	52.0				49.0	40.0	43.0	47.0
Mountain View Elementary	Public	K-6	5465 Queen Anne Ln	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara	Goleta Union Elementary	No	No	No	(805) 681-1284	341	18	19.4	5.0 %	227 (66.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	60 (17.6 %)	24 (7.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	30 (8.8 %)	94.4	368^th of 5601 public elementary schools	93.4 %		92.9	450^th of 5567 public elementary schools	91.9 %	82	67.0	67.0	82.0	87.0				88.0	67.0	82.0	85.0
El Camino Elementary	Public	K-6	5020 San Simeon Dr	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara	Goleta Union Elementary	No	No	Yes	(805) 692-5574	247	13	19.0	77.0 %	22 (8.9 %)	1 (0.4 %)	211 (85.4 %)	11 (4.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.4 %)	1 (0.4 %)	42.7	2888^th of 5601 public elementary schools	48.4 %		49	2477^th of 5567 public elementary schools	55.5 %	411	17.0	44.0	39.0	50.0				29.0	31.0	41.0	38.0
Monte Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	730 North Hope Ave	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Hope Elementary	No	No	Yes	(805) 687-5333	339	15	22.6	29.0 %	193 (56.9 %)	4 (1.2 %)	121 (35.7 %)	8 (2.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.3 %)	12 (3.5 %)	84.4	934^th of 5601 public elementary schools	83.3 %		84.5	902^nd of 5567 public elementary schools	83.8 %	32	60.0	65.0	74.0	67.0				70.0	54.0	61.0	50.0
Vieja Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	434 Nogal Dr	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Hope Elementary	No	No	No	(805) 967-1239	346	15	23.0	19.0 %	213 (61.6 %)	5 (1.4 %)	107 (30.9 %)	9 (2.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.3 %)	11 (3.2 %)	83.5	977^th of 5601 public elementary schools	82.6 %		81.8	1035^th of 5567 public elementary schools	81.4 %	58	54.0	63.0	73.0	78.0				54.0	54.0	69.0	61.0
Hope Elementary	Public	K-6	3970a La Colina Rd	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Hope Elementary	No	No	Yes	(805) 563-2974	323	15	21.8	33.0 %	176 (54.5 %)	6 (1.9 %)	119 (36.8 %)	17 (5.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.3 %)	4 (1.2 %)	88.1	746^th of 5601 public elementary schools	86.7 %		89.4	636^th of 5567 public elementary schools	88.6 %	110	57.0	79.0	70.0	79.0				57.0	81.0	55.0	75.0
Montecito Union	Public	K-6	385 San Ysidro Rd	Santa Barbara	93108	Santa Barbara	Montecito Union Elementary	No	No	Yes	(805) 969-3249	473	36	13.3	5.0 %	396 (83.7 %)	5 (1.1 %)	36 (7.6 %)	5 (1.1 %)	5 (1.1 %)	0 (0.0 %)	26 (5.5 %)	98.6	34^th of 5601 public elementary schools	99.4 %		98.2	83^rd of 5567 public elementary schools	98.5 %	49	94.0	85.0	93.0	91.0				93.0	93.0	79.0	77.0
Santa Barbara County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara County Office Of Education	No	No	(n/a)	(805) 964-4711	206	28	7.2	36.0 %	55 (26.7 %)	2 (1.0 %)	138 (67.0 %)	4 (1.9 %)	1 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	6 (2.9 %)								(n/a)
Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court	Public	7-12	4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara County Office Of Education	No	No	(n/a)	(805) 964-4711	88	7	12.5	43.0 %	5 (5.7 %)	4 (4.5 %)	77 (87.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	2 (2.3 %)	10.1	1880^th of 2033 public high schools	7.5 %		8.9	1934^th of 1999 public high schools	3.3 %	54							7.0							0.0
Santa Barbara County Community	Public	7-12	4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara County Office Of Education	No	No	(n/a)	(805) 964-4711	116	6	19.3	72.0 %	13 (11.2 %)	3 (2.6 %)	98 (84.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.9 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.9 %)								(n/a)						0.0							0.0

City	Distance	Number of Schools	SchoolDigger Statewide Rank
Goleta	0.72 mi	10	188^th
Summerland	14.87 mi	1	27^th
Santa Ynez	18.62 mi	5	221^st
Carpinteria	18.96 mi	7	275^th
Solvang	20.3 mi	2	136^th

Best Public Schools in Santa Barbara, CA

Montecito Union

Cold Spring Elementary

Mountain View Elementary

Foothill Elementary

Washington Elementary

La Colina Junior High

Hope Elementary

Monte Vista Elementary

Vieja Valley Elementary

Peabody Charter

Alta Vista Alternative High

Roosevelt Elementary

Santa Barbara Junior High

Hollister Elementary

San Marcos Senior High

Adams Elementary

Santa Barbara Senior High

La Cumbre Junior High

Open Alternative

El Camino Elementary

Franklin Elementary

Monroe Elementary

Adelante Charter

Santa Barbara Community Academy

Harding University Partnership

McKinley Elementary

Cleveland Elementary

La Cuesta Continuation High

Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court

Alta Vista Alternative Junior High

San Marcos Bridge

Santa Barbara Alternative

Santa Barbara County Community

Santa Barbara County Regional Occupational Program-South

Santa Barbara County Special Education

Visions Academy Charter

Cities Near Santa Barbara