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Pine Grove Elementary

Q: Is Pine Grove Elementary a good school?

Pine Grove Elementary ranks 1820 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

1820^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 69% of California elementary schools

Summary

Pine Grove Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 569 students in Santa Maria, part of the Orcutt Union Elementary School District, and stands out for its strong math scores and excellent student attendance.

The school excels in several key areas: its students are significantly more proficient in math than both the district and state averages, it has one of the lowest chronic absenteeism rates in the area, and it provides exceptionally effective support for students in special education. Furthermore, Pine Grove achieves these strong results while spending less per student than nearby schools like Joe Nightingale Elementary and Alice Shaw Elementary. Performance tends to get stronger in the upper grades, suggesting good preparation for middle school.

Compared to other local schools, Pine Grove generally outperforms most in its own district and significantly outperforms schools in the neighboring Santa Maria-Bonita district. For example, it performs much better than the very close Ralph Dunlap Elementary. While the school has maintained stable academics despite a recent increase in students needing economic assistance, a notable drop in science scores this past year is an area to watch.

569

Students ?

25.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$29,276

Per pupil spending ?

58.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1050 East Rice Ranch Rd.
Santa Maria, CA 93455-5068

(805) 938-8800

District: Orcutt Union Elementary

Students who attend Pine Grove Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Orcutt Junior High
High:	Ernest Righetti High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

52.4%

White:

32.9%

Two or more races:

10.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 59th percentile in 2013 → 69th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (50% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2013

✓Above the California median (69th percentile)

Worth a look

!Large classes — about 26 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school50%

District avg42%

California avg41%

1,820^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 31%▲ up 6 pts since 2015

From top 37% (2015) to top 31% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 6Elementary Schools in the Orcutt Union Elementary

637^th of 1,543Orcutt Union Elementary 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	65.5	1820 of 5857	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.8	1649 of 5869	71.9%	★★★★☆
2023	67.6	1689 of 5859	71.2%	★★★★☆
2022	65.6	1797 of 5883	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	66.6	1764 of 5789	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	75.2	1350 of 5662	76.2%	★★★★☆
2017	73.1	1423 of 5692	75.0%	★★★★☆
2016	66.3	1700 of 5614	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	56.5	2098 of 5611	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	57.8	2251 of 5530	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2012	52.2	2489 of 5390	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2011	39.5	3275 of 5377	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	43.2	2972 of 5314	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	60.8	1887 of 5193	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2008	69.4	1429 of 5113	72.1%	★★★★☆
2007	67.3	1499 of 5113	70.7%	★★★★☆
2006	66.8	1474 of 4818	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2005	59.5	1770 of 4822	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2004	71.4	1259 of 4809	73.8%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	93.3	121 of 2585	95.3%	★★★★★
2018	93.2	119 of 2128	94.4%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.9	2050 of 5597	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.4	1637 of 5612	70.8%	★★★★☆
2023	59.4	1971 of 5609	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.3	2087 of 5635	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	69.3	1529 of 5492	72.2%	★★★★☆
2018	75.1	1290 of 5413	76.2%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	64.3	1480 of 5107	71.0%	★★★★☆
2024	71.2	1130 of 5107	77.9%	★★★★☆
2023	71.0	1136 of 5087	77.7%	★★★★☆
2022	61.8	1534 of 5084	69.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	72.4	1045 of 4963	78.9%	★★★★☆
2018	81.3	629 of 4830	87.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	64.1	1617 of 5460	70.4%	★★★★☆
2024	68.2	1344 of 5517	75.6%	★★★★☆
2023	64.5	1498 of 5363	72.1%	★★★★☆
2022	68.6	1238 of 5264	76.5%	★★★★☆
2019	59.0	1831 of 5173	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	78.0	772 of 5084	84.8%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	70.9	1478 of 5628	73.7%	★★★★☆
2024	69.1	1557 of 5643	72.4%	★★★★☆
2023	71.9	1417 of 5638	74.9%	★★★★☆
2022	71.1	1470 of 5663	74.0%	★★★★☆
2019	60.8	1922 of 5510	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	71.7	1411 of 5431	74.0%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.7	602 of 2847	78.9%	★★★★☆
2024	88.8	209 of 2635	92.1%	★★★★★
2023	67.8	505 of 2420	79.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.3	1177 of 2598	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.3	1084 of 2651	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.9	1323 of 2661	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.4	1276 of 2726	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.2	1646 of 2834	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	56.0	1330 of 2737	51.4%	★★★☆☆

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)

Disabled (2019)95th percentile+26 vs school

Special Education (2025)79th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2025)74th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)71st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)70th percentile~ school

Female (2025)63rd percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)55th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics53%+16 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy49%~ state avg

Science41%+9 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Friday, July 10, 2020

