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Dos Pueblos Senior High

Q: Is Dos Pueblos Senior High a good school?

Dos Pueblos Senior High ranks 344 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

344^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 84% of California high schools

Summary

Dos Pueblos Senior High is a public high school located in Goleta, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,075 students. The school is part of the Santa Barbara Unified School District, which is ranked 665 out of 1,543 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. Dos Pueblos Senior High has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years, ranking among the top 300-400 high schools in California.

Dos Pueblos Senior High consistently outperforms the Santa Barbara Unified School District and the state of California in standardized test scores, with 68.61% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, 45.68% in Mathematics, and 46.57% in Science. The school also ranks among the top 100-200 high schools in California for Asian, White, and Multi-racial students, indicating strong performance across various student subgroups. However, the school's performance for Hispanic and English Language Learner students is relatively lower, ranking in the 300-700 range, suggesting an area for improvement.

Compared to other high schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District, Santa Barbara Senior High and San Marcos Senior High have lower academic performance, graduation rates, and student group rankings than Dos Pueblos Senior High. Additionally, Dos Pueblos Senior High has experienced relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.3% to 24.9% over the past few years, which may be an area of concern for the school to address.

2,149

Students ?

22.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,647

Per pupil spending ?

43.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7266 Alameda Ave.
Goleta, CA 93117-1351

(805) 968-2541

District: Santa Barbara Unified

Feeder schools for Dos Pueblos Senior High:

Elementary:	Brandon Elementary
	Kellogg Elementary
	La Patera Elementary
Middle:	Goleta Valley Junior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

42.3%

White:

41.6%

Two or more races:

8.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 81st percentile in 2013 → 84th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (53% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 16% of California high schools

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school53%

District avg44%

California avg41%

344^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 16%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 5High Schools in the Santa Barbara Unified

665^th of 1,543Santa Barbara Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.6	344 of 2162	84.1%	★★★★☆
2024	86.8	283 of 2159	86.9%	★★★★☆
2023	89.6	230 of 2170	89.4%	★★★★☆
2022	86.4	259 of 2123	87.8%	★★★★☆
2019	85.0	278 of 2133	87.0%	★★★★☆
2018	86.4	274 of 2017	86.4%	★★★★☆
2017	86.1	284 of 2021	85.9%	★★★★☆
2016	82.8	327 of 2039	84.0%	★★★★☆
2015	83.1	305 of 1994	84.7%	★★★★☆
2013	63.2	455 of 2426	81.2%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	74.2	170 of 585	70.9%	★★★★☆
2024	78.3	114 of 573	80.1%	★★★★☆
2023	81.7	98 of 591	83.4%	★★★★☆
2022	72.1	175 of 581	69.9%	★★★★☆
2019	62.6	243 of 582	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	80.8	106 of 581	81.8%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	41.1	555 of 1161	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	22.6	962 of 1117	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.3	547 of 1052	48.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	46.3	430 of 1085	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.5	596 of 1064	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.1	639 of 1044	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.5	523 of 941	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.2	924 of 938	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.7	244 of 1906	87.2%	★★★★☆
2024	84.0	294 of 1915	84.6%	★★★★☆
2023	90.7	178 of 1915	90.7%	★★★★★
2022	87.3	214 of 1858	88.5%	★★★★☆
2019	81.3	301 of 1833	83.6%	★★★★☆
2018	83.1	286 of 1760	83.8%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	60.4	703 of 1900	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	70.4	473 of 1902	75.1%	★★★★☆
2023	76.0	369 of 1917	80.8%	★★★★☆
2022	66.8	492 of 1861	73.6%	★★★★☆
2019	61.4	606 of 1814	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.9	583 of 1742	66.5%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	88.7	28 of 299	90.6%	★★★★★
2022	88.6	17 of 290	94.1%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	56.2	827 of 2013	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	71.2	473 of 2026	76.7%	★★★★☆
2023	73.7	417 of 2030	79.5%	★★★★☆
2022	65.6	531 of 1943	72.7%	★★★★☆
2019	61.8	634 of 1937	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.2	620 of 1862	66.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	77.7	397 of 1942	79.6%	★★★★☆
2024	86.9	252 of 1948	87.1%	★★★★☆
2023	86.6	262 of 1963	86.7%	★★★★☆
2022	82.6	278 of 1916	85.5%	★★★★☆
2019	76.9	379 of 1880	79.8%	★★★★☆
2018	86.7	250 of 1834	86.4%	★★★★☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.6	159 of 175	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	49.5	92 of 183	49.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	28.5	140 of 190	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.0	104 of 168	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.1	81 of 577	86.0%	★★★★☆
2024	73.7	146 of 574	74.6%	★★★★☆
2023	75.6	120 of 541	77.8%	★★★★☆
2022	81.6	63 of 515	87.8%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	72.4	214 of 1252	82.9%	★★★★☆
2024	66.9	255 of 1216	79.0%	★★★★☆
2023	44.5	525 of 1197	56.1%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.8	131 of 1155	88.7%	★★★★☆
2024	88.9	90 of 1173	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	92.4	66 of 1193	94.5%	★★★★★
2022	89.6	86 of 1204	92.9%	★★★★★
2019	89.4	83 of 1222	93.2%	★★★★★
2018	89.7	75 of 1173	93.6%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2023)91st percentile~ school

