Best Public Schools in Santa Maria, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018)				Ranking (2017)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2018)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2018)
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 (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Statewide Rank (2017)	State Percentile (2017)	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
El Camino Junior High	Public	7-8	219 W. El Camino	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-7800	798	37	21.6	92.0%	9 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	778 (97.5%)	8 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	23.3	1875^th of 2480 public middle schools	24.4%		17.9	2116^th of 2508 public middle schools	15.6%	241					28.0	31.8						20.1	25.0
Fairlawn Elementary	Public	K-6	120 N. Mary Dr.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-7500	776	29	27.2	88.0%	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	768 (99.0%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	12.4	5298^th of 5662 public elementary schools	6.4%		12	5359^th of 5692 public elementary schools	5.9%	61	29.4	17.1	11.3	21.9				33.3	14.6	10.3	11.4
Fesler (Isaac) Junior High	Public	7-8	1100 E. Fesler St.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-7880	934	42	22.2	81.0%	38 (4.1%)	7 (0.7%)	870 (93.1%)	15 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	21.5	1943^rd of 2480 public middle schools	21.7%		25	1855^th of 2508 public middle schools	26.0%	88					31.9	34.3						13.1	19.8
Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary	Public	K-6	1248 E. Dena Way	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-7940	839	37	22.6	69.0%	43 (5.1%)	5 (0.6%)	738 (88.0%)	26 (3.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (2.9%)	28.1	3987^th of 5662 public elementary schools	29.6%		26	4169^th of 5692 public elementary schools	26.8%	182	38.7	33.0	32.2	42.0				38.7	24.3	10.2	29.0
Miller (Isaac) Elementary	Public	K-6	410 E. Camino Colegio	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-7560	885	36	24.4	83.0%	34 (3.8%)	7 (0.8%)	837 (94.6%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18.5	4808^th of 5662 public elementary schools	15.1%		17.1	4944^th of 5692 public elementary schools	13.1%	136	29.1	31.3	24.8	31.8				29.7	25.2	9.0	19.8
Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary	Public	K-6	1120 W. Harding St.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-7620	949	41	23.2	84.0%	14 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	914 (96.3%)	18 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.8	5451^st of 5662 public elementary schools	3.7%		11.9	5371^st of 5692 public elementary schools	5.6%	80	10.0	20.2	19.9	24.2				9.9	11.9	17.5	12.0
Rice (William) Elementary	Public	K-6	700 E. Vickie Ave.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-7740	889	37	24.0	81.0%	23 (2.6%)	7 (0.8%)	822 (92.5%)	21 (2.4%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.9%)	38.5	3249^th of 5662 public elementary schools	42.6%		24.6	4292^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	24.6%	1043	34.8	26.7	37.8	56.9				43.1	26.7	30.0	44.7
Bruce (Robert) Elementary	Public	K-6	601 W. Alvin Ave.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-6940	972	41	24.0	83.0%	8 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	956 (98.4%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	8.3	5516^th of 5662 public elementary schools	2.6%		8.6	5562^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	2.3%	46	10.4	20.5	15.0	17.0				11.9	18.5	2.9	15.1
Battles (Washington) Elementary	Public	K-6	605 E. Battles Rd.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-6880	854	34	25.4	78.0%	30 (3.5%)	7 (0.8%)	787 (92.2%)	27 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	17.4	4907^th of 5662 public elementary schools	13.3%		19.2	4771^st of 5692 public elementary schools	16.2%	136	23.1	25.9	28.9	20.6				30.5	34.8	15.4	12.0
Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary	Public	K-6	930 W. Rancho Verde	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-7680	1,002	41	24.7	82.0%	12 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	976 (97.4%)	13 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	50.1	2562^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	54.8%		46	2758^th of 5692 public elementary schools	51.5%	196	32.5	50.7	40.4	56.0				47.1	46.4	31.4	42.7
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary	Public	K-6	1921 N. Carlotti Dr.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-6250	937	40	23.4	68.0%	77 (8.2%)	5 (0.5%)	801 (85.5%)	47 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.7%)	26.7	4109^th of 5662 public elementary schools	27.4%		26	4173^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	26.7%	64	31.7	33.9	41.0	36.6				36.7	19.2	19.7	26.2
