Charter school · Santa Barbara Unified

Santa Barbara Charter — Rating & test scores

6100 Stow Canyon Road, Goleta · 269 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 79

SolidScope Score · 68th percentile. Higher than 68 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 (reading and writing) and math: 49% and 42% 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: 108 in English, 107 in math
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).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Tests ↓

Overview

Is Santa Barbara Charter a good elementary school?

Solid. Santa Barbara Charter is higher than most California elementary schools on test results and progress in English. Santa Barbara Charter is lower than most on progress in math and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced6149%
Math, Proficient or Advanced5842%
English, Advanced6425%
Math, Advanced5819%

Progress in a year, 2025

English63+6 pts
Math420 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4916 in 100
Santa Barbara 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

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 19% of students tested in math scored Advanced, against 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Santa Barbara 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
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,211,701 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Santa Barbara Charter say about itself?

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

Open sbcharter.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

In English, yes. In math, about the same. 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 the same, which the state calls Average.

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

White51+5 points
Students with disabilities29+1 points
Hispanic or Latino25−3 points
Low-income22−3 points

Math

0

The same as California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White51+3 points
Students with disabilities29−4 points
Hispanic or Latino25−7 points
Low-income22−7 points

Grades 4–6, 2025, 89 students 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 right at that expected score.

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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

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

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 3.0 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Mountain ViewGoleta Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 9094th
  2. FoothillGoleta Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 8789th
  3. KelloggGoleta Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 8789th
  4. Isla VistaGoleta Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 8380th
  5. Santa Barbara CharterScope Score 7968th
  6. La PateraGoleta Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7967th
  7. HollisterGoleta Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7862nd
  8. El CaminoGoleta Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7656th
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.

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

6 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 Santa Barbara Charter compare with schools like it?

Santa Barbara Charter’s Scope Score is 79. 509 California elementary schools, counting Santa Barbara Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 84. Santa Barbara Charter’s result is higher than 80 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 509

  1. Students from low-income families: 24%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 23%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 27%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 20%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

509 California public elementary schools where 19% to 31% 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 19% to 31% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Santa Barbara Charter’s share. The count includes Santa Barbara 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 lower than in 2025. English went from 56% to 49% and math from 50% to 42%.

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%58%51%Santa Barbara UnifiedDistrict49%Santa Barbara CharterThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202640%47%49%Santa Barbara UnifiedDistrict42%Santa Barbara CharterThis school42%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
SpringSanta Barbara CharterSanta Barbara UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201758%45%45%120
201861%47%49%122
201963%47%50%116
202259%46%45%108
202360%48%44%107
202441%48%45%92
202556%51%46%98
202649%51%46%108
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringSanta Barbara CharterSanta Barbara UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201747%40%40%120
201841%39%42%123
201953%42%44%116
202246%39%38%108
202355%43%40%109
202434%45%41%92
202550%47%41%98
202642%49%42%107

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

English

49%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

27242425
Santa Barbara Unified51%California46%

Math

42%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

24342319
Santa Barbara Unified49%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 49% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 42% 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, 48% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 47% in math, against 48% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 64th percentile (Solid) among California’s middle schools.

English

48%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

24282721
Santa Barbara Unified52%California48%

Math

47%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

38153116
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 Advanced31%62%59%
Advanced17%31%30%
Proficient14%31%29%
Developing level31%15%26%
Minimal38%23%15%
Tested423927
California44%46%49%
Difference−13+16+10
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced48%not on filenot on file
Advanced21%not on filenot on file
Proficient27%not on filenot on file
Developing level28%not on filenot on file
Minimal24%not on filenot on file
Tested33not on filenot on file
California48%51%49%
Difference0——

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 Advanced41%46%37%
Advanced22%15%19%
Proficient19%31%18%
Developing level37%28%37%
Minimal22%26%26%
Tested413927
California47%42%37%
Difference−6+40
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced47%not on filenot on file
Advanced16%not on filenot on file
Proficient31%not on filenot on file
Developing level15%not on filenot on file
Minimal38%not on filenot on file
Tested32not on filenot on file
California37%38%36%
Difference+10——

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 school25%24%24%27%108
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 school19%23%34%24%107
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 school21%27%28%24%33
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Santa Barbara Unified23%29%25%23%645
Math, grade 6 · This school16%31%15%38%32
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: 108 tested in English, 107 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 57% of students. 43 of 272 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

16in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (43 of 272 students).

