Independent charter school · Santa Barbara Unified

Adelante Charter — Rating & test scores

1102 East Yanonali Street, Santa Barbara · 306 students · Grades K–6

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Scope Score 81

StrongScope Score · 75th percentile. Higher than 75 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English, well above in math: 54% and 61% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 132
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Adelante Charter teaches K–6.

Overview

Is Adelante Charter a good elementary school?

Strong. Adelante Charter is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced6854%
Math, Proficient or Advanced8061%
English, Advanced6224%
Math, Advanced7126%

Progress in a year, 2025

English63+6 pts
Math99+41 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance768 in 100
Adelante Charter’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Santa Barbara Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–6 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+6 pts) and math (+41 pts). The state calls them Accelerated in English (reading and writing) and Exceptional in math.

Each bar is Adelante Charter’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 115 in English, 114 in math. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

In its own words

What does Adelante Charter say about itself?

We haven’t read Adelante Charter’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open adelantecharterschool.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 6 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 41 points higher, which the state calls Exceptional.

English

+6

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino98+9 points
Low-income88+5 points
English learners550 points
Students with disabilities14+9 points
White14+3 points

Math

+41

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino97+42 points
Low-income87+39 points
English learners54+35 points
Students with disabilities14+26 points
White14+39 points

Grades 4–6, 2025, 115 students in English, 114 in math with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 6 points above that expected score, and in math 41 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 77th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Adelante Charter. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 2.8 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Montecito UnionMontecito Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 9999th
  2. Cold SpringCold Spring Elementary · by addressScope Score 9799th
  3. RooseveltNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8176th
  4. Adelante CharterScope Score 8175th
  5. Harding University PartnershipNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8174th
  6. FranklinNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7446th
  7. ClevelandNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6913th
  8. McKinleyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6912th
Santa Barbara UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

5 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Adelante Charter compare with schools like it?

Adelante Charter’s Scope Score is 81. 893 California elementary schools, counting Adelante Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 74. Adelante Charter’s result is higher than 821 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 893

  1. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 67%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 72%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 91st percentile

893 California public elementary schools where 66% to 78% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 66% to 78% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Adelante Charter’s share. The count includes Adelante Charter. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English stayed at 54% and math went from 60% to 61%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202645%28%54%Adelante CharterThis school51%Santa Barbara UnifiedDistrict46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202640%29%61%Adelante CharterThis school49%Santa Barbara UnifiedDistrict42%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Santa Barbara Unified’s line combines its 12 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Santa Barbara Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringAdelante CharterSanta Barbara UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201728%45%45%114
201823%47%49%115
201919%47%50%114
202227%46%45%120
202326%48%44%116
202438%48%45%121
202554%51%46%124
202654%51%46%132
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringAdelante CharterSanta Barbara UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201729%40%40%114
201822%39%42%115
201930%42%44%115
202227%39%38%120
202325%43%40%114
202442%45%41%121
202560%47%41%123
202661%49%42%132

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Above California in English; well above it in math.

English

54%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

20263024
Santa Barbara Unified51%California46%

Math

61%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11283526
Santa Barbara Unified49%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 54% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 61% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does grade 6 do?

Near California in English; well above it in math. In grade 6, spring 2026, 49% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 73% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

49%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

35163514
Santa Barbara Unified52%California48%

Math

73%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11163835
Santa Barbara Unified48%California37%
Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced43%52%68%
Advanced18%31%22%
Proficient25%21%46%
Developing level30%31%14%
Minimal27%17%18%
Tested444840
California44%46%49%
Difference−1+6+19
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced49%
Advanced14%
Proficient35%
Developing level16%
Minimal35%
Tested37
California48%
Difference+1

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced61%73%45%
Advanced18%33%25%
Proficient43%40%20%
Developing level30%23%35%
Minimal9%4%20%
Tested444840
California47%42%37%
Difference+14+31+8
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced73%
Advanced35%
Proficient38%
Developing level16%
Minimal11%
Tested37
California37%
Difference+36

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school24%30%26%20%132
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Santa Barbara Unified27%24%22%27%1,783
Math, grades 3–5 · This school26%35%28%11%132
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Santa Barbara Unified24%25%26%25%1,784
English, grade 6 · This school14%35%16%35%37
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Santa Barbara Unified23%29%25%23%645
Math, grade 6 · This school35%38%16%11%37
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Santa Barbara Unified27%21%24%28%645

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 132 tested in English, 132 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 79% of students. 26 of 305 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

8in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (26 of 305 students).

At the average Santa Barbara Unified elementary school: 15 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 0 students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

306

students in grades K–6.

Hispanic or Latino 79%White 14%Not reported 5%

Family income

72%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 219 of 306. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

18

teachers, with 10 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

40% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

62%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (61 of 98 students).