Sanchez (David J.) Elementary	Public	K-6	804 W. Liberty St.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-4625	788	32	24.6	86.0%	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	772 (98.0%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	33.8	3556^th of 5662 public elementary schools	37.2%		30.1	3818^th of 5692 public elementary schools	32.9%	262	33.7	48.2	39.3	38.2				45.8	36.7	10.6	20.9
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High	Public	7-8	930 Hidden Pines Way	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-5800	1,030	49	21.1	74.0%	55 (5.3%)	6 (0.6%)	923 (89.6%)	40 (3.9%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	37.1	1455^th of 2480 public middle schools	41.3%		38.9	1427^th of 2508 public middle schools	43.1%	28					42.3	42.7						24.1	29.2
Liberty Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 W. Sonya Ln.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-4530	889	36	24.6	77.0%	43 (4.8%)	3 (0.3%)	821 (92.4%)	16 (1.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	14.6	5129^th of 5662 public elementary schools	9.4%		12.6	5318^th of 5692 public elementary schools	6.6%	189	25.9	35.0	19.0	24.8				18.4	22.6	10.7	13.9
Jim?nez Roberto and Dr. Francisco Elementary School	Public	K-6	1970 S. Biscayne St.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-8112	861	36	23.9	79.0%	50 (5.8%)	9 (1.0%)	767 (89.1%)	32 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	31.5	3703^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	34.6%		29.2	3899^th of 5692 public elementary schools	31.5%	196	37.7	48.8	25.6	40.8				37.9	37.3	7.4	26.9
Family Partnership Home Study Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	625 S. McClelland	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Blochman Union Elementary	Yes	No	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 348-3333	386	23	16.9	51.0%	237 (61.4%)	8 (2.1%)	110 (28.5%)	9 (2.3%)	3 (0.8%)	4 (1.0%)	15 (3.9%)								(n/a)	45.8	52.6	68.4	47.8	56.0	72.0	68.2	45.8	36.8	31.6	34.8	32.0	36.0	31.8
Adam (William Laird) Elementary	Public	K-6	500 W. Windsor	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-6700	990	37	26.7	87.0%	14 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	973 (98.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20.3	4653^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	17.8%		18.8	4805^th of 5692 public elementary schools	15.6%	152	11.0	29.4	29.1	34.5				25.9	34.7	10.9	24.8
Alvin Elementary	Public	K-6	301 E. Alvin Ave.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-6760	1,025	38	27.3	88.0%	30 (2.9%)	4 (0.4%)	981 (95.7%)	9 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15.8	5023^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	11.3%		17	4950^th of 5692 public elementary schools	13.0%	73	22.5	22.0	27.2	33.1				36.7	19.9	7.0	11.2
Santa Maria High	Public	9-12	901 S. BRd.way	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 925-2567	2,591	116	22.4	82.0%	66 (2.5%)	12 (0.5%)	2,462 (95.0%)	37 (1.4%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	9 (0.3%)	49	1033^rd of 2017 public high schools	48.8%		44.5	1141^st of 2021 public high schools	43.5%	108							42.4							23.9
Pioneer Valley High	Public	9-12	675 Panther Dr.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 922-1305	2,717	107	25.2	73.0%	101 (3.7%)	17 (0.6%)	2,449 (90.1%)	117 (4.3%)	4 (0.1%)	5 (0.2%)	24 (0.9%)	55.3	901^st of 2017 public high schools	55.3%		56.8	862^nd of 2021 public high schools	57.3%	39							55.7							19.9
Alice Shaw Elementary	Public	K-6	759 Dahlia Pl.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 938-8850	637	24	27.1	49.0%	215 (33.8%)	5 (0.8%)	351 (55.1%)	14 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	50 (7.8%)	51.7	2468^th of 5662 public elementary schools	56.4%		44.1	2859^th of 5692 public elementary schools	49.8%	391	42.4	40.3	42.7	69.4				39.1	37.5	29.2	50.5
Delta High	Public	9-12	4893 Bethany Ln.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 937-6356	370	11	34.8	71.0%	37 (10.0%)	6 (1.6%)	320 (86.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	10.9	1777^th of 2017 public high schools	11.9%		9.5	1883^rd of 2021 public high schools	6.8%	106							8.2							0.6
Ernest Righetti High	Public	9-12	941 E. Foster Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 937-2051	2,180	94	23.1	51.0%	576 (26.4%)	45 (2.1%)	1,368 (62.8%)	93 (4.3%)	13 (0.6%)	5 (0.2%)	80 (3.7%)	48.5	1042^nd of 2017 public high schools	48.3%		39.4	1252^nd of 2021 public high schools	38.1%	210							45.6							20.8
Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary	Public	K-6	1890 Sandalwood Dr.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-6860	294	13	23.5	82.0%	12 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	278 (94.6%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	18.3	4824^th of 5662 public elementary schools	14.8%		12.7	5309^th of 5692 public elementary schools	6.7%	485	22.2	28.3	19.6	30.0				30.6	19.2	15.2	30.0
Ralph Dunlap Elementary	Public	K-6	1220 Oak Knoll Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	No	No	No	(805) 938-8500	615	22	27.9	26.0%	338 (55.0%)	1 (0.2%)	223 (36.3%)	6 (1.0%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.5%)	63.1	1914^th of 5662 public elementary schools	66.2%		58.2	2108^th of 5692 public elementary schools	63.0%	194	31.7	63.1	72.6	53.1				31.7	57.8	45.8	51.6
