Best Public Schools in Santa Barbara, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2017)				Ranking (2016)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2017)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2017)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	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 (2017)	Statewide Rank (2017)	State Percentile (2017)	SchoolDigger Rating (2017)	Average Standard Score (2016)	Statewide Rank (2016)	State Percentile (2016)	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	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	No	Yes	(805) 563-2515	555	23	24.1	66.0 %	121 (21.8 %)	6 (1.1 %)	417 (75.1 %)	9 (1.6 %)	2 (0.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	72.9	1432^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	74.8 %		60.8	1957^th of 5614 public elementary schools	65.1 %	525	67.9	66.2	58.0	55.4				72.0	48.5	42.0	27.7
Cleveland Elementary	Public	K-6	123 Alameda Padre Serra	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 963-8873	372	17	21.8	55.0 %	8 (2.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	360 (96.8 %)	1 (0.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	3 (0.8 %)	12.9	5288^th of 5692 public elementary schools	7.1 %		12.7	5248^th of 5614 public elementary schools	6.5 %	40	13.3	10.9	27.3	24.4				26.7	9.1	16.1	6.8
Franklin Elementary	Public	K-6	1111 E. Mason St.	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 963-4283	579	23	25.1	92.0 %	18 (3.1 %)	5 (0.9 %)	533 (92.1 %)	2 (0.3 %)	3 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	18 (3.1 %)	46	2761^st of 5692 public elementary schools	51.5 %		38	3219^th of 5614 public elementary schools	42.7 %	458	42.5	42.1	47.8	31.7				43.9	46.1	29.0	30.9
Harding University Partnership	Public	K-6	1625 Robbins St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 965-8994	420	19	22.1	54.0 %	18 (4.3 %)	1 (0.2 %)	388 (92.4 %)	2 (0.5 %)	2 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	9 (2.1 %)	24.6	4291^st of 5692 public elementary schools	24.6 %		18.3	4763^rd of 5614 public elementary schools	15.2 %	472	37.0	40.0	15.4	14.3				47.8	26.0	7.8	16.1
La Colina Junior High	Public	7-8	4025 Foothill Rd.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	No	(805) 967-4506	947	39	24.2	25.0 %	524 (55.3 %)	12 (1.3 %)	342 (36.1 %)	62 (6.5 %)	5 (0.5 %)	1 (0.1 %)	1 (0.1 %)	90	239^th of 2508 public middle schools	90.5 %		87.5	285^th of 2497 public middle schools	88.6 %	46					72.3	68.6						66.2	64.5
La Cuesta Continuation High	Public	9-12	710 Santa Barbara St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-0883	113	8	14.1	65.0 %	7 (6.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	105 (92.9 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.9 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	11.8	1715^th of 2021 public high schools	15.1 %		11.2	1786^th of 2039 public high schools	12.4 %	71							15.6							0.0
La Cumbre Junior High	Public	7-8	2255 Modoc Rd.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 687-0761	432	23	18.7	38.0 %	33 (7.6 %)	5 (1.2 %)	386 (89.4 %)	4 (0.9 %)	2 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	2 (0.5 %)	57.7	921^st of 2508 public middle schools	63.3 %		48.2	1154^th of 2497 public middle schools	53.8 %	233					53.6	47.4						37.6	40.2
Monroe Elementary	Public	K-6	431 Flora Vista Dr.	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-7023	486	20	24.3	65.0 %	115 (23.7 %)	5 (1.0 %)	351 (72.2 %)	15 (3.1 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	22.4	4479^th of 5692 public elementary schools	21.3 %		34.5	3447^th of 5614 public elementary schools	38.6 %	1032	31.8	19.6	38.2	29.1				31.3	15.2	18.2	12.7
Open Alternative	Public	K-8	4025 Foothill Rd.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 683-3127	138	6	23.0	50.0 %	55 (39.9 %)	5 (3.6 %)	64 (46.4 %)	8 (5.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	6 (4.3 %)	7.8	5597^th of 5692 public elementary schools	1.7 %		54.5	2271^st of 5614 public elementary schools	59.5 %	3326	9.1			21.4				9.1			7.1
Peabody Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	3018 Calle Noguera	Santa Barbara	93105	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(805) 563-1172	750	31	24.1	45.0 %	320 (42.7 %)	3 (0.4 %)	385 (51.3 %)	17 (2.3 %)	3 (0.4 %)	3 (0.4 %)	19 (2.5 %)	72.6	1445^th of 5692 public elementary schools	74.6 %		73.8	1358^th of 5614 public elementary schools	75.8 %	87	45.2	50.0	57.7	75.0				56.7	48.1	47.8	60.6
