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Adam (William Laird) Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5360^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 8% of California elementary schools

Summary

Adam (William Laird) Elementary is a K-6 public school in Santa Maria, CA, serving 874 students in the Santa Maria-Bonita School District, which faces significant academic challenges across the region.

The school serves a community with high economic need and, like most schools in the district, its overall academic performance is low compared to the state. However, it shows specific strengths when compared to its neighbors. Its mathematics scores are slightly above the district average, with third-grade math being a notable bright spot. Furthermore, the school has made exceptional progress in improving student attendance, now having one of the lowest chronic absenteeism rates among comparable schools, surpassed only by Sanchez (David J.) Elementary. The school also demonstrates relative effectiveness in supporting English Language Learners and students experiencing homelessness.

Despite high per-student spending, academic proficiency remains a critical challenge across subjects, with performance varying widely between grade levels. The school's ranking has declined over the past decade even as attendance improved, indicating persistent systemic academic hurdles. While it sits in the middle of a low-performing cohort of nearby schools, it trails the highest-performing school in the area, Jimenez Roberto and Dr. Francisco Elementary. The school's future progress will depend on building upon its improved attendance and targeted supports to achieve broader academic gains.

874

Students ?

24.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,178

Per pupil spending ?

96.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

500 West Windsor
Santa Maria, CA 93458-6543

(805) 361-6700

District: Santa Maria-Bonita

Students who attend Adam (William Laird) Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Arellanes Junior High
High:	Santa Maria High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.1%

White:

0.6%

American Indian:

0.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 5th percentile in 2013 → 8th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (17% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 30 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg20%

California avg41%

5,360^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 8%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 17Elementary Schools in the Santa Maria-Bonita

1409^th of 1,543Santa Maria-Bonita 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	13.8	5360 of 5857	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.2	5379 of 5869	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.1	5556 of 5859	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	5487 of 5883	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.5	4756 of 5789	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.3	4653 of 5662	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.8	4805 of 5692	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	13.2	5196 of 5614	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	15.2	5080 of 5611	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	11.0	5253 of 5530	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	13.9	5023 of 5390	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	13.0	5076 of 5377	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	9.2	5189 of 5314	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	5.6	5140 of 5193	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	18.3	4447 of 5113	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	19.7	4316 of 5113	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	16.9	4217 of 4818	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	17.7	4127 of 4822	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	25.2	3549 of 4809	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	18.7	2063 of 2227	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	29.3	1481 of 2128	30.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	37.9	1965 of 3162	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.7	2341 of 3245	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.4	2728 of 3311	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	2729 of 3275	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.2	2305 of 3246	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.8	5195 of 5597	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.1	5192 of 5612	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	5250 of 5609	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.6	5389 of 5635	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.7	4980 of 5492	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.6	4644 of 5413	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.8	4530 of 5107	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	4530 of 5107	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	4775 of 5087	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	4680 of 5084	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.9	3772 of 4963	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.1	3679 of 4830	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.9	252 of 429	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.1	266 of 364	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.2	243 of 335	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.8	294 of 356	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.5	4831 of 5460	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	4913 of 5517	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	4987 of 5363	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.8	4788 of 5264	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	29.2	3911 of 5173	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.3	3831 of 5084	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	5139 of 5628	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	5083 of 5643	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	5392 of 5638	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.4	5092 of 5663	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.8	3962 of 5510	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.6	4215 of 5431	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	68 of 78	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.0	57 of 74	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.1	61 of 68	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	2643 of 2847	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.0	2241 of 2635	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.0	2149 of 2420	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2025)41st percentile+33 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)38th percentile+30 vs school

Migrant (2025)13th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)11th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)9th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)7th percentile~ school

Female (2025)7th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)7th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy19%-30 vs state

