Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Buellton. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Buellton.
Buellton
25 scored schools near Buellton
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
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The district is known for every school. IB and Public Waldorf are checked against the International Baccalaureate’s directory and the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education’s member list.
These schools take students by address, so the district is the filter that matters.
These come from each charter’s own website. We have read 0 of the 4 charters here. A school we have not read is never counted as a “no”.
We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
These are the nearest schools of every kind. Choose a kind of school to see that kind across the whole 20 miles.
22 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
4 charter schools. A charter takes students from any address and runs its own lottery; you apply to each one. We have read no coming dates on their sites.
No magnets or schools of choice are within 20 miles of Buellton.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Buellton?
18 scored elementary schools are within 20 miles of Buellton. The closest is Oak Valley Elementary, 0.6 miles away.
Distance 0.6mi
Oak Valley Elementary
Buellton Union Elementary · Grades K–5
233146% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 68th percentile
Distance 3.5mi
Solvang Elementary
Solvang Elementary · Grades K–8
202159% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 50th percentile
Distance 5.0mi
Ballard Elementary
Ballard Elementary · Grades K–6
383131% below the standard
Scope Score 84Strong · 82nd percentile
Distance 6.0mi
Los Olivos Elementary
Los Olivos Elementary · Grades K–8
402436% below the standard
Scope Score 86Strong · 88th percentile
Distance 6.2mi
Santa Ynez Elementary
College Elementary · Grades 1–8
192556% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 52nd percentile
Distance 6.5mi
Santa Ynez Valley CharterCharter
College Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
172954% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 63rd percentile
Distance 9.7mi
Olga L. Reed Elementary
Orcutt Union Elementary · Grades K–8
1876% below the standard
Scope Score 68Needs Support · 9th percentile
Distance 13.8mi
Trivium Charter School AdventureCharter
Blochman Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
232453% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 65th percentile
Distance 14.1mi
Leonora Fillmore Elementary
Lompoc Unified · Grades Pre-K–6
1184% below the standard
Scope Score 66Needs Support · 4th percentile
Distance 14.3mi
Arthur Hapgood Elementary
Lompoc Unified · Grades Pre-K–6
1282% below the standard
Scope Score 67Needs Support · 6th percentile
Distance 14.4mi
Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy
Lompoc Unified · Grades Pre-K–6
161767% below the standard
Scope Score 75Developing · 48th percentile
Distance 14.5mi
La Honda STEAM Academy
Lompoc Unified · Grades Pre-K–6
1578% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 13th percentile
Distance 15.3mi
La Canada Elementary
Lompoc Unified · Grades Pre-K–6
1281% below the standard
Scope Score 67Needs Support · 7th percentile
Distance 15.9mi
Miguelito Elementary
Lompoc Unified · Grades Pre-K–6
1876% below the standard
Scope Score 71Needs Support · 24th percentile
Distance 16.0mi
Clarence Ruth Elementary
Lompoc Unified · Grades Pre-K–6
1481% below the standard
Scope Score 66Needs Support · 3rd percentile
Distance 16.5mi
Buena Vista Elementary
Lompoc Unified · Grades Pre-K–6
182557% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 59th percentile
Distance 18.1mi
Benjamin Foxen Elementary
Blochman Union Elementary · Grades K–8
242650% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 57th percentile
Distance 19.8mi
Manzanita Public CharterCharter
Lompoc Unified · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
262153% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 60th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Buellton, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Buellton?
10 scored middle schools are within 20 miles of Buellton. The closest is Jonata Middle, 0.2 miles away.
Distance 0.2mi
Jonata Middle
Buellton Union Elementary · Grades 6–8
213049% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 67th percentile
Distance 3.5mi
Solvang Elementary
Solvang Elementary · Grades K–8
152956% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 45th percentile
Distance 6.0mi
Los Olivos Elementary
Los Olivos Elementary · Grades K–8
204535% below the standard
Scope Score 81Strong · 78th percentile
Distance 6.5mi
Santa Ynez Valley CharterCharter
College Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
163846% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 66th percentile
Distance 9.7mi
Olga L. Reed Elementary
Orcutt Union Elementary · Grades K–8
2368% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 35th percentile
Distance 13.8mi
Trivium Charter School AdventureCharter
Blochman Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
182557% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 63rd percentile
Distance 14.9mi
Olive Grove Charter - LompocCharter
SBE - Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
92% below the standard
Scope Score 68Needs Support · 9th percentile
Distance 15.3mi
Lompoc Valley Middle
Lompoc Unified · Grades 7–8
1580% below the standard
Scope Score 67Needs Support · 6th percentile
Distance 18.1mi
Benjamin Foxen Elementary
Blochman Union Elementary · Grades K–8
2170% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 32nd percentile
Distance 19.6mi
Vandenberg Middle
Lompoc Unified · Grades 7–8
122266% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 43rd percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Buellton, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Buellton?
3 scored high schools are within 20 miles of Buellton. The closest is Santa Ynez Valley Union High, 5.6 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 5.6mi
Santa Ynez Valley Union High
Santa Ynez Valley Union High · Grades 9–12
202951% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 65th percentile
Distance 13.8mi
Trivium Charter School AdventureCharter
Blochman Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
222751% below the standard
No score
Distance 14.9mi
Olive Grove Charter - LompocCharter
SBE - Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1286% below the standard
No score
Distance 15.3mi
Lompoc High
Lompoc Unified · Grades 9–12
1878% below the standard
Scope Score 67Needs Support · 14th percentile
Distance 17.0mi
Cabrillo High
Lompoc Unified · Grades 9–12
152362% below the standard
Scope Score 75Developing · 49th percentile
Continuation and other schools · 1
These schools are listed separately. Some are compared only with California schools of the same kind. Some have no score because students are placed there.
Distance 16.4mi
Maple High
Lompoc Unified · Grades 9–12
95% below the standard
Solid · 70th percentileRanked only against California continuation high schools.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Buellton, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
Private schools
Which private schools are near Buellton?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- Santa Ynez Valley Christian AcademyGrades K–8 · 144 students5.7 mi
- Dunn SchoolGrades 6–12 · 249 students6.1 mi
- Midland School CorporationGrades 9–12 · 79 students10.1 mi
- The Family SchoolGrades Pre-K–5 · 59 students10.3 mi
- Lompoc Valley Baptist SchoolGrades K–12 · 62 students14.5 mi
- La Purisima Concepcion SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 99 students15.0 mi
- Children's Montessori SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 11 students16.4 mi
7 private schools are within 20 miles of Buellton, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near Buellton?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Lompoc Unified14 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Blochman Union Elementary2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Buellton Union Elementary2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- College Elementary2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Ballard Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Los Olivos Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above