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Santa Barbara County Special EducationPublicSanta Barbara, CAGrades TK-1249 students

Santa Barbara County Special Education: A special education center. No Scope Score publishes here.

A Scope Score ranks schools a family can choose between. At Santa Barbara County Special Education, students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery — so a comparative rank would measure something a family's choice never entered. We show what California reports and hold the rank.

special education center

no score · no band · no rank — enrollment assigned, not chosen

49 students · placed by an IEP team

SchoolScope has no scored record for this school, so there is nothing here to rank either way. Why we withhold a score →

Santa Barbara County Special Education is a special education center in Santa Barbara, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, performance band, archetype or ranking for schools where enrollment is assigned rather than chosen.

SchoolScope holds no scored record for Santa Barbara County Special Education this year — no Scope Score, band or rank — so there is no picture to draw beyond the figures on this page.

Worth a conversation

If a placement here is part of a child's IEP, this page is background, not the decision — the IEP team meeting is where fit actually gets decided.

  • Ask how this placement was determined, and what the annual IEP review looks at.
  • Ask what related services — speech, occupational therapy, counseling — are provided on site.
  • Ask how and when a return to a less-restrictive setting gets reconsidered.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 7 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher7 · district 8
Teaching staff52 teachers
Avg. experience11.2 years
Fully credentialed93%
First-year teachers21%
Intern / emergency permit1.2%
PrincipalKirsten Escobedo
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Teacher salary schedule$67,875 – $133,156
Superintendent salary$284,095

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Who is enrolled

Four in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 49 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

Hispanic or Latino85.7% · district 89.7% · CA 56.1%
White4.1% · district 4.7% · CA 19.9%
Asian4.1% · district 1.9% · CA 10.2%
Other6.1% · district 3.7% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 38.8% · Male 61.2%
Free or reduced lunch87.8% · CA 64%

Contact

DistrictSanta Barbara County Office of Education
PrincipalKirsten Escobedo
GradesTK-12
Enrollment49 students
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Data source: California Department of Education. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025 — enrollment, staffing, and finance figures above are CDE's own current data. Data updated 2026-09-27.methodology · data updates · report issue

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