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Best High Schools in Santa Barbara County, CA

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Schools

19,464

Students

Districts

Top rankedDos Pueblos Senior High306^th of 2,135 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Alta Vista Alternative High up 608 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Alta Vista Alternative High 12.6 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Cuyama Valley High and 1 more

SchoolDigger ratings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)					CSA Spanish Listening (2026)					CSA Spanish Writing (2026)					CSA Spanish Reading (2026)					CSA Spanish Speaking (2026)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CSA Spanish Speaking 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Speaking 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Speaking 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Speaking 12th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sierra Madre High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	4500 Highway 166	New Cuyama	93254	Santa Barbara County	Cuyama Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 766-2293	2	1	3.9	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																																					$38,611	$5,625	$32,986
Cuyama Valley High	Public	9-12	4500 Highway 166	New Cuyama	93254	Santa Barbara County	Cuyama Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 766-2293	55	5	12.0	81.8%	10 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	43.7	1181^st of 2135 public high schools	44.7%					(n/a)																															46.7	46.7			20.0	20.0	$28,225	$461	$27,764
Santa Barbara County Regional Occupational Program-South	Public	9-12	4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd.	Santa Barbara	93160	Santa Barbara County	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)
Dos Pueblos Senior High	Public	9-12	7266 Alameda Ave.	Goleta	93117	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 968-2541	2,149	95	22.6	43.9%	895 (41.6%)	24 (1.1%)	908 (42.3%)	132 (6.1%)	3 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	181 (8.4%)	84.4	306^th of 2135 public high schools	85.7%		83.6	344^th of 2162 public high schools	84.1%	38																										52.4	14.3	51.3			71.2	71.2			48.2	48.2	$17,138	$769	$16,369
La Cuesta Continuation High	Public	9-12	710 Santa Barbara St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 966-0883	77	9	8.4	89.6%	3 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	17.5	1697^th of 2135 public high schools	20.5%		7.4	2137^th of 2162 public high schools	1.2%	440																										5.0	30.8	11.3			17.1	17.1			5.7	5.7	$46,427	$1,779	$44,648
San Marcos Senior High	Public	9-12	4750 Hollister Ave.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 967-4581	1,926	91	21.1	58.0%	616 (32.0%)	9 (0.5%)	1,165 (60.5%)	47 (2.4%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	84 (4.4%)	63.4	746^th of 2135 public high schools	65.1%		72.2	559^th of 2162 public high schools	74.1%	187																										43.2		42.4			53.4	53.4			30.5	30.5	$17,638	$1,144	$16,494
Santa Barbara Senior High	Public	9-12	700 East Anapamu St.	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 966-9101	1,924	99	19.4	61.7%	578 (30.0%)	11 (0.6%)	1,201 (62.4%)	32 (1.7%)	9 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	87 (4.5%)	52	994^th of 2135 public high schools	53.4%		42.7	1195^th of 2162 public high schools	44.7%	201																										32.4	15.4	31.9			51.2	51.2			25.6	25.6	$18,695	$926	$17,769
Alta Vista Alternative High	Public, Virtual	9-12	215 East Ortega St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 966-0883	119	9	12.6	59.7%	35 (29.4%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (58.8%)	6 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.4%)	53.2	968^th of 2135 public high schools	54.7%		25.7	1576^th of 2162 public high schools	27.1%	608																										36.0		33.3			51.9	51.9			23.1	23.1	$17,370	$538	$16,832
Carpinteria Senior High	Public	9-12	4810 Foothill Rd.	Carpinteria	93013	Santa Barbara County	Carpinteria Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 684-4107	593	33	18.2	65.3%	121 (20.4%)	2 (0.3%)	448 (75.5%)	12 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.3%)	37.6	1329^th of 2135 public high schools	37.8%		57.1	890^th of 2162 public high schools	58.8%	439																										20.0		20.4			41.3	41.3			23.4	23.4	$20,558	$681	$19,877
Cabrillo High	Public	9-12	4350 Constellation Rd.	Lompoc	93438	Santa Barbara County	Lompoc Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 742-2900	1,060	56	19.0	48.3%	322 (30.4%)	22 (2.1%)	544 (51.3%)	47 (4.4%)	11 (1.0%)	4 (0.4%)	108 (10.2%)	47	1098^th of 2135 public high schools	48.6%		61.3	790^th of 2162 public high schools	63.5%	308																										38.9		39.4			35.9	35.9			23.7	23.7	$19,239	$819	$18,420