Mathematics18%-19 vs state

Science11%-22 vs state

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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	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	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	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Adam (William Laird) Elementary	Public	K-6	500 West Windsor	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-6700	874	36	24.6	96.8%	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	857 (98.1%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	13.8	5360^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.5%		14.2	5379^th of 5869 public elementary schools	8.3%	19																													11.0		11.0	12.9	18.4	16.7	27.1			18.7	34.7	16.0	9.5	15.5			18.0							$21,178	$19,620	$1,558
Sanchez (David J.) Elementary	Public	K-6	804 West Liberty St.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-4625	654	31	20.8	96.2%	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	645 (98.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24.4	4459^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.9%		25.2	4353^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	25.8%	106																													16.5		16.5	15.1	24.4	23.4	40.2			25.9	34.5	28.4	11.5	33.0			27.3	95.1	95.1	97.0	98.0	96.0	98.0	$23,109	$21,348	$1,761
Miller (Isaac) Elementary	Public	K-6	410 East Camino Colegio	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7560	883	40	21.8	94.5%	20 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	839 (95.0%)	5 (0.6%)	7 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	8 (0.9%)	16	5179^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.6%		18	5030^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.3%	149																													12.4		12.4	24.1	22.0	26.8	22.9			24.0	27.4	21.6	11.5	14.4			19.0							$20,246	$18,608	$1,638
Battles (Washington) Elementary	Public	K-6	605 East Battles Rd.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-6880	769	37	20.8	97.3%	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	748 (97.3%)	9 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.0%)	11.4	5546^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.3%		13.8	5405^th of 5869 public elementary schools	7.9%	141																													12.9		12.9	22.5	20.4	24.4	19.1			21.5	20.2	9.0	8.7	5.3			10.6	98.2		98.2		98.2		$21,634	$19,922	$1,712
Jimenez Roberto and Dr. Francisco Elementary	Public	K-8	1970 South Biscayne St.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-4340	1,177	47	25.0	80.7%	44 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1,085 (92.2%)	32 (2.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.1%)	23.5	4550^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.3%		28.4	4074^th of 5869 public elementary schools	30.6%	476	10.3	8.8	4.2	7.3	6.1	22.7	9.7	39.7	14.0	31.3	14.6	24.5	27.3	25.1	15.5	17.5	2.1	12.7	22.5	34.1	17.0	8.6	10.5	4.2	7.3	4.1	22.7	9.3	14.3	27.5	20.8	30.7	23.4	24.3	45.2	43.7	58.3	37.4	26.1	25.2	10.7	24.8	14.3	37.6	23.1	96.6	97.2		96.6	97.9	97.2	$16,888	$15,152	$1,736
Liberty Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 West Sonya Ln.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-4530	865	41	20.9	92.7%	28 (3.2%)	5 (0.6%)	799 (92.4%)	23 (2.7%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	12.8	5435^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.2%		11.6	5575^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.0%	140																													10.7		10.7	15.6	19.1	31.5	21.0			21.6	24.6	13.9	13.3	4.8			14.5	97.9			97.9			$15,707	$13,458	$2,249
Bill Libbon Elementary	Public	K-6	750 Meehan St.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-6500	834	36	23.4	87.9%	46 (5.5%)	11 (1.3%)	735 (88.1%)	22 (2.6%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.8%)	23.8	4519^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.8%		21.3	4746^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.1%	227																													16.9		16.9	24.8	33.0	38.3	31.7			31.4	18.8	27.3	32.1	13.6			22.3	98.5		98.5		98.5		$21,391	$19,304	$2,087
Fairlawn Elementary	Public	K-6	120 Mary Dr.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7500	716	34	20.8	97.6%	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	705 (98.5%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.9	5272^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	10.0%		18.4	4993^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	14.9%	279																													11.8		11.8	21.1	22.2	16.8	29.7			22.4	16.5	18.9	14.7	18.5			17.1	96.5			97.4			$21,460	$19,810	$1,650
Bruce (Robert) Elementary	Public	K-6	601 West Alvin Ave.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-6940	1,050	47	22.3	96.1%	10 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1,026 (97.7%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	10.8	5583^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	4.7%		10.7	5651^st of 5869 public elementary schools	3.7%	68																													8.6		8.6	12.0	17.1	26.3	11.9			16.5	17.6	20.5	14.2	6.7			14.6	98.1						$20,386	$18,294	$2,092
Alvin Elementary	Public	K-6	301 East Alvin Ave.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-6760	998	41	24.2	97.6%	12 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	973 (97.5%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	12	5502^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	6.1%		14.8	5322^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	9.3%	180																													12.8		12.8	17.2	17.4	22.2	15.9			18.1	22.3	16.4	16.7	6.7			15.6	97.2						$19,564	$17,888	$1,676

Frequently Asked Questions about Adam (William Laird) Elementary

What district is Adam (William Laird) Elementary in?

Santa Maria-Bonita

How many students attend Adam (William Laird) Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 874 students attended Adam (William Laird) Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Adam (William Laird) Elementary attend?

Students who attend Adam (William Laird) Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Arellanes Junior High
High : Santa Maria High

Is Adam (William Laird) Elementary a good school?

Adam (William Laird) Elementary ranks in the bottom 8.5% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Adam (William Laird) Elementary?

Students at Adam (William Laird) Elementary are 98% Hispanic.

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