How does Santa Barbara Charter compare to other elementary schools in Goleta?

Santa Barbara Charter has a SchoolScope composite score of 47.6/100, placing it at the 61st percentile statewide. 22% of students exceed standard, with a total of 504 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Santa Barbara Charter?

22.4% of students at Santa Barbara Charter exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 50.8% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Santa Barbara Charter improving or declining?

Santa Barbara Charter's proficiency rate decreases by 10.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is not sustaining early academic gains.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Santa Barbara Charter?

15.9% of students at Santa Barbara Charter 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.

Santa Barbara Charter

Santa Barbara Unified Goleta Santa Barbara County 93117 Charter

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

504 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

290 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

22:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

21%

Teachers

13 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 24.1%

White 59.0%

Asian 5.5%

Black 0.3%

Other 11.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Santa Barbara Charter
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	22.4%
Met Standard	28.4%
Below Standard	49.2%

Exceeded

22.4%

Met

28.4%

Below

49.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "51% proficient" for Santa Barbara Charter and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

22.4% of students exceeded standard while 28.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.7 points above the Santa Barbara Unified district average of 19.7%. The 6 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 36.2% exceeded — 13.8 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 10.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 15.9%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

22.4%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

50.8%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G3→G5)

-10.9pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

15.9%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

1.1%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

504

Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
3rd	37	27.0%	32.4%	24.3%	16.2%	59.5%
4th	26	23.1%	30.8%	19.2%	26.9%	53.9%
5th	35	22.9%	31.4%	28.6%	17.1%	54.3%
6th	22	13.6%	40.9%	27.3%	18.2%	54.5%
7th	4	—	—	—	—	—
8th	8	—	—	—	—	—

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
3rd	37	32.4%	27.0%	21.6%	18.9%	59.5%
4th	26	19.2%	26.9%	34.6%	19.2%	46.1%
5th	35	17.1%	25.7%	25.7%	31.4%	42.9%
6th	22	22.7%	9.1%	31.8%	36.4%	31.8%
7th	4	—	—	—	—	—
8th	8	—	—	—	—	—