Best Public Schools in Santa Barbara, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2019)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2019)							% Completely Immunized (2019)	% Polio (2019)	% Hepatitis B (2019)	% Varicella (2019)	% DTP (2019)	% MMR (2019)
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 (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	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 Mathematics 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	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG
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	21	26.4	59.0%	132 (23.8%)	8 (1.4%)	405 (73.0%)	9 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60.5	2050^th of 5772 public elementary schools	64.5%		64.9	1817^th of 5662 public elementary schools	67.9%	233	50.0	53.7	52.9	51.5				57.1	48.8	41.4	50.0				98.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
Cleveland Elementary	Public	K-6	123 Alameda Padre Serra	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 963-8873	333	14	23.7	67.0%	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	319 (95.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	10	5524^th of 5772 public elementary schools	4.3%		13.3	5230^th of 5662 public elementary schools	7.6%	294	20.8	19.6	25.0	14.8				24.5	12.8	22.5	7.1				≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Franklin Elementary	Public	K-6	1111 E. Mason St.	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 963-4283	586	21	27.9	90.0%	23 (3.9%)	2 (0.3%)	534 (91.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.9%)	65.5	1820^th of 5772 public elementary schools	68.5%		61.9	1958^th of 5662 public elementary schools	65.4%	138	54.2	57.8	51.9	66.2				62.7	44.6	43.2	50.0				≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
Harding University Partnership	Public	K-6	1625 Robbins St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 965-8994	395	17	23.2	77.0%	22 (5.6%)	1 (0.3%)	358 (90.6%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)	34.7	3588^th of 5772 public elementary schools	37.8%		23.7	4351^st of 5662 public elementary schools	23.2%	763	37.8	32.8	42.6	37.7				48.9	36.2	19.2	38.5				≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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	961	34	27.9	27.0%	526 (54.7%)	10 (1.0%)	349 (36.3%)	61 (6.3%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.1%)	86.7	327^th of 2623 public middle schools	87.5%		87.5	299^th of 2480 public middle schools	87.9%	28					71.2	62.2						65.5	64.1
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	81	8	10.1	52.0%	6 (7.4%)	1 (1.2%)	73 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.2	1867^th of 2125 public high schools	12.1%		10	1872^nd of 2017 public high schools	7.2%	5							8.2							2.0
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	462	23	20.3	84.0%	54 (11.7%)	3 (0.6%)	396 (85.7%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	51.3	1128^th of 2623 public middle schools	57.0%		56.4	935^th of 2480 public middle schools	62.3%	193					49.0	50.7						23.0	45.5
Monroe Elementary	Public	K-6	431 Flora Vista Dr.	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-7023	446	17	26.2	73.0%	93 (20.9%)	5 (1.1%)	335 (75.1%)	11 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	21.2	4668^th of 5772 public elementary schools	19.1%		22.3	4490^th of 5662 public elementary schools	20.7%	178	33.3	35.1	34.4	34.9				29.1	26.3	17.2	18.6				≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-6	1990 Laguna St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 563-2062	577	21	27.4	37.0%	273 (47.3%)	4 (0.7%)	273 (47.3%)	16 (2.8%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	52	2519^th of 5772 public elementary schools	56.4%		59	2078^th of 5662 public elementary schools	63.3%	441	35.2	40.8	56.8	53.1				45.2	46.1	44.6	42.7				96.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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	759	32	23.6	57.0%	231 (30.4%)	14 (1.8%)	483 (63.6%)	20 (2.6%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	51	1136^th of 2623 public middle schools	56.7%		58	892^nd of 2480 public middle schools	64.0%	244					45.2	45.6						40.3	38.5
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	2,112	82	25.6	43.0%	768 (36.4%)	30 (1.4%)	1,226 (58.0%)	55 (2.6%)	16 (0.8%)	4 (0.2%)	13 (0.6%)	73.4	559^th of 2125 public high schools	73.7%		67.4	646^th of 2017 public high schools	68.0%	87							61.5							37.3