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-6	1990 Laguna St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 563-2062	599	23	26.0	35.0 %	287 (47.9 %)	4 (0.7 %)	281 (46.9 %)	15 (2.5 %)	6 (1.0 %)	3 (0.5 %)	3 (0.5 %)	59.1	2059^th of 5692 public elementary schools	63.8 %		63.6	1828^th of 5614 public elementary schools	67.4 %	231	45.1	45.8	59.3	54.7				52.1	39.0	37.0	38.4
San Marcos Senior High	Public	9-12	4750 Hollister Ave.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 967-4581	2,181	92	23.7	39.0 %	851 (39.0 %)	32 (1.5 %)	1,174 (53.8 %)	99 (4.5 %)	23 (1.1 %)	1 (0.0 %)	1 (0.0 %)	68.2	631^st of 2021 public high schools	68.8 %		53.8	923^rd of 2039 public high schools	54.7 %	292							61.6							32.8
Santa Barbara Junior High	Public	7-8	721 E. Cota St.	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 963-7751	745	36	20.6	48.0 %	223 (29.9 %)	7 (0.9 %)	486 (65.2 %)	15 (2.0 %)	5 (0.7 %)	3 (0.4 %)	6 (0.8 %)	53.4	1024^th of 2508 public middle schools	59.2 %		67.1	709^th of 2497 public middle schools	71.6 %	315					50.0	45.7						40.0	33.8
Santa Barbara Senior High	Public	9-12	700 E. Anapamu St.	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-9101	2,188	91	24.0	40.0 %	842 (38.5 %)	30 (1.4 %)	1,226 (56.0 %)	56 (2.6 %)	22 (1.0 %)	4 (0.2 %)	8 (0.4 %)	61.3	764^th of 2021 public high schools	62.2 %		56.6	866^th of 2039 public high schools	57.5 %	102							49.2							35.3
Washington Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-6	290 Lighthouse Rd.	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	Yes	No	No	(805) 965-6653	602	23	26.1	33.0 %	341 (56.6 %)	6 (1.0 %)	229 (38.0 %)	21 (3.5 %)	1 (0.2 %)	1 (0.2 %)	3 (0.5 %)	89.4	670^th of 5692 public elementary schools	88.2 %		89.9	620^th of 5614 public elementary schools	89.0 %	50	64.6	80.9	68.0	79.4				67.0	84.3	50.5	64.8
Santa Barbara Community Academy	Public	K-6	850 Portesuello Ave.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 687-2081	294	12	24.5	47.0 %	10 (3.4 %)	3 (1.0 %)	280 (95.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.3 %)	32.8	3624^th of 5692 public elementary schools	36.3 %		21	4529^th of 5614 public elementary schools	19.3 %	905	31.9	25.6	38.5	36.7				54.0	15.6	20.5	26.0
Adelante Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	1102 E. Yanonali St.	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-7392	274	12	22.8	25.0 %	33 (12.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	237 (86.5 %)	2 (0.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	2 (0.7 %)	29.6	3868^th of 5692 public elementary schools	32.0 %		33.2	3522^nd of 5614 public elementary schools	37.3 %	346	29.3	15.2	37.5	29.4				58.5	12.1	12.5	29.4
McKinley Elementary	Public	K-6	350 Loma Alta Dr.	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-9926	423	16	26.4	87.0 %	9 (2.1 %)	0 (0.0 %)	412 (97.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	2 (0.5 %)	13.9	5200^th of 5692 public elementary schools	8.6 %		15.8	4974^th of 5614 public elementary schools	11.4 %	226	27.4	12.0	9.4	31.6				22.6	9.8	3.8	17.9
Alta Vista Alternative High	Public	9-12	215 E. Ortega St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	No	(805) 965-1916	154	9	17.1	33.0 %	71 (46.1 %)	0 (0.0 %)	73 (47.4 %)	6 (3.9 %)	2 (1.3 %)	1 (0.6 %)	1 (0.6 %)	42.6	1188^th of 2021 public high schools	41.2 %		53.5	934^th of 2039 public high schools	54.2 %	254							47.5							16.2
Alta Vista Alternative Junior High	Public	7-8	215 E. Ortega St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	No	(805) 966-0883	1	1	1.0		0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (100.0 %)	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	No	Yes	(805) 969-2678	151	10	15.1	2.0 %	127 (84.1 %)	2 (1.3 %)	11 (7.3 %)	6 (4.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	5 (3.3 %)	97.5	139^th of 5692 public elementary schools	97.6 %		97	158^th of 5614 public elementary schools	97.2 %	19	77.3	84.6	86.4	90.9				95.5	84.6	77.3	68.2
Foothill Elementary	Public	K-6	711 Ribera Dr.	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara	Goleta Union Elementary	No	No	No	No	(805) 681-1268	446	20	22.3	16.0 %	272 (61.0 %)	2 (0.4 %)	118 (26.5 %)	25 (5.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	29 (6.5 %)	96.8	198^th of 5692 public elementary schools	96.5 %		94.5	346^th of 5614 public elementary schools	93.8 %	148	79.1	88.1	80.3	78.2				86.8	80.0	76.1	74.1
Hollister Elementary	Public	K-6	4950 Anita Ln.	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara	Goleta Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 681-1271	455	22	20.6	39.0 %	143 (31.4 %)	2 (0.4 %)	260 (57.1 %)	22 (4.8 %)	1 (0.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	27 (5.9 %)	64.5	1820^th of 5692 public elementary schools	68.0 %		60.8	1954^th of 5614 public elementary schools	65.2 %	134	47.5	52.7	33.9	66.7				57.4	53.6	27.6	63.2
