How does Santa Barbara Community Academy compare to other elementary schools in Santa Barbara?

Santa Barbara Community Academy has a SchoolScope composite score of 37.5/100, placing it at the 31st percentile statewide. 8% of students exceed standard, with a total of 534 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Santa Barbara Community Academy?

8.0% of students at Santa Barbara Community Academy exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 29.1% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Santa Barbara Community Academy improving or declining?

Santa Barbara Community Academy's proficiency rate decreases by 8.6 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 Community Academy?

17.6% of students at Santa Barbara Community Academy 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 Community Academy

Santa Barbara Unified Santa Barbara Santa Barbara County 93101

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

534 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

202 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

17:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

86%

Teachers

12 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 98.0%

White 1.0%

Other 1.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Santa Barbara Community Academy
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	8.0%
Met Standard	21.1%
Below Standard	70.9%

Exceeded

8.0%

Met

21.1%

Below

70.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "29% proficient" for Santa Barbara Community Academy and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

8.0% of students exceeded standard while 21.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.0 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.7 points below the Santa Barbara Unified district average of 19.7%. The 8 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 27.1% exceeded — 19.2 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 8.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 17.6%, better than the state average of 18.7%.