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

Students, 2024–25

269

students in grades TK–8.

White 57%Hispanic or Latino 30%Two or more races 6%Asian 4%

Family income

25%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 66 of 269. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

15

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

85% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.4%

of students were suspended at least once (1 of 277). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White57%
Hispanic or Latino30%
Two or more races6%
Asian4%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
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. 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: 12.8 of 15 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

One student group at Santa Barbara Charter has test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • WhiteEnglish · 84 tested56%California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 84 tested53%California 54%

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
White · 84 tested
English56%−1773%−460%
Math53%−1366%−154%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Santa Barbara Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Low-income students, 44 tested: no rate for grades 5 and 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. Hispanic or Latino students, 38 tested in English and 37 in math: no rate for grades 3, 5 and 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, 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 and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Santa Barbara 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 school day

What is the school day like?

Santa Barbara Charter has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

7

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$20,432 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student.

$20,432

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$13,749
The school’s share of district office costs
$6,683
Of the total, from federal funds
$468
  • Santa Barbara Charter$20,432
  • Santa Barbara Unified elementary schools$18,267
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Santa Barbara Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93117. They are not figures for the families at Santa Barbara Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$90,037

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 93117.

Typical home value
$1,082,400
People who live in this ZIP code
52,934
Typical age
23.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
51%

What you can do

Who can act on Santa Barbara Charter’s results?

Santa Barbara Charter’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Santa Barbara 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 5 questions to Santa Barbara Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. How does the school check what’s working in math?Math: 50% in 2025 to 42% in 2026 here; California: 41% to 42%

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 Santa Barbara Charter, and how do I get in?

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

Santa Barbara 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. Grades TK–8 · this school
    Santa Barbara Charter
    Scope Score 79Solid · 68th percentile
  2. High
    Dos Pueblos Senior High
    Scope Score 84Strong · 83rd 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

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. Goleta Valley Junior High (80th percentile, Strong, among middle schools, 2026) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Goleta Valley Junior High

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

    Scope Score 82 · Strong · 80th percentile · middle · 2026

High-school links

  • Dos Pueblos Senior High

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

    Scope Score 84 · Strong · 83rd 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 the path ends: Dos Pueblos Senior High
Dos Pueblos Senior HighScope Score 84 · Strong · 83rd percentile · 2025estimated path

The road from this school ends at Dos Pueblos Senior High. UC records 77 enrollees from Dos Pueblos Senior High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 19 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Dos Pueblos Senior High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 87% of the students who finished high school at Dos Pueblos Senior High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

77 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 19 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Dos Pueblos Senior High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Santa Barbara Charter?

Address
6100 Stow Canyon Road, Goleta 93117Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Laura DonnerAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated October 21, 2025.

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

Is Santa Barbara Charter a good school?

Santa Barbara Charter has a Scope Score of 79. It scored higher than 68 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 68th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 64 in 100 California middle schools we score (64th percentile, Solid, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 16 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 15 in 100 at the average Santa Barbara Unified elementary school. 0.4% of students (1 of 277) 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?

In English, yes. In math, about the same. 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 the same, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 89 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 56% of White students in grades 3–6 at Santa Barbara Charter in Goleta scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 60% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $3.2 million is planned for 12 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 80% of its $4.0 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 Santa Barbara Charter’s own plan commit to?

$3.2 million is planned for 12 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 80% of its $4.0 million general fund budget.

$3.2million

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

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Reading assessment$1.9 million
  • Sufficiency of instructional materials; facilities$450,103
  • ALL students CAASPP$293,396

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, 75 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, 75 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 82% of the money. The plan itself puts 85% of it toward staff.

  • Reading assessment $1.9 million
  • Sufficiency of instructional materials; facilities $450,103
  • ALL students CAASPP $293,396
  • 9 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

5 of the plan’s 12 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Reading $2.1 million
  • Math $0.1 million
  • Catch-up help under $0.1 million

Largest of these

  • Reading assessment$1.9 million
  • Hispanic SED CAASPP ELA$169,983
  • Hispanic SED CAASPP Math$62,693
For high-need students

It plans $200,725 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $163,824 and estimates it spent $200,725, $36,901 (23%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $30,062 (1%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Reading assessment, which went from $2.4 million to $1.9 million.

