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Santa Ynez Valley Charter

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Santa Ynez Valley Charter ranks 2843 rd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

2843^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 51% of California elementary schools

Summary

Santa Ynez Valley Charter is a K-8 school serving 189 students in the Santa Ynez Valley Charter District, offering a mid-sized educational environment in a region with several nearby school options.

The school presents a mixed academic profile, with a clear strength in Science where students outperform the state average, but it faces challenges in English and Math, with performance varying dramatically between grade levels. A significant positive is the school's low chronic absenteeism rate, which is much better than the state average and suggests a strong, engaged school community. Financially, the school operates with moderate per-student spending compared to some higher-performing neighbors like Ballard Elementary and Ellwood Elementary.

Parents should note the competitive local landscape, as schools such as Santa Ynez Elementary (just 0.3 miles away) and Los Olivos Elementary currently achieve higher overall academic rankings. The school's performance has been inconsistent in recent years, indicating it is a community working to stabilize and improve its educational delivery, leveraging its efficient resources and strong attendance culture to build upon its science program success.

189

Students ?

15.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

20.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1224 Tyndall St.
Santa Ynez, CA 93460-9645

(805) 686-7360

District: Santa Ynez Valley Charter District

Racial breakdown:

Two or more races:

44.4%

White:

38.1%

Hispanic:

15.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 74th percentile in 2019 → 51st in 2025

Strengths

✓Above the California median (51st percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 23 percentile points since 2019

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school40%

California avg41%

2,843^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 49%▼ down 22 pts since 2019

From top 26% (2019) to top 49% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

728^th of 1,543Santa Ynez Valley Charter District 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.8	2843 of 5857	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.6	3556 of 5869	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.4	2412 of 5859	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.6	2606 of 5883	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.5	554 of 1417	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	71.7	1531 of 5789	73.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.1	2336 of 5597	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	22.3	4492 of 5612	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	44.3	2744 of 5635	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.4	2652 of 5492	51.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.9	2245 of 5628	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	29.1	3906 of 5643	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.3	1841 of 2598	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	2369 of 2651	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	2248 of 2726	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	61.5	1152 of 2834	59.4%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	43.7	1347 of 2783	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	74.7	586 of 2781	78.9%	★★★★☆
2022	74.1	596 of 2740	78.2%	★★★★☆
2021	59.0	327 of 894	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.5	829 of 2715	69.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	83.0	378 of 2531	85.1%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	82.9	369 of 2407	84.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	72.8	367 of 1543	76.2%	★★★★☆
2019	45.3	859 of 1602	46.4%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Male (2025)60th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)58th percentile+7 vs school

White (2025)29th percentile-22 vs school

Middle school

Female (2023)85th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2019)85th percentile+15 vs school

White (2023)76th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy46%-3 vs state

