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Santa Barbara Unified School District

720 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101

15.5K Students | 724 Teachers | 22 Schools

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Adams Elementary
Adelante Charter
Alta Vista Alternative High
Cleveland Elementary
Dos Pueblos Senior High
Franklin Elementary
Goleta Valley Junior High
Harding University Partnership
La Colina Junior High
La Cuesta Continuation High
La Cumbre Junior High
McKinley Elementary
Monroe Elementary
Open Alternative
Peabody Charter
Roosevelt Elementary
San Marcos Senior High
Santa Barbara Charter
Santa Barbara Community Academy
Santa Barbara Junior High
Santa Barbara Senior High
Washington Elementary

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District Composition

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in school districts across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Another measure of disparities is how segregated schools are in a district. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

White students are 4 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as students of Two or More Races.

A comparison between Black students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

White students are 2.2 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Hispanic students.

Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are 1.2 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as White students.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

Discipline

3.4x

Black students are 3.4 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Hispanic students are 1.9 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

No Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students have been suspended, so cannot compare them to White students.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White student suspensions is not available.

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Opportunity

School districts offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students in this district.

AP Course Composition

Gifted & Talented Composition

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Students

66% Nonwhite Students

43% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

87% High School Graduation Rate

41% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

2,765 students

< 1% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

116 students

23% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

1,540 students

23% Students Enrolled in Physics

1,580 students

16% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

1,115 students

13% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

878 students

23% Students Enrolled in Biology

1,529 students

12% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

811 students

5% Students Enrolled in Calculus

368 students

< 1% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

72 students

Teachers & Resources

21.4 Students for Every Teacher

15% Inexperienced Teachers

53% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

25.7 Average Number of AP Courses per School

3.2 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

5 Schools With Credit Recovery Programs

4 Schools With Dual Enrollment Programs

1 School With Gifted & Talented Programs

1 School With International Baccalaureates

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Discipline

School districts differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this district punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

Expulsion Composition

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Students

409 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

3% of all students in this district

158 Total In-School Suspended Students

1% of all students in this district

237 Total Expelled Students

2% of all students in this district

Outcomes & Resources

70 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School

3.1Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

8 Total Arrests

60 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

2 Average Referrals to Law Enforcement, per School

1 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

1.1 Security Guard or Law Enforcement Officer per 1000 students

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Civil Rights Coordinators

Districts are required to designate specific employees to ensure schools are in compliance with federal civil rights laws. Here are the designated civil rights coordinators for this district.

Civil Rights: All Forms of Discrimination

Frann Wageneck
(805) 963-4338 x 6262
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All Schools

Explore the disparities in discipline and academic opportunities across all schools in this district.

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AsianAsian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian

Native Am.Native American or Alaska Native

Two+ RacesTwo or More Races

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students)	Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Adams Elementary	Santa Barbara	78%	66%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Adelante Charter	Santa Barbara	88%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Alta Vista Alternative High	Santa Barbara	55%	33%	Between 50% and 54%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Cleveland Elementary	Santa Barbara	98%	55%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Dos Pueblos Senior High	Goleta	56%	28%	92%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Franklin Elementary	Santa Barbara	97%	92%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Goleta Valley Junior High	Goleta	65%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Harding University Partnership	Santa Barbara	96%	54%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Colina Junior High	Santa Barbara	45%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Cuesta Continuation High	Santa Barbara	94%	65%	Between 25% and 29%	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Cumbre Junior High	Santa Barbara	92%	38%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
McKinley Elementary	Santa Barbara	98%	87%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Monroe Elementary	Santa Barbara	76%	65%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	14.4x
Open Alternative	Santa Barbara	60%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Peabody Charter	Santa Barbara	58%	45%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Roosevelt Elementary	Santa Barbara	52%	35%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
San Marcos Senior High	Santa Barbara	61%	39%	90%	0 Not available	11.8x
Santa Barbara Charter	Goleta	33%	15%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Community Academy	Santa Barbara	97%	47%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Junior High	Santa Barbara	70%	48%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	Over 20x
Santa Barbara Senior High	Santa Barbara	62%	40%	91%	2x	0 Not available
Washington Elementary	Santa Barbara	44%	33%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students)	Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Adams Elementary	Santa Barbara	78%	66%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Adelante Charter	Santa Barbara	88%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Alta Vista Alternative High	Santa Barbara	55%	33%	Between 50% and 54%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Cleveland Elementary	Santa Barbara	98%	55%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Dos Pueblos Senior High	Goleta	56%	28%	92%	1.5x	0 Not available
Franklin Elementary	Santa Barbara	97%	92%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Goleta Valley Junior High	Goleta	65%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Harding University Partnership	Santa Barbara	96%	54%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Colina Junior High	Santa Barbara	45%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Cuesta Continuation High	Santa Barbara	94%	65%	Between 25% and 29%	0 Not available	.5Less likely
La Cumbre Junior High	Santa Barbara	92%	38%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
McKinley Elementary	Santa Barbara	98%	87%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Monroe Elementary	Santa Barbara	76%	65%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Open Alternative	Santa Barbara	60%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Peabody Charter	Santa Barbara	58%	45%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Roosevelt Elementary	Santa Barbara	52%	35%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
San Marcos Senior High	Santa Barbara	61%	39%	90%	1.6x	2.7x
Santa Barbara Charter	Goleta	33%	15%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Community Academy	Santa Barbara	97%	47%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Junior High	Santa Barbara	70%	48%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	7.8x
Santa Barbara Senior High	Santa Barbara	62%	40%	91%	1.7x	2.1x
Washington Elementary	Santa Barbara	44%	33%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	.5 No White students suspended