Largest cuts

  • Reading assessment−⁠$484,510
  • Website maintained bilingually in English and Spanish. Certified staff interpreter present at meetings and during the school day−⁠$13,000

Largest increases

  • Sufficiency of instructional materials; facilities+⁠$102,000
  • ALL students CAASPP+⁠$57,603
  • Hispanic SED CAASPP ELA+⁠$23,659

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Building the capacity of educators to do work in partnership with parents/​families$266,000
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: 49% in English and 42% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 246%43%down 3 pts
Chronically absentGoals 2 and 316 in 10016 in 100no change

Goal 1 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

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
  • Reading assessment · $1,885,036
  • Sufficiency of instructional materials; facilities · $450,103
  • ALL students CAASPP · $293,396
The full plan3 goals, 12 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 ($3.2 million).

Where does the money go?

74% 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 1 · Maintenance of Progress GoalSanta Barbara Charter School will deliver a rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum supported by appropriate…$2.4 million74% of action budgets

“Santa Barbara Charter School will deliver a rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum supported by appropriate material resources and highly qualified staff committed to continuous improvement” p. 12 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.7 million (−⁠$382,510)

Largest funded actions

  1. Reading assessment$1.9 millionaction 1.1 · p. 38 ↗
  2. Sufficiency of instructional materials; facilities$0.5 millionaction 1.5 · p. 38 ↗
  3. science instructionunder $0.1 millionaction 1.3 · p. 38 ↗
  4. Annual dyslexia screener K-2under $0.1 millionaction 1.4 · p. 38 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Reading assessment−⁠$0.5 million$2.4 million → $1.9 million · p. 38 ↗
  2. Sufficiency of instructional materials; facilities+⁠$102,000$348,103 → $450,103 · p. 38 ↗

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

  • science instruction · $24,121 → $24,121 · p. 38 ↗unchanged
  • Annual dyslexia screener K-2 · $8,000 → $8,000 · p. 38 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 12 ↗.

Goal 2All students will be actively engaged, encouraged, and supported in high-quality purposeful learning to…$556,81417% of action budgets

“All students will be actively engaged, encouraged, and supported in high-quality purposeful learning to achieve at least a full year of developmentally appropriate academic and social progress” p. 17 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $457,365 (+⁠$99,449)

Largest funded actions

  1. ALL students CAASPP$293,396action 2.3 · p. 38 ↗
  2. Hispanic SED CAASPP ELA$169,983action 2.1 · p. 38 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Hispanic SED CAASPP Math$62,693action 2.2 · p. 38 ↗
  4. MTSS$30,242action 2.4 · p. 38 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. ALL students CAASPP+⁠$57,603$235,793 → $293,396 · p. 38 ↗
  2. Hispanic SED CAASPP ELA+⁠$23,659$146,324 → $169,983 · p. 38 ↗
  3. Hispanic SED CAASPP Math+⁠$19,475$43,218 → $62,693 · p. 38 ↗

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

  • MTSS · $31,530 → $30,242 · p. 38 ↗−⁠$1,288
  • Title not confirmed · $500 · p. 38 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 17 ↗.

Goal 3 · Focus GoalSanta Barbara Charter School will be a leading model of diversity, equity, and inclusion, where every student…$283,4999% of action budgets

“Santa Barbara Charter School will be a leading model of diversity, equity, and inclusion, where every student feels safe, valued, and empowered. We are dedicated to nurturing a community that embraces social justice and advocates for positive change, both locally and globally” p. 26 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $30,500 (+⁠$252,999)

Largest funded actions

  1. Building the capacity of educators to do work in partnership with parents/​families$266,000action 3.2 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Website maintained bilingually in English and Spanish. Certified staff interpreter present at meetings and during the school day$12,500action 3.3 · p. 39 ↗
  3. All school community members (educators, students and parents) will regularly engage in learning opportunities about DEI topics to foster an environment of continuous growth and adaptation$4,999action 3.1 · p. 38 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Website maintained bilingually in English and Spanish. Certified staff interpreter present at meetings and during the school day−⁠$13,000$25,500 → $12,500 · p. 39 ↗
  2. All school community members (educators, students and parents) will regularly engage in learning opportunities about DEI topics to foster an environment of continuous growth and adaptation−⁠$1$5,000 → $4,999 · p. 38 ↗

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

  • Building the capacity of educators to do work in partnership with parents/​families · $266,000 · p. 39 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 26 ↗.