Washington Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-6	290 Lighthouse Rd.	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	Yes	No	No	(805) 965-6653	604	23	26.2	33.0%	347 (57.5%)	2 (0.3%)	227 (37.6%)	22 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	88.1	745^th of 5772 public elementary schools	87.1%		90.2	629^th of 5662 public elementary schools	88.9%	116	63.2	70.7	72.7	76.2				65.5	72.7	65.9	81.0				≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Santa Barbara Community Academy	Public	1-6	850 Portesuello Ave.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 687-2081	306	12	25.5	86.0%	8 (2.6%)	3 (1.0%)	294 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	35	3559^th of 5772 public elementary schools	38.3%		28.3	3969^th of 5662 public elementary schools	29.9%	410	57.6	39.0	23.7	41.0				54.6	28.6	13.2	33.3
McKinley Elementary	Public	K-6	350 Loma Alta Dr.	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 966-9926	407	14	29.0	93.0%	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	398 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	11.1	5463^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	5.4%		10.3	5424^th of 5662 public elementary schools	4.2%	39	26.7	23.9	27.0	34.1				20.0	6.4	3.2	10.9				97.0	97.0	97.0	≥98.0	97.0	97.0
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	142	2	64.5	25.0%	70 (49.3%)	2 (1.4%)	62 (43.7%)	4 (2.8%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	68.1	651^st of 2125 public high schools	69.4%		60.2	796^th of 2017 public high schools	60.5%	145							69.2							25.6
Alta Vista Alternative Junior High	Public	7-8	215 E. Ortega St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(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)
Hope Elementary	Public	K-6	3970-A La Colina Rd.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Hope Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 563-2974	328	17	19.8	29.0%	173 (52.7%)	6 (1.8%)	121 (36.9%)	19 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.4%)	80.2	1175^th of 5772 public elementary schools	79.6%		84.1	936^th of 5662 public elementary schools	83.5%	239	73.5	69.1	66.0	53.7				70.6	54.8	62.0	56.1				≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
Monte Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	730 N. Hope Ave.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Hope Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 687-5333	331	14	23.6	25.0%	184 (55.6%)	3 (0.9%)	106 (32.0%)	15 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.6%)	83.2	1012^th of 5772 public elementary schools	82.5%		80.9	1079^th of 5662 public elementary schools	80.9%	67	71.4	97.1	74.1	60.5				61.9	85.3	55.6	44.7				≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Vieja Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	434 Nogal Dr.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Hope Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 967-1239	351	15	23.4	29.0%	205 (58.4%)	8 (2.3%)	116 (33.0%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.3%)	82.6	1052^nd of 5772 public elementary schools	81.8%		79.9	1139^th of 5662 public elementary schools	79.9%	87	74.1	67.4	66.0	66.7				72.2	60.9	48.9	57.8				≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 967-4711	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Montecito Union	Public	K-6	385 San Ysidro Rd.	Santa Barbara	93108	Santa Barbara	Montecito Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 969-3249	413	37	11.1	7.0%	356 (86.2%)	4 (1.0%)	26 (6.3%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.3%)	97.7	79^th of 5772 public elementary schools	98.6%		97.7	91^st of 5662 public elementary schools	98.4%	12	83.9	91.2	89.1	87.0				83.9	93.0	77.8	85.5				88.0	92.0	96.0	96.0	90.0	94.0
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	No	(n/a)	(805) 964-4711	150	23	6.6	49.0%	39 (26.0%)	2 (1.3%)	100 (66.7%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.3%)								(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	102	6	17.0	97.0%	11 (10.8%)	3 (2.9%)	86 (84.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	12.7	1781^st of 2125 public high schools	16.2%		11.3	1743^rd of 2017 public high schools	13.6%	38							16.7							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	27	3	9.0	81.0%	1 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (92.6%)	1 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						0.0							0.0
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	169	9	18.7	4.0%	140 (82.8%)	2 (1.2%)	14 (8.3%)	8 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	98.7	21^st of 5772 public elementary schools	99.6%		98.8	19^th of 5662 public elementary schools	99.7%	2	92.9	95.2	91.7	86.4				96.4	100.0	83.3	81.8				82.0	91.0	86.0	≥95.0	91.0	86.0
