Kellogg Elementary: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
Kellogg posts 64% meeting the standard, and 38.0% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60 | 38% | 64% | -13.5 | 7.3% | 0.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Kellogg Elementary scores 60 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 83rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “64% proficient” and call it done. Kellogg deserves a closer read. It sits at the 83rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: 7.3% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 83rd-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 64% meet the standard today, versus 71% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 76% | 64% | 58% | 53% | 78% |
| Grade 4 | 68% | 77% | 61% | 59% | 63% |
| Grade 5 | 74% | 78% | 74% | 63% | 70% |
| Grade 6 | 83% | 76% | 85% | 69% | 72% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 68% | 69% | 58% | 56% | 67% |
| Grade 4 | 64% | 70% | 70% | 60% | 59% |
| Grade 5 | 74% | 68% | 55% | 49% | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 62% | 65% | 77% | 49% | 55% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 23.9pp across grades; the floor slips 7.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Kellogg Elementary in Goleta, 26.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.7% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Kellogg Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 13.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (29.6% Math proficient); White students (86.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 30.8 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 26 students tested.
6 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 54% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 36 | 64% | 14% | 14% | 8% | 78% | +34 |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 34% | 29% | 22% | 15% | 63% | +19 |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 40% | 30% | 5% | 25% | 70% | +22 |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 36% | 36% | 17% | 11% | 72% | +25 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 36 | 31% | 36% | 19% | 14% | 67% | +21 |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 32% | 27% | 29% | 12% | 59% | +17 |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 28% | 20% | 30% | 23% | 48% | +12 |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 40% | 15% | 22% | 23% | 55% | +20 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 39 | 13% | 41% | 38% | 8% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 26 | 26.9% | −14 | −11 |
| White | 86 | 86.0% | +5 | +24 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 67 | 44.8% | +3 | +6 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellogg Elementary ← | — | 60 | 38.0% | 64.0% | −13.5 | 0.5% |
| Foothill Elementary | 1.2 mi | 72 | 48.5% | 71.5% | −6.0 | 0.1% |
| Mountain View Elementary | 0.6 mi | 69 | 54.2% | 79.5% | −16.3 | 0.7% |
| Hollister Elementary | 1.8 mi | 59 | 34.4% | 56.5% | +8.1 | 0.2% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 67 | 87 | #693 | 47.7% | 70.5% | 3.2% | 0.6% | +1.9pp |
| 2022 | 72 | 96 | #253 | 46.4% | 71.1% | 7.3% | 0.0% | +6.4pp |
| 2023 | 66 | 89 | #605 | 36.9% | 62.5% | 12.7% | 0.0% | +6.8pp |
| 2024 | 52 | 73 | #1566 | 32.5% | 56.7% | 8.3% | 0.3% | +1.3pp |
| 2025 | 60 | 83 | #999 | 38.0% | 64.0% | 7.3% | 0.5% | -13.5pp |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 11 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 2.5% | 8.1% | +5.6pp |
| Male | 3.4% | 4.2% | +0.8pp |
| Asian | 1.9% | 9.1% | +7.2pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2.5% | 6.1% | +3.6pp |
| Two or More Races | 3.0% | 0.0% | -3.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 6.9% | 11.9% | +5.0pp |
| English Learners | 1.7% | 7.4% | +5.7pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 4.5% | 10.4% | +5.9pp |
| All Students | 3.0% | 5.9% | +2.9pp |
| Filipino | — | 9.1% | — |
| Homeless | — | 16.7% | — |
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