Mountain View Elementary	Public	K-6	5465 Queen Anne Ln.	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara	Goleta Union Elementary	No	No	No	No	(805) 681-1284	343	17	20.1	9.0 %	224 (65.3 %)	2 (0.6 %)	67 (19.5 %)	20 (5.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	30 (8.7 %)	92.8	466^th of 5692 public elementary schools	91.8 %		94.1	369^th of 5614 public elementary schools	93.4 %	97	72.1	69.4	61.9	87.8				79.1	78.0	64.3	81.6
El Camino Elementary	Public	K-6	5020 San Simeon Dr.	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara	Goleta Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 692-5574	250	14	17.8	68.0 %	26 (10.4 %)	1 (0.4 %)	206 (82.4 %)	16 (6.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.4 %)	43	2924^th of 5692 public elementary schools	48.6 %		42.9	2903^rd of 5614 public elementary schools	48.3 %	21	34.3	30.8	43.2	37.1				52.8	29.6	35.1	33.3
Monte Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	730 N. Hope Ave.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Hope Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 687-5333	343	14	24.5	24.0 %	205 (59.8 %)	4 (1.2 %)	102 (29.7 %)	15 (4.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	2 (0.6 %)	15 (4.4 %)	85.5	892^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	84.3 %		85.5	875^th of 5614 public elementary schools	84.4 %	17	75.0	59.5	69.6	77.4				62.8	54.8	56.5	56.6
Vieja Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	434 Nogal Dr.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Hope Elementary	No	No	No	No	(805) 967-1239	339	14	24.2	32.0 %	200 (59.0 %)	8 (2.4 %)	118 (34.8 %)	3 (0.9 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.3 %)	9 (2.7 %)	77.7	1217^th of 5692 public elementary schools	78.6 %		84.4	939^th of 5614 public elementary schools	83.3 %	278	65.3	52.4	69.2	62.2				55.1	42.9	55.8	60.0
Hope Elementary	Public	K-6	3970-A La Colina Rd.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Hope Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 563-2974	316	17	18.5	31.0 %	171 (54.1 %)	10 (3.2 %)	110 (34.8 %)	20 (6.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.3 %)	4 (1.3 %)	81.1	1082^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	81.0 %		88	738^th of 5614 public elementary schools	86.9 %	344	63.5	57.8	77.3	61.7				50.0	60.0	70.5	55.3
Montecito Union	Public	K-6	385 San Ysidro Rd.	Santa Barbara	93108	Santa Barbara	Montecito Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 969-3249	438	27	16.2	8.0 %	381 (87.0 %)	6 (1.4 %)	26 (5.9 %)	4 (0.9 %)	2 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	19 (4.3 %)	98	87^th of 5692 public elementary schools	98.5 %		98.2	48^th of 5614 public elementary schools	99.1 %	39	85.7	85.3	93.2	94.1				76.5	89.6	78.7	79.7
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	No	(n/a)	(805) 964-4711	165	22	7.5	49.0 %	45 (27.3 %)	2 (1.2 %)	109 (66.1 %)	5 (3.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	4 (2.4 %)								(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	No	(n/a)	(805) 967-5307	83	6	13.8	37.0 %	3 (3.6 %)	5 (6.0 %)	74 (89.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (1.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	9.5	1892^nd of 2021 public high schools	6.4 %		11	1803^rd of 2039 public high schools	11.6 %	89							6.7							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	No	(n/a)	(805) 967-5307	28	2	14.0	89.0 %	1 (3.6 %)	1 (3.6 %)	26 (92.9 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)								(n/a)						0.0							0.0

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Summerland	6.43 mi	1	67^th
Goleta	6.75 mi	10	159^th
Carpinteria	10.46 mi	7	252^nd
Oak View	23.12 mi	1	274^th
Ojai	24.3 mi	10	447^th

Best Public Schools in Santa Barbara, CA

Montecito Union

Cold Spring Elementary

Foothill Elementary

Mountain View Elementary

La Colina Junior High

Washington Elementary

Monte Vista Elementary

Hope Elementary

Vieja Valley Elementary

Adams Elementary

Peabody Charter

San Marcos Senior High

Hollister Elementary

Santa Barbara Senior High

Roosevelt Elementary

La Cumbre Junior High

Santa Barbara Junior High

Franklin Elementary

El Camino Elementary

Alta Vista Alternative High

Santa Barbara Community Academy

Adelante Charter

Harding University Partnership

Monroe Elementary

McKinley Elementary

Cleveland Elementary

La Cuesta Continuation High

Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court

Open Alternative

Alta Vista Alternative Junior High

Santa Barbara County Community

Santa Barbara County Regional Occupational Program-South

Santa Barbara County Special Education

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