Santa Barbara Unified: 50%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino79%
White14%
Not reported5%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 7 of 17.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 128 tested43%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 128 tested57%California 30%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 142 tested47%California 37%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 142 tested58%California 30%
  • English learnersEnglish · 38 tested13%California 14%
  • English learnersMath · 38 tested47%California 19%

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students and English learners all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 58% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 30% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Santa Barbara Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 128 tested
English43%+439%+736%
Math57%+2235%+2730%
Hispanic or Latino · 142 tested
English47%+1037%+1037%
Math58%+2335%+2830%
English learners · 38 tested · grades 3 and 4 only
English13%+112%−114%
Math47%+2720%+2819%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Santa Barbara Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Adelante Charter. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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The neighborhood

What is the area around Adelante Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93103. They are not figures for the families at Adelante Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$122,159

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 93103.

Typical home value
$1,663,600
People who live in this ZIP code
19,382
Typical age
41.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
47%

What you can do

Who can act on Adelante Charter’s results?

Adelante Charter’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Adelante Charter in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Adelante Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?13% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 3 and 4, spring 2026 (38 students tested); the same group across California: 14%
  2. What does extra support or enrichment look like during the school day?

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

What comes after Adelante Charter, and how do I get in?

Ask Adelante Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. No assigned next school.

Adelante Charter is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Adelante Charter
    Grades K–6Scope Score 81Strong · 75th percentile
  2. Middle
    Santa Barbara Junior High
    Scope Score 72Developing · 31st percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High
    Santa Barbara Senior High
    Scope Score 73Developing · 39th percentile · 2025Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Santa Barbara Junior High

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 31st percentile · middle · 2026

High-school links

  • La Cuesta Continuation High

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Needs Support · 8th percentile · high · 2025 · within continuation schools

  • Santa Barbara Senior High

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 39th percentile · high · 2025

  • Alta Vista Alternative High

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Check how it admits students.

    Scope Score 65 · Needs Support · 8th percentile · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where it is

Where is Adelante Charter?

Address
1102 East Yanonali Street, Santa Barbara 93103Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Javier BolivarAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 13, 2021.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Adelante Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Adelante Charter a good elementary school?

Adelante Charter has a Scope Score of 81. It scored higher than 75 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Strong, 75th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 8 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 15 in 100 at the average Santa Barbara Unified elementary school. 0 of 308 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 6 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 41 points higher, which the state calls Exceptional.

  • Included in this measure: 115 students in English, 114 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 43% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Adelante Charter in Santa Barbara scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $3.4 million is planned for 21 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 56% of its $6.1 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Adelante Charter’s own plan commit to?

$3.4 million is planned for 21 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 56% of its $6.1 million general fund budget.

$3.4million

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Most Effective Instruction$1.8 million
  • Monitoring and Supporting Students with Exceptional Needs$424,281
  • A Course of Study that Emphasizes Educating the Whole Child$350,635

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 141 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 141 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 77% of the money. The plan itself puts 93% of it toward staff.

  • Most Effective Instruction $1.8 million
  • Monitoring and Supporting Students with Exceptional Needs $424,281
  • A Course of Study that Emphasizes Educating the Whole Child $350,635
  • 18 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

4 of the plan’s 21 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Reading $46,494
  • Math $29,146
  • Catch-up help $56,806
  • English learners $14,193

Largest of these

  • Tier II Intervention$56,806
  • Language and Literacy Development in Spanish and English$46,494
  • Math and Science Instruction$29,146
For high-need students

It plans $629,334 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $654,942 and estimates it spent $658,994, within 1% of the plan.

What changed

The total is $70,765 (2%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Monitoring and Supporting Students with Exceptional Needs, which went from $569,964 to $424,281.

Largest cuts

  • Monitoring and Supporting Students with Exceptional Needs−⁠$145,683

Largest increases

  • Social-emotional supports+⁠$26,024
  • Positive Behavior Supports+⁠$23,422

Ask: What did Monitoring and Supporting Students with Exceptional Needs pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $145,683 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 3–5 only: 54% in English and 61% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 352%53%up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 358%63%up 5 pts
Chronically absentGoal 213 in 1009 in 1004 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 20 of 3130 of 308no change

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Most Effective Instruction · $1,840,488
  • Monitoring and Supporting Students with Exceptional Needs · $424,281
  • A Course of Study that Emphasizes Educating the Whole Child · $350,635
The full plan3 goals, 30 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($3.4 million).

Where does the money go?

86% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Support all students in making strong academic progress by increasing the percentage meeting or exceeding…$2.9 million86% of action budgets

“Support all students in making strong academic progress by increasing the percentage meeting or exceeding standards in ELA and Math, especially focusing on accelerating growth for our unduplicated student groups, through purposeful, responsive instruction, targeted interventions, and meaningful enrichment” p. 15 ↗

10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $3.0 million (−⁠$132,688)

Largest funded actions

  1. Most Effective Instruction$1.8 millionaction 1.1 · p. 99 ↗
  2. Monitoring and Supporting Students with Exceptional Needs$0.4 millionaction 1.6 · p. 99 ↗
  3. A Course of Study that Emphasizes Educating the Whole Child$0.4 millionaction 1.9 · p. 100 ↗
  4. Progress Monitoring and Data Management$0.1 millionaction 1.5 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Tier II Intervention$0.1 millionaction 1.2 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $35,990 is state funding counted toward those services

5 more funded actions in this goal

  • Language and Literacy Development in Spanish and English · action 1.3 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Retain Highly Qualified Educational Staff · action 1.11 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Math and Science Instruction · action 1.4 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Technology · action 1.7 · p. 99 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Instructional Materials · action 1.8 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Monitoring and Supporting Students with Exceptional Needs−⁠$145,683$569,964 → $424,281 · p. 99 ↗
  2. Instructional Materials+⁠$4,811$14,500 → $19,311 · p. 100 ↗
  3. Progress Monitoring and Data Management+⁠$3,710$85,583 → $89,293 · p. 99 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Most Effective Instruction · $1.8 million → $1.8 million · p. 99 ↗unchanged
  • A Course of Study that Emphasizes Educating the Whole Child · $349,604 → $350,635 · p. 100 ↗+⁠$1,031
  • Tier II Intervention · $56,806 → $56,806 · p. 99 ↗unchanged
  • Language and Literacy Development in Spanish and English · $46,434 → $46,494 · p. 99 ↗+⁠$60
  • Retain Highly Qualified Educational Staff · $30,630 → $34,013 · p. 100 ↗+⁠$3,383
  • Math and Science Instruction · $29,146 → $29,146 · p. 99 ↗unchanged
  • Technology · $24,765 → $24,765 · p. 99 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 14 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 15 ↗.

Goal 2Ensure the school environment is safe, nurturing and welcoming for all students, staff and families promoting…$298,5289% of action budgets

“Ensure the school environment is safe, nurturing and welcoming for all students, staff and families promoting high levels of engagement, connection, affirmed identity and overall well-being” p. 44 ↗

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $241,382 (+⁠$57,146)

Largest funded actions

  1. Social-emotional supports$79,574action 2.2 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Positive Behavior Supports$73,422action 2.3 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Communication and family input$61,939action 2.1 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Improved Attendance$39,240action 2.5 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Family Education and Access$31,215action 2.4 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $11,969 is state funding counted toward those services

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Reduce Chronic Absenteeism for Homeless students and Students With Disabilities. (Required Action) · action 2.6 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$13,138

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Social-emotional supports+⁠$26,024$53,550 → $79,574 · p. 100 ↗
  2. Positive Behavior Supports+⁠$23,422$50,000 → $73,422 · p. 100 ↗
  3. Communication and family input+⁠$6,309$55,630 → $61,939 · p. 100 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Improved Attendance · $38,565 → $39,240 · p. 100 ↗+⁠$675
  • Family Education and Access · $30,630 → $31,215 · p. 100 ↗+⁠$585
  • Reduce Chronic Absenteeism for Homeless students and Students With Disabilities. (Required Action) · $13,007 → $13,138 · p. 101 ↗+⁠$131

How the plan measures it · 10 measures · 2 quoted

  • Suspension Rate p. 47 ↗
    Baseline
    Schoolwide -- 0% …
    Target for year 3
    Schoolwide -- 0% …
  • Chronic Absenteeism p. 48 ↗
    Baseline
    Schoolwide -- 25.3% …
    Target for year 3
    Schoolwide -- 10% …

8 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3 · Focus GoalIncrease the percentage of English Learners who make progress towards English language proficiency as…$174,1245% of action budgets

“Increase the percentage of English Learners who make progress towards English language proficiency as measured by the English Language Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC) and local reading assessments in English by at minimum, one year's growth each year resulting in an increased percentage of English Learners who are reclassified as Fluent English Proficient (RFEP). Maintain reclassification rates between 17%-20% each year as well as maintain ELPI dashboard indicator at a green or blue level, indicating at a minimum, 65% making progress towards English language proficiency within three years” p. 60 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $169,347 (+⁠$4,777)

