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Best High Schools in Zip Code 93458

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School

3,143

Students

Top rankedSanta Maria High1251^st of 2,162 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Santa Maria High up 26 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 93458 in Santa Maria, California, is served by one large public high school, Santa Maria High, which educates over 3,100 students in grades 9-12.

Santa Maria High shows a positive trajectory, having improved its statewide ranking significantly over the past few years, and it graduates students at a rate slightly above the California average. However, the school faces notable academic challenges, with student proficiency in English, math, and science falling below state averages. The gap is most severe in mathematics, where proficiency is less than half the state average. The school also has a chronic absenteeism rate higher than the state norm.

The school serves a student population where a high percentage qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite the academic proficiency scores, the school's above-average graduation rate suggests effective support systems for helping students complete their diplomas. For parents, this indicates a school within the Santa Maria Joint Union High district that is showing improvement and successfully graduating students but where targeted academic support, particularly in math, may be beneficial.

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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 11th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	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
Santa Maria High	Public	9-12	901 South Broadway	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 925-2567	3,143	144	21.9	76.1%	39 (1.2%)	6 (0.2%)	3,057 (97.3%)	29 (0.9%)	4 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.1%)	40.3	1251^st of 2162 public high schools	42.1%		38.7	1277^th of 2159 public high schools	40.9%	26	24.0	23.8	44.5	44.5	15.7	15.7	$27,920	$26,640	$1,280

Cities Near Zip Code 93458

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Santa Maria	0.49 mi	39	667^th
Orcutt	6.17 mi	2
Nipomo	6.41 mi	5	413^th
Guadalupe	7.6 mi	4	853^rd
Arroyo Grande	11.99 mi	8	289^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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