How does Goleta Valley Junior High compare to other middle schools in Goleta?

Goleta Valley Junior High has a Scope Score of 65.6/100, ranked #484 among California middle schools. 27% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,411 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Goleta Valley Junior High?

27.2% of students at Goleta Valley Junior High exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 52.1% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Goleta Valley Junior High?

16.0% of students at Goleta Valley Junior High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in the Scope Score.

Goleta Valley Junior High

Middle School

Santa Barbara Unified GoletaSanta Barbara County93117

📍 6100 Stow Canyon Road

Scope Score

out of 100

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Scope Scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

736 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

20:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

49%

Teachers

37 full-time

Dashboard indicators

How this school's scores changed from last year to this year

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+4.0 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+6.9 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

25.0%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 48 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic48.0%

White38.0%

Asian4.6%

Black1.2%

Other8.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Goleta Valley Junior High
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	27.2%
Met Standard	24.9%
Below Standard	47.9%

Score Factors

Helping

✓Exceeded standard: 27.2%

9.9pp above state avg (state avg 17.3%)

30% weight

✓Met or exceeded: 52.1%

12.6pp above state avg (state avg 39.5%)

20% weight

✓Chronic absenteeism: 16.0%

3.3pp below state avg (state avg 19.3%)

15% weight

✓Baseline proficiency: 52.1%

Above state baseline (state avg 39.5%)

10% weight

Holding Back

▼Suspension rate: 8.1%

4.0pp above state avg (state avg 4.1%)

10% weight

Unlike traditional school ratings, we show our work. Every factor, its weight, and how this school compares to the state average — so you can decide what matters most to your family. The middle school Scope Score is weighted across 5 dimensions. See full methodology →

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "52% proficient" for Goleta Valley Junior High and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

27.2% of students exceeded standard while 24.9% met it. That exceeded rate is 9.9 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 8.0 points above the Santa Barbara Unified district average of 19.2%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 25.0% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 16.0%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

27.2%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

52.1%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

N/A

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

16.0%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

8.1%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,411

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

How proficiency compares across grade levels this year (different students, same test year)

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	0	—	—	—	—	—
7th	334	25.4%	35.3%	17.7%	21.6%	60.8%
8th	365	19.7%	29.6%	24.4%	26.3%	49.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	0	—	—	—	—	—
7th	341	36.1%	19.9%	20.5%	23.5%	56.0%
8th	371	27.5%	14.8%	22.4%	35.3%	42.3%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

No feeder data available for this level

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Middle

Goleta Valley Junior High

65.6# in state

This school

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High School

Dos Pueblos Senior High

74.6# in state

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.