Summary:
Montecito Union Elementary has one school, Montecito Union, serving grades K–6 and 353 students. In 2025–26, the school’s all-grade proficiency was 95% in ELA, 95% in math and 89% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. Its advantage was 46 percentage points in ELA, 57 in math and 53 in science. The central takeaway is that the school performed far above the state in all three subjects, with its largest lead in math.
There are no other schools in this list to compare with, so it has no school-to-school top or bottom; within Montecito Union, results were high across every reported grade. Grade 5 had the highest ELA result at 98%, while grade 6 had the lowest at 92%. In math, grade 6 was highest at 98% and grade 5 lowest at 93%. The grade 6 contrast is notable: its ELA result was the school’s lowest, but its math result was the highest. Even those results were well above matching state figures: grade 6 exceeded the state by 44 points in ELA and 61 points in math.
Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26, and the school’s lead over the state grew in each subject. Proficiency rose by 5 points in ELA, 4 in math and 10 in science, while state gains were 0, 1 and 3 points; the school’s advantage widened by 4, 3 and 7 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved from 26th of 5,869 schools in 2023–24 to 3rd of 5,804 in 2025–26, with five stars in each reported year. Chronic absenteeism was 9% at the school versus 18% statewide in 2025–26. Context figures include a student–teacher ratio of 12 in 2024–25 and 5% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; California is marked as a state where all students receive free school meals.
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