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students)	Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Adams Elementary	Santa Barbara	78%	66%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Adelante Charter	Santa Barbara	88%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Alta Vista Alternative High	Santa Barbara	55%	33%	Between 50% and 54%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Cleveland Elementary	Santa Barbara	98%	55%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Dos Pueblos Senior High	Goleta	56%	28%	92%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Franklin Elementary	Santa Barbara	97%	92%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Goleta Valley Junior High	Goleta	65%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Harding University Partnership	Santa Barbara	96%	54%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Colina Junior High	Santa Barbara	45%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Cuesta Continuation High	Santa Barbara	94%	65%	Between 25% and 29%	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Cumbre Junior High	Santa Barbara	92%	38%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
McKinley Elementary	Santa Barbara	98%	87%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Monroe Elementary	Santa Barbara	76%	65%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Open Alternative	Santa Barbara	60%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Peabody Charter	Santa Barbara	58%	45%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Roosevelt Elementary	Santa Barbara	52%	35%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
San Marcos Senior High	Santa Barbara	61%	39%	90%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Charter	Goleta	33%	15%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Community Academy	Santa Barbara	97%	47%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Junior High	Santa Barbara	70%	48%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Senior High	Santa Barbara	62%	40%	91%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Washington Elementary	Santa Barbara	44%	33%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students)	Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Adams Elementary	Santa Barbara	78%	66%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Adelante Charter	Santa Barbara	88%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Alta Vista Alternative High	Santa Barbara	55%	33%	Between 50% and 54%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Cleveland Elementary	Santa Barbara	98%	55%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Dos Pueblos Senior High	Goleta	56%	28%	92%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
Franklin Elementary	Santa Barbara	97%	92%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Goleta Valley Junior High	Goleta	65%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Harding University Partnership	Santa Barbara	96%	54%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Colina Junior High	Santa Barbara	45%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Cuesta Continuation High	Santa Barbara	94%	65%	Between 25% and 29%	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Cumbre Junior High	Santa Barbara	92%	38%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
McKinley Elementary	Santa Barbara	98%	87%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Monroe Elementary	Santa Barbara	76%	65%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Open Alternative	Santa Barbara	60%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Peabody Charter	Santa Barbara	58%	45%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Roosevelt Elementary	Santa Barbara	52%	35%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
San Marcos Senior High	Santa Barbara	61%	39%	90%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Charter	Goleta	33%	15%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Community Academy	Santa Barbara	97%	47%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Junior High	Santa Barbara	70%	48%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Senior High	Santa Barbara	62%	40%	91%	0 Not available	7.3x
Washington Elementary	Santa Barbara	44%	33%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students)	Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Adams Elementary	Santa Barbara	78%	66%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Adelante Charter	Santa Barbara	88%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Alta Vista Alternative High	Santa Barbara	55%	33%	Between 50% and 54%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Cleveland Elementary	Santa Barbara	98%	55%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Dos Pueblos Senior High	Goleta	56%	28%	92%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
Franklin Elementary	Santa Barbara	97%	92%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Goleta Valley Junior High	Goleta	65%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Harding University Partnership	Santa Barbara	96%	54%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Colina Junior High	Santa Barbara	45%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Cuesta Continuation High	Santa Barbara	94%	65%	Between 25% and 29%	0 Not available	0 Not available
La Cumbre Junior High	Santa Barbara	92%	38%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
McKinley Elementary	Santa Barbara	98%	87%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Monroe Elementary	Santa Barbara	