Largest funded actions

  1. Extended Learning and Enrichment$65,000action 3.4 · p. 101 ↗
  2. Access to rigorous core academic content in Spanish and English$53,233action 3.3 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Family Engagement - EBAC input in decision making$28,379action 3.5 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. EL Monitoring and Support to Reclassification$14,193action 3.1 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Professional Learning - Focused on Language Development$13,319action 3.2 · p. 101 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Professional Learning - Focused on Language Development+⁠$2,748$10,571 → $13,319 · p. 101 ↗
  2. Family Engagement - EBAC input in decision making+⁠$1,749$26,630 → $28,379 · p. 101 ↗
  3. EL Monitoring and Support to Reclassification+⁠$280$13,913 → $14,193 · p. 101 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Extended Learning and Enrichment · $65,000 → $65,000 · p. 101 ↗unchanged
  • Access to rigorous core academic content in Spanish and English · $53,233 → $53,233 · p. 101 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 60 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,401 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #4 of 12 in Santa Barbara Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math25%5342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math57%6123%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+82 scale-score pts6020%
Chronically absent8 in 100625%
Suspension rate0 of 308625%
English learners: top level22%575%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–268175#1401California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–19not on filenot on file−11
2021–22not on filenot on file−4
2022–23not on filenot on file+10
2023–2411 in 1000 of 309−15
2024–2512 in 1000 of 313−4
2025–268 in 1000 of 308+4

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English16922%53%
2026 · Math16928%63%
2025 · English16422%52%
2025 · Math16328%58%
2024 · English16019%39%
2024 · Math16017%41%
2023 · English15310%30%
2023 · Math1528%26%
2022 · English1568%28%
2022 · Math1576%25%
2019 · English1487%20%
2019 · Math1495%27%
2018 · English1549%26%
2018 · Math1544%21%
2017 · English1485%28%
2017 · Math1489%29%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English4858%
2025 · Grade 4 · English3946%
2025 · Grade 5 · English3757%
2025 · Grade 6 · English4048%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math4852%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math3884%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math3746%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math4050%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4236%
2024 · Grade 4 · English3933%
2024 · Grade 5 · English4045%
2024 · Grade 6 · English3944%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4260%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math3946%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math4020%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math3938%
2023 · Grade 3 · English3617%
2023 · Grade 4 · English4124%
2023 · Grade 5 · English3936%
2023 · Grade 6 · English3743%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math3625%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4025%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math3826%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math3829%
2022 · Grade 3 · English4028%
2022 · Grade 4 · English4231%
2022 · Grade 5 · English3824%
2022 · Grade 6 · English3631%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math4025%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math4233%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math3821%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math3722%
2019 · Grade 3 · English3622%
2019 · Grade 4 · English3816%
2019 · Grade 5 · English4020%
2019 · Grade 6 · English3421%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math3743%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math3826%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math4022%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math3415%
2018 · Grade 3 · English4122%
2018 · Grade 4 · English4030%
2018 · Grade 5 · English3418%
2018 · Grade 6 · English3933%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math4134%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math4012%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math3418%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math3918%
2017 · Grade 3 · English4129%
2017 · Grade 4 · English3315%
2017 · Grade 5 · English4038%
2017 · Grade 6 · English3429%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math4159%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math3312%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math4012%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math3429%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide4028%32%35%5%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income12843%+4+7
Hispanic or Latino14247%+10+10
English learners (grades 3 and 4 only)3813%+1−1
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+6115Accelerated+41114Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+998Accelerated+4297Exceptional
Low-income+588Accelerated+3987Exceptional
English learners055Average+3554Exceptional
English-only students+1447not categorized+3947not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1332not categorized+4631not categorized
English learners only−1723not categorized+1623not categorized
Students with disabilities+914Accelerated+2614Exceptional
White+314Average+3914Exceptional

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
29%
exceeded standard · 36% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 42 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
23%
Advanced · 68% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 40 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 40 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+6 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–6

115 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+41 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–6

114 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +41 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 12 in 100 → 2025–26 · 8 in 100 · −4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 313 → 2025–26 · 0 of 308 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—10 in 100—
Male—7 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—10 in 100—
White—0 of 42—
Students with disabilities—6 of 48—
English learners—9 in 100—
Low-income—11 in 100—
All students—8 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,447 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 13,188 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,939 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 56%Instruction support 15%Student services 12%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$135,008,41655.95%56%
Instruction support$35,369,38014.66%15%
Student services$28,490,70911.81%12%
Administration$15,394,4586.38%6%
Buildings & maintenance$25,228,43310.46%10%
Other$1,806,6190.75%1%
Total$241,298,016100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $241,298,016 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$14,447 per pupil
2020$13,462 per pupil
2019$13,495 per pupil
2018$11,638 per pupil
2017$10,981 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93103 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93103 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$122,159
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)47%
ZIP-area population19,382
Median age41.7 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 93103 →

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