Lakeview Junior High	Public	7-8	3700 Orcutt Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 938-8600	498	22	22.8	49.0%	171 (34.3%)	1 (0.2%)	263 (52.8%)	29 (5.8%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	28 (5.6%)	57.8	898^th of 2480 public middle schools	63.8%		51.8	1054^th of 2508 public middle schools	58.0%	156					49.4	47.4						39.9	46.0
Joe Nightingale Elementary	Public	K-6	255 Winter Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 938-8650	755	29	26.0	44.0%	245 (32.5%)	5 (0.7%)	437 (57.9%)	15 (2.0%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.5%)	66.6	1733^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	69.4%		73.6	1403^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	75.4%	330	52.1	49.5	62.1	58.8				53.1	54.7	44.8	47.6
Orcutt Junior High	Public	7-8	608 Pinal St.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	No	No	No	(805) 938-8700	550	24	22.9	30.0%	290 (52.7%)	6 (1.1%)	201 (36.5%)	16 (2.9%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	29 (5.3%)	69.9	646^th of 2480 public middle schools	74.0%		70	672^nd of 2508 public middle schools	73.2%	26					54.7	55.3						50.2	50.0
Patterson Road Elementary	Public	K-6	400 Patterson Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 938-8750	674	25	26.9	36.0%	269 (39.9%)	11 (1.6%)	308 (45.7%)	9 (1.3%)	9 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (10.1%)	48	2658^th of 5662 public elementary schools	53.1%		46.2	2748^th of 5692 public elementary schools	51.7%	90	55.7	37.3	46.1	51.7				48.1	38.7	31.4	37.9
Arellanes Junior High	Public	7-8	1890 Sandalwood Dr.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-6820	557	29	19.1	87.0%	12 (2.2%)	4 (0.7%)	520 (93.4%)	18 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	23.3	1877^th of 2480 public middle schools	24.3%		22.7	1947^th of 2508 public middle schools	22.4%	70					31.8	29.9						20.2	23.4
Pine Grove Elementary	Public	K-6	1050 E. Rice Ranch Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	No	No	No	(805) 938-8800	555	19	29.2	33.0%	254 (45.8%)	3 (0.5%)	237 (42.7%)	13 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (8.1%)	75.2	1350^th of 5662 public elementary schools	76.2%		73.1	1423^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	75.0%	73	54.3	71.1	62.3	59.5				57.1	66.7	40.3	53.2
Trivium Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4949 Foxen Canyon Rd.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Blochman Union Elementary	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(805) 291-1303	694	40	17.2	32.0%	493 (71.0%)	7 (1.0%)	118 (17.0%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (9.8%)								(n/a)	40.8	49.3	67.2	62.9	48.0	73.6	62.5	44.9	40.0	30.3	40.3	22.5	39.6	27.3
Bonita Elementary	Public	K-6	2715 W. Main St.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 361-8280	599	24	24.9	86.0%	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	587 (98.0%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.6	5286^th of 5662 public elementary schools	6.6%		17.1	4940^th of 5692 public elementary schools	13.2%	346	17.1	16.7	23.3	19.4				20.5	18.0	21.3	17.6
Benjamin Foxen Elementary	Public	K-8	4949 Foxen Canyon Rd.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara	Blochman Union Elementary	No	No	No	(n/a)	(805) 937-1148	197	9	23.1	58.0%	84 (42.6%)	4 (2.0%)	98 (49.7%)	2 (1.0%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	55.2	2277^th of 5662 public elementary schools	59.8%		54.5	2302^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	59.6%	25	52.4	56.5	50.0	56.0	47.6	40.7		33.3	47.8	28.6	42.3	38.1	40.7

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Orcutt	6.28 mi	1
Los Alamos	10.01 mi	1	603^rd
Lompoc	13.41 mi	17	550^th
Nipomo	13.89 mi	5	352^nd
Guadalupe	14.8 mi	3	841^st

Best Public Schools in Santa Maria, CA

Pine Grove Elementary

Orcutt Junior High

Joe Nightingale Elementary

Ralph Dunlap Elementary

Lakeview Junior High

Pioneer Valley High

Benjamin Foxen Elementary

Alice Shaw Elementary

Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary

Santa Maria High

Ernest Righetti High

Patterson Road Elementary

Rice (William) Elementary

Kunst (Tommie) Junior High

Sanchez (David J.) Elementary

Jim?nez Roberto and Dr. Francisco Elementary School

Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary

Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary

El Camino Junior High

Arellanes Junior High

Fesler (Isaac) Junior High

Adam (William Laird) Elementary

Miller (Isaac) Elementary

Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary

Battles (Washington) Elementary

Alvin Elementary

Liberty Elementary

Bonita Elementary

Fairlawn Elementary

Delta High

Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary

Bruce (Robert) Elementary

Family Partnership Home Study Charter

Trivium Charter

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