How does Carpinteria Family compare to other elementary schools in Carpinteria?

Carpinteria Family has a SchoolScope composite score of 50.5/100, placing it at the 68th percentile statewide. 30% of students exceed standard, with a total of 110 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Carpinteria Family?

30.0% of students at Carpinteria Family exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 66.3% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Carpinteria Family improving or declining?

Carpinteria Family's proficiency rate decreases by 33.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is not sustaining early academic gains.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Carpinteria Family?

15.2% of students at Carpinteria Family are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Carpinteria Family

Carpinteria Unified Carpinteria Santa Barbara County 93013

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

110 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

56 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

19:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

34%

Teachers

3 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 23.2%

White 66.1%

Asian 3.6%

Other 7.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Carpinteria Family
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	30.0%
Met Standard	36.3%
Below Standard	33.7%

Exceeded

30.0%

Met

36.3%

Below

33.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "66% proficient" for Carpinteria Family and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

30.0% of students exceeded standard while 36.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.0 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Carpinteria Unified district average of 28.9%. Compared to the 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 9.4 points higher (vs 20.6% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 33.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 15.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.