Summary:
ZIP code 93013 has one listed middle school, Carpinteria Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 437 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades results were 41% in ELA, 33% in math and 26% in science, compared with 49%, 38% and 36% statewide. Its four reported CSA Spanish results were also below the state, with gaps of 2 to 9 percentage points. The most important finding is that the school scored below state results in all seven reported measures, with the largest gaps in science (10 points) and ELA (9 points).
There is no meaningful local top-versus-bottom comparison because only one school is listed; Carpinteria Middle is both the highest and lowest by default. Within its results, math is the closest of the three main subjects to the state, while science is farthest behind: their gaps were 6 and 10 points, respectively. Eighth-grade math stands out as a bright spot, at 36.6% compared with 36.3% statewide. By contrast, sixth-grade math was 25% versus 37% statewide, and sixth-grade ELA was 16 points below the state. These grade-level differences may matter to families weighing which results are most relevant to their child.
Results moved in different directions from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA fell 3 points and math fell 1 point, while science rose 4 points and CSA Spanish overall rose 5 points. Even with those gains, the simple average gap across ELA, math and science widened by 2 points, from 6 to 8 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking declined from the 63rd percentile in 2023–24 to the 47th in 2025–26, and the latest rating is 2 stars. Other context includes a 16.8 student–teacher ratio and 72% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; chronic absenteeism in 2025–26 was 19%, compared with 18% statewide and 17% in Carpinteria Unified. These figures describe the school but do not explain its results.
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