Santa Barbara Unified school district (Data source)

County of Santa Barbara

THIS chart shows what the school system "wants"

NOT what school board members want.

NOT what superintendents want.

More about this chart.

See also: "Good" schools?

Santa Barbara Unified math proficiency
Zero+ meets standard.

• Any result above zero is proficient; below is not proficient. • There is a 99% chance that results will remain the same in coming years, which is to say, between the Upper and Lower Control Limits (the gray lines).

Students would perform better the more years in school IF the follow-the-schedule method wanted that.

But that's not what it "wants"...and it's not a coincidence this pattern repeats (repeatedly).

The system (the follow-the-schedule method) "wants" schools to perform poorer, relative to grade level, the more years students spend in public school.

• Any result above zero is proficient; below is not proficient.

Santa Barbara Unified math proficiency
Zero+ meets standard.

Schools in Santa Barbara Unified

Enrollment by school type, school and year

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Santa Barbara Unified School District 15,591 15,447 15,182 15,037 14,796 14,534 14,200 13,891

Elementary School (Public)

Adams Elementary 569 555 555 562 592 591 545 522
Adelante Charter 254 274 283 288 290 300 302 300
Cleveland Elementary 379 372 333 353 341 316 283 273
Franklin Elementary 594 579 586 554 539 524 503 443
Harding University Partnership 416 420 395 375 386 374 352 322
McKinley Elementary 411 423 407 371 363 312 272 244
Monroe Elementary 512 486 446 422 394 402 368 328
Open Alternative 167 138 88 70
Peabody Charter 749 750 750 750 749 748 715 742
Roosevelt Elementary 613 599 577 584 595 521 480 433
Santa Barbara Charter 299 295 310 287 287 282 311 276
Santa Barbara Community Academy 300 294 306 270 209 241 246 220
Washington Elementary 626 602 604 581 606 600 561 537

High Schools (Public)

Dos Pueblos Senior High 2,208 2,130 2,057 2,057 1,988 2,005 2,018 2,020
San Marcos Senior High 2,086 2,181 2,192 2,100 2,043 1,981 2,028 1,998
Santa Barbara Senior High 2,232 2,188 2,112 2,148 2,154 2,191 2,185 2,178

Intermediate/Middle Schools (Public)

Goleta Valley Junior High 762 770 775 803 784 776 761 744
La Colina Junior High 831 947 961 901 911 855 888 898
La Cumbre Junior High 481 432 462 535 533 472 473 491
Santa Barbara Junior High 820 745 759 800 823 807 712 630

Continuation High Schools

La Cuesta Continuation High 133 113 81 80 90 113 88 115

Alternative Schools of Choice

Alta Vista Alternative High 148 154 142 145 117 122 109 126
Alta Vista Alternative Junior High 1 1 1 2 1 51