Lompoc High	Public	9-12	515 West College Ave.	Lompoc	93438	Santa Barbara County	Lompoc Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 742-3000	1,593	82	19.5	76.7%	151 (9.5%)	41 (2.6%)	1,312 (82.4%)	29 (1.8%)	7 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (3.2%)	30.2	1474^th of 2135 public high schools	31.0%		30	1485^th of 2162 public high schools	31.3%	11	0.0	5.3	13.3		5.6	9.1	5.3	20.0		11.1	0.0	0.0	21.4		5.7	0.0	0.0	7.1		3.8	9.1	15.8	20.0			27.8		27.2			29.6	29.6			12.6	12.6	$18,068	$904	$17,164
Maple High	Public	9-12	4010 Jupiter Ave.	Lompoc	93438	Santa Barbara County	Lompoc Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 742-3150	135	9	14.7	85.2%	26 (19.3%)	2 (1.5%)	99 (73.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.2%)	6.9	2102^nd of 2135 public high schools	1.5%		9	2072^nd of 2162 public high schools	4.2%	30																										1.7		3.0			4.8	4.8			0.0	0.0	$25,085	$1,229	$23,856
Dr Bob Forinash Community Day	Public	7-12	320 North J St.	Lompoc	93438	Santa Barbara County	Lompoc Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 742-2940	31	6	5.1	96.8%	2 (6.5%)	1 (3.2%)	26 (83.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.5%)								(n/a)																																					$52,796	$5,395	$47,401
Delta High	Public	9-12	4893 Bethany Ln.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 937-6356	291	14	20.7	78.7%	11 (3.8%)	2 (0.7%)	274 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9.6	1973^rd of 2135 public high schools	7.6%		10.9	1974^th of 2162 public high schools	8.7%	1																										2.4	13.3	3.1			16.6	16.6			0.0	0.0	$22,562	$681	$21,881
Ernest Righetti High	Public	9-12	941 East Foster Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 937-2051	2,416	115	21.0	55.5%	424 (17.5%)	32 (1.3%)	1,815 (75.1%)	78 (3.2%)	17 (0.7%)	6 (0.2%)	34 (1.4%)	63.4	745^th of 2135 public high schools	65.1%		58	877^th of 2162 public high schools	59.4%	132																										39.3		38.9			62.6	62.6			27.1	27.1	$20,943	$1,204	$19,739
Santa Maria High	Public	9-12	901 South Broadway	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 925-2567	3,143	144	21.9	76.1%	39 (1.2%)	6 (0.2%)	3,057 (97.3%)	29 (0.9%)	4 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.1%)	41.4	1238^th of 2135 public high schools	42.0%		40.3	1251^st of 2162 public high schools	42.1%	13																										29.0	5.9	28.3			43.5	43.5			19.4	19.4	$20,087	$1,280	$18,807
Pioneer Valley High	Public	9-12	675 Panther Dr.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 922-1305	3,080	140	22.0	71.9%	70 (2.3%)	13 (0.4%)	2,893 (93.9%)	87 (2.8%)	4 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	8 (0.3%)	45	1140^th of 2135 public high schools	46.6%		47.2	1092^nd of 2162 public high schools	49.5%	48																										32.2	7.1	31.6			45.9	45.9			19.7	19.7	$19,590	$1,227	$18,363
Santa Ynez Valley Union High	Public	9-12	2975 Mission Dr.	Solvang	93463	Santa Barbara County	Santa Ynez Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 688-6487	801	41	19.3	27.1%	358 (44.7%)	3 (0.4%)	400 (49.9%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.1%)	66.1	691^st of 2135 public high schools	67.6%		73.6	524^th of 2162 public high schools	75.8%	167																										44.3		43.5			56.4	56.4			31.3	31.3	$19,061	$183	$18,878
Refugio High	Public	9-12	2975 Mission Dr.	Solvang	93463	Santa Barbara County	Santa Ynez Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 688-6487	11	1	11.0	36.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (81.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (18.2%)								(n/a)																																					$30,826	$00	$30,826
Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court	Public	5-12	4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 967-5307	31	3	10.2	90.3%	2 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (90.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.2%)	6.5	2113^th of 2135 public high schools	1.0%					(n/a)																															0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	$40,063	$7,956	$32,107
Santa Barbara County Community	Public	5-12	4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd.	Santa Barbara	93160	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 967-5307	27	4	6.7	88.9%	1 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																									0.0			0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	$39,133	$00	$39,133

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