Science42%+10 vs state

Mathematics34%-3 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)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	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 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 All Grades	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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Santa Ynez Valley Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1224 Tyndall St.	Santa Ynez	93460	Santa Barbara County	Santa Ynez Valley Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 686-7360	189	12	15.7	20.6%	72 (38.1%)	1 (0.5%)	30 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (44.4%)	45.8	2843^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	51.5%		34.6	3556^th of 5869 public elementary schools	39.4%	713	42.9		42.3	52.9	18.2	47.6	42.9			45.5	52.9	22.7	19.1	28.6			33.9
College Elementary	Public	K	3525 Pine St.	Santa Ynez	93460	Santa Barbara County	College Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 686-7300	28	2	14.0	35.7%	15 (53.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.6%)								(n/a)																					$3,905	$3,196	$709
Santa Ynez Elementary	Public	1-8	3325 Pine St.	Santa Ynez	93460	Santa Barbara County	College Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 686-7310	147	10	14.1	45.6%	54 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (55.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.8%)	70.8	1564^th of 5857 public elementary schools	73.3%		65.9	1777^th of 5869 public elementary schools	69.7%	213	45.0	46.2	45.7	56.3	50.0	75.0	68.8	52.4	61.5	61.1	56.3	42.9	35.0	46.7	38.1	30.8	40.2				$3,905	$3,196	$709
Ballard Elementary	Public	K-6	2425 School St.	Solvang	93463	Santa Barbara County	Ballard Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 688-4812	113	7	16.1	10.6%	89 (78.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (12.4%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.1%)	88.3	756^th of 5857 public elementary schools	87.1%		92	568^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.3%	188	50.0		50.0	55.0	86.4	78.6	93.3			77.5	70.0	68.2	50.0	73.3			66.2				$55,723	$55,468	$255
Solvang Elementary	Public	K-8	565 Atterdag Rd.	Solvang	93463	Santa Barbara County	Solvang Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 688-4810	602	31	19.3	38.2%	197 (32.7%)	3 (0.5%)	348 (57.8%)	5 (0.8%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (7.3%)	50.8	2557^th of 5857 public elementary schools	56.3%		56.4	2217^th of 5869 public elementary schools	62.2%	340	35.6	52.2	44.5	41.7	41.4	56.9	54.4	71.0	73.5	56.9	43.6	27.1	28.8	52.2	37.7	68.1	42.7	96.3		96.3	$28,112	$27,214	$898
Los Olivos Elementary	Public	K-8	2540 Alamo Pintado Ave.	Los Olivos	93441	Santa Barbara County	Los Olivos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 688-4025	159	11	14.8	18.9%	102 (64.2%)	2 (1.3%)	42 (26.4%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.9%)	84.8	929^th of 5857 public elementary schools	84.1%		71	1550^th of 5869 public elementary schools	73.6%	621	58.3	50.0	53.3	63.6	68.8	66.7		64.7	83.3	64.2	63.6	62.5	58.3		52.9	33.3	51.6				$22,798	$22,608	$190
Oak Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	595 Second St.	Buellton	93427	Santa Barbara County	Buellton Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 688-6992	377	18	20.9	56.8%	142 (37.7%)	5 (1.3%)	193 (51.2%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.7%)	66.5	1764^th of 5857 public elementary schools	69.9%		39.7	3190^th of 5869 public elementary schools	45.6%	1426	45.5		45.5	54.9	50.9	50.0				52.0	54.9	55.9	38.6				50.7	97.1	97.1		$19,265	$18,484	$781
Vista de Las Cruces	Public	K-8	9467 San Julian Rd.	Gaviota	93117	Santa Barbara County	Vista del Mar Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 686-1880	65	5	13.0	40.0%	35 (53.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (33.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (12.3%)								(n/a)			44.4	63.6						46.8	72.7						48.9				$33,975	$33,754	$221
Olga L. Reed Elementary	Public	K-8	480 Centennial St.	Los Alamos	93440	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 344-2401	170	7	24.1	95.9%	16 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	142 (83.5%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.8%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.5%)	29.1	4037^th of 5857 public elementary schools	31.1%		24.6	4402^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	25.0%	365	12.5	15.0	13.9	35.3	42.9	25.0	24.0	55.6	60.0	41.2	41.2	50.0	31.3	8.0	22.2	30.0	27.7				$55,046	$24,644	$30,402
Brandon Elementary	Public	K-6	195 Brandon Dr.	Goleta	93117	Santa Barbara County	Goleta Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 571-3770	429	21	20.4	42.2%	162 (37.8%)	3 (0.7%)	206 (48.0%)	16 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.8%)	72.6	1492^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	74.5%		62.3	1968^th of 5869 public elementary schools	66.5%	476	55.3		55.3	41.7	38.6	70.7	70.8			57.6	58.3	43.9	50.0	52.3			50.8				$36,847	$36,206	$641

Frequently Asked Questions about Santa Ynez Valley Charter

What district is Santa Ynez Valley Charter in?

Santa Ynez Valley Charter District

How many students attend Santa Ynez Valley Charter?

In the 2024-25 school year, 189 students attended Santa Ynez Valley Charter.

What is the racial makeup of Santa Ynez Valley Charter?

Students at Santa Ynez Valley Charter are 44% Two or more races, 38% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% American Indian.

Is Santa Ynez Valley Charter a good school?

Santa Ynez Valley Charter ranks 2843^rd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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