Foothill Elementary	Public	K-6	711 Ribera Dr.	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara	Goleta Union Elementary	No	No	No	No	(805) 681-1268	448	20	22.4	15.0%	273 (60.9%)	3 (0.7%)	116 (25.9%)	21 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.8%)	92.8	441^st of 5772 public elementary schools	92.4%		94.3	347^th of 5662 public elementary schools	93.9%	94	73.5	71.8	82.4	84.6				72.1	76.4	75.0	73.4				92.0	92.0	95.0	97.0	92.0	95.0
Hollister Elementary	Public	K-6	4950 Anita Ln.	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara	Goleta Union Elementary	No	No	No	No	(805) 681-1271	430	22	19.5	36.0%	140 (32.6%)	1 (0.2%)	236 (54.9%)	26 (6.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.3%)	68.5	1688^th of 5772 public elementary schools	70.8%		62.8	1925^th of 5662 public elementary schools	66.0%	237	55.6	54.2	60.3	60.7				53.7	61.0	43.1	50.9				≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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	326	17	19.1	10.0%	215 (66.0%)	2 (0.6%)	68 (20.9%)	15 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.0%)	93.9	369^th of 5772 public elementary schools	93.6%		95.1	276^th of 5662 public elementary schools	95.1%	93	79.6	65.9	84.0	84.9				86.4	68.2	80.4	81.1				92.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
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	244	12	20.3	66.0%	25 (10.2%)	2 (0.8%)	199 (81.6%)	14 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	47.1	2805^th of 5772 public elementary schools	51.4%		47.8	2669^th of 5662 public elementary schools	52.9%	136	36.7	48.5	58.6	40.0				33.3	48.5	56.7	26.7				≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
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	2,192	84	26.1	41.0%	845 (38.5%)	30 (1.4%)	1,196 (54.6%)	98 (4.5%)	19 (0.9%)	1 (0.0%)	3 (0.1%)	79.3	445^th of 2125 public high schools	79.1%		75.3	488^th of 2017 public high schools	75.8%	43							64.8							42.9
Peabody Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	3018 Calle Noguera	Santa Barbara	93105	Santa Barbara	Peabody Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 563-1172												69.8	1616^th of 5772 public elementary schools	72.0%					(n/a)	59.5	56.0	67.6	66.0				57.7	46.3	44.3	49.1
Trivium Charter School Voyage	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4597 Hollister Dr.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara	Trivium Charter School Voyage District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 291-1303																			(n/a)	56.5	53.9	57.9	52.9	88.9			47.8	41.7	50.0	31.3	61.1
Adelante Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	1102 E. Yanonali St.	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara	Adelante Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 966-7392												16	5122^nd of 5772 public elementary schools	11.3%					(n/a)	22.2	15.8	20.0	17.7				43.2	26.3	22.5	14.7
Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1933 Cliff Dr.	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara	Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 623-1111																			(n/a)						31.8	41.0						9.1	15.0

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Summerland	6.33 mi	1
Goleta	6.71 mi	10	149^th
Carpinteria	10.45 mi	7	380^th
Oak View	23.12 mi	1	224^th
Ojai	24.28 mi	10	576^th

Best Public Schools in Santa Barbara, CA

Cold Spring Elementary

Montecito Union

Mountain View Elementary

Foothill Elementary

Washington Elementary

La Colina Junior High

Monte Vista Elementary

Vieja Valley Elementary

Hope Elementary

San Marcos Senior High

Santa Barbara Senior High

Peabody Charter

Hollister Elementary

Alta Vista Alternative High

Franklin Elementary

Adams Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary

La Cumbre Junior High

Santa Barbara Junior High

El Camino Elementary

Santa Barbara Community Academy

Harding University Partnership

Monroe Elementary

Adelante Charter

Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court

La Cuesta Continuation High

McKinley Elementary

Cleveland Elementary

Alta Vista Alternative Junior High

Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara County Community

Santa Barbara County Regional Occupational Program-South

Santa Barbara County Special Education

Trivium Charter School Voyage

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