Way too many students in each classroom. They put my child in a combo first second grade classroom. She was a first grader. I feel like she went from kindergarten to second grade into the land of iPad use most of the day. Thankfully my child was not a victim of bullying, but she witnessed so much drama that she was getting frequent stomach aches. All the teachers she had were pretty great, though 2 retired. Music class was never fun, because if a child was not listening, no one got to touch the instruments. The fundraisers were always the same and so boring. I’m so glad I pulled all my children to homeschool. California public schools should hire more teachers and pay them. 1 teacher should never ever have 30 students and 2 grades to teach at once. It’s basically a day full of chaos and distractions. So sad for this generation of children. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, January 30, 2016

This school is awful. I only have one child, and am so glad I don't have to go through all the same garbage if I had more children. It started in 2nd grade, got worse in 4th (his male teacher was a bully), 6th grade was a nightmare. In general I would say the problem is the "attitude" of state employed teachers. They have this mentality that they are "all supreme" or untouchable. Many of them believe that since they are teachers they know everything...they don't. They may be knowledgeable on their subject, but that's about it. For some reason they hold the belief that they can do as they please with your child in their classroom. They seem to forget they are a tate paid employee, my tax dollars pay their over-inflated union wages, therefore they work for me the taxpayer! I am so disgusted with the experience at the elementary level, that I will begin homeschooling my child the rest of his education at home. Close Quote

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Pine Grove Elementary	Public	K-6	1050 East Rice Ranch Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 938-8800	569	22	25.8	58.7%	187 (32.9%)	6 (1.1%)	298 (52.4%)	16 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (10.7%)	65.5	1820^th of 5857 public elementary schools	68.9%		68.8	1649^th of 5869 public elementary schools	71.9%	171																													41.5		41.5	44.8	44.3	48.4	60.3			49.3	44.8	59.5	48.9	62.0			53.4							$29,276	$20,108	$9,168
Ralph Dunlap Elementary	Public	K-6	1220 Oak Knoll Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 938-8500	502	19	26.4	56.2%	170 (33.9%)	5 (1.0%)	264 (52.6%)	16 (3.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.8%)	35.1	3567^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.1%		35.2	3505^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.3%	62																													32.3		32.3	37.3	26.1	36.9	32.9			33.2	37.9	29.0	35.9	28.4			32.5							$28,985	$18,678	$10,307
Orcutt School for Independent Study	Public, Virtual	K-8	1220 Oak Knoll Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 960-5572	44	2	21.7	72.7%	14 (31.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (56.8%)	2 (4.5%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.5%)								(n/a)																														15.0	12.5					50.0	14.3	27.1					21.4	10.5	17.4
Patterson Road Elementary	Public	K-6	400 Patterson Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 938-8750	662	25	26.7	60.9%	188 (28.4%)	2 (0.3%)	378 (57.1%)	9 (1.4%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (11.9%)	46.2	2809^th of 5857 public elementary schools	52.0%		55.4	2271^st of 5869 public elementary schools	61.3%	538																													30.5		30.5	19.1	42.9	43.4	61.9			41.6	23.6	36.4	42.5	45.2			37.1							$26,722	$18,672	$8,050
Alice Shaw Elementary	Public	K-6	759 Dahlia Pl.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 938-8850	530	21	24.6	76.4%	124 (23.4%)	4 (0.8%)	363 (68.5%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.2%)	35	3581^st of 5857 public elementary schools	38.9%		35.6	3477^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.8%	104																													18.1		18.1	33.3	41.8	36.1	42.7			38.6	42.4	32.8	23.6	25.7			30.8							$30,732	$20,232	$10,500
Joe Nightingale Elementary	Public	K-6	255 Winter Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 938-8650	695	26	26.7	66.9%	148 (21.3%)	7 (1.0%)	446 (64.2%)	18 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	71 (10.2%)	73.9	1423^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	75.7%		74.3	1400^th of 5869 public elementary schools	76.1%	23																													55.8		55.8	42.4	52.4	75.5	67.0			59.5	45.7	47.6	60.0	54.7			52.0							$28,770	$20,946	$7,824
Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary	Public	K-6	1890 Sandalwood Dr.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-6860	298	17	17.0	95.3%	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	291 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29	4038^th of 5857 public elementary schools	31.1%		33	3692^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	37.1%	346																													30.6		30.6	12.8	23.8	41.7	41.5			29.8	28.2	19.1	19.4	36.6			26.0							$28,269	$26,596	$1,673
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
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
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Pine Grove Elementary

What district is Pine Grove Elementary in?

Orcutt Union Elementary

Is Pine Grove Elementary a good school?

Pine Grove Elementary ranks 1820^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Pine Grove Elementary?

Students at Pine Grove Elementary are 52% Hispanic, 33% White, 11% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 1% African American.

How many students attend Pine Grove Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 569 students attended Pine Grove Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Pine Grove Elementary attend?

Students who attend Pine Grove Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Orcutt Junior High
High : Ernest Righetti High

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