Santa Maria-Bonita 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 Maria-Bonita 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 Maria-Bonita math proficiency
Zero+ meets standard.

Schools in Santa Maria-Bonita

Enrollment by school type, school and year

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Santa Maria-Bonita School District 16,026 16,584 16,868 17,122 16,940 16,959 16,665 16,569

Elementary School (Public)

Adam (William Laird) Elementary 1,095 1,036 990 983 938 923 893 860
Alvin Elementary 1,002 1,011 1,025 988 961 944 920 930
Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary 292 295 294 313 284 282 274 285
Battles (Washington) Elementary 1,007 859 854 884 879 838 700 690
Bonita Elementary 638 536 599 570 555 562 549 542
Bruce (Robert) Elementary 884 975 972 959 986 976 940 908
Fairlawn Elementary 784 742 776 771 730 709 748 778
Jiménez, Roberto and Dr. Francisco Elementary 852 861 969 1,013 1,061 895 1,020
Liberty Elementary 852 814 889 887 882 899 892 884
Measure T 491 662
Miller (Isaac) Elementary 930 853 885 904 930 948 904 889
Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary 958 973 949 964 939 901 859 844
Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary 1,017 1,019 1,002 987 933 922 870 850
Rice (William) Elementary 929 922 889 902 905 946 859 843
Sanchez (David J.) Elementary 884 794 788 759 709 726 687 646
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary 932 969 937 934 918 894 867 848
Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary 916 886 839 794 779 785 818 808

Intermediate/Middle Schools (Public)

El Camino Junior High 697 729 798 830 850 843 799 769
Fesler (Isaac) Junior High 855 913 934 949 974 1,029 989 958

Junior High Schools (Public)

Arellanes Junior High 572 636 557 642 676 672 627 563
Kunst (Tommie) Junior High 782 770 1,030 1,133 1,099 1,099 1,084 992