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 #1,790 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #6 of 12 in Santa Barbara Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math22%5142%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math46%5223%
Chronically absent16 in 100525%
Suspension rate0.4% (1 of 277)595%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+11.9pp—not scored

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. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–267968#1790California 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)
2018–195 in 1000 of 299−27
2021–22not on filenot on file−5
2022–23not on filenot on file+14
2023–2411 in 1000 of 305+6
2024–2516 in 1001.1% (3 of 280)−11
2025–2616 in 1000.4% (1 of 277)+12

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 · English14524%49%
2026 · Math14319%43%
2025 · English13223%59%
2025 · Math13223%46%
2024 · English14619%51%
2024 · Math14619%44%
2023 · English15225%60%
2023 · Math15429%51%
2022 · English16323%61%
2022 · Math16323%47%
2019 · English16432%63%
2019 · Math16424%57%
2018 · English15427%64%
2018 · Math15519%46%
2017 · English17129%60%
2017 · Math17125%48%

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 · English3759%
2025 · Grade 4 · English2654%
2025 · Grade 5 · English3554%
2025 · Grade 6 · English2255%
2025 · Grade 7 · English4—
2025 · Grade 8 · English8—
2025 · Grade 3 · Math3759%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math2646%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math3543%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math2232%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math4—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math8—
2024 · Grade 3 · English2730%
2024 · Grade 4 · English3746%
2024 · Grade 5 · English2846%
2024 · Grade 6 · English4264%
2024 · Grade 7 · English8—
2024 · Grade 8 · English4—
2024 · Grade 3 · Math2733%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math3738%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math2829%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math4262%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math8—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math4—
2023 · Grade 3 · English4052%
2023 · Grade 4 · English2446%
2023 · Grade 5 · English4374%
2023 · Grade 6 · English4159%
2023 · Grade 7 · English4—
2023 · Grade 3 · Math4060%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math2528%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math4466%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math4141%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math4—
2022 · Grade 3 · English2556%
2022 · Grade 4 · English4163%
2022 · Grade 5 · English4257%
2022 · Grade 6 · English4564%
2022 · Grade 7 · English——
2022 · Grade 8 · English7—
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2544%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math4161%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math4233%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math4551%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math——
2022 · Grade 8 · Math7—
2019 · Grade 3 · English4078%
2019 · Grade 4 · English3253%
2019 · Grade 5 · English4457%
2019 · Grade 6 · English4360%
2019 · Grade 7 · English——
2019 · Grade 8 · English——
2019 · Grade 3 · Math4072%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math3250%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math4439%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math4363%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math——
2019 · Grade 8 · Math——
2018 · Grade 3 · English3262%
2018 · Grade 4 · English4257%
2018 · Grade 5 · English4865%
2018 · Grade 6 · English2972%
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math3355%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math4233%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math4838%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math2969%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English4549%
2017 · Grade 4 · English4654%
2017 · Grade 5 · English2976%
2017 · Grade 6 · English4363%
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math4542%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math4643%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math2959%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math4351%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——

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
Schoolwide2917%10%62%10%

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
White8456%−17−4
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+689Accelerated089Average
English-only students+377not categorized−177not categorized
White+551Accelerated+351Average
Students with disabilities+129Average−429Average
Hispanic or Latino−325Average−725Moderate
Low-income−322Average−722Moderate

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
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

89 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 · math0 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

89 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: 0 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 16 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.1% (3 of 280) → 2025–26 · 0.4% (1 of 277) · −0.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female2 in 10014 in 100+12 in 100
Male8 in 10017 in 100+9 in 100
Asian0 of 110 of 12—
Hispanic or Latino3 of 7122 of 81—
Two or more races1 of 241 of 17—
White6 in 10012 in 100+6 in 100
Students with disabilities1 of 2913 of 57—
English learners0 of 123 of 14—
Low-income5 of 7119 of 89—
All students5 in 10016 in 100+11 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

School-level federal expenditures$215 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 269

Central federal expenditures attributed here$253 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 269

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

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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 93117 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93117 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$90,037
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)51%
ZIP-area population52,934
Median age23.5 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 93117 →

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