White (2025)89th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)87th percentile+3 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)86th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)80th percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2025)71st percentile-13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)63rd percentile-21 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)60th percentile-27 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)59th percentile-25 vs school

Disabled (2022)52nd percentile-36 vs school

Military Connected (2025)9th percentile-75 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy69%+20 vs state

Science46%+13 vs state

Mathematics46%+8 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)			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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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
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%)	83.6	344^th of 2162 public high schools	84.1%		86.8	283^rd of 2159 public high schools	86.9%	61		46.6		46.0		68.6	68.6		45.7	45.7	$20,647	$19,878	$769
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%)	72.2	559^th of 2162 public high schools	74.1%		64.8	655^th of 2159 public high schools	69.7%	96		46.5	13.0	44.9		55.9	55.9		34.9	34.9	$21,272	$20,128	$1,144
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%)								(n/a)							0.0			0.0	$63,122	$55,166	$7,956
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)
Santa Barbara County Community	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	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	$69,428	$69,428	$00
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%)	7.4	2137^th of 2162 public high schools	1.2%		9.7	2092^nd of 2159 public high schools	3.1%	45		0.0		0.0		4.0	4.0		0.0	0.0	$78,215	$76,436	$1,779
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%)	25.7	1576^th of 2162 public high schools	27.1%		54.1	905^th of 2159 public high schools	58.1%	671		22.2		30.0		26.1	26.1		9.1	9.1	$21,342	$20,804	$538
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%)	42.7	1195^th of 2162 public high schools	44.7%		39.8	1239^th of 2159 public high schools	42.6%	44		25.2	9.5	23.8		44.9	44.9		18.7	18.7	$23,604	$22,678	$926
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)											$60,200	$60,200	$00
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%)	73.6	524^th of 2162 public high schools	75.8%		61	745^th of 2159 public high schools	65.5%	221		39.9		39.4		61.3	61.3		37.7	37.7	$36,487	$36,304	$183

Frequently Asked Questions about Dos Pueblos Senior High

What is the racial makeup of Dos Pueblos Senior High?

Students at Dos Pueblos Senior High are 42% Hispanic, 42% White, 8% Two or more races, 6% Asian, 1% African American.

What district is Dos Pueblos Senior High in?

Santa Barbara Unified

Is Dos Pueblos Senior High a good school?

Dos Pueblos Senior High ranks 344^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What schools feed into Dos Pueblos Senior High?

Dos Pueblos Senior High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Brandon Elementary
Elementary : Kellogg Elementary
Elementary : La Patera Elementary
Middle : Goleta Valley Junior High

How many students attend Dos Pueblos Senior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,149 students attended Dos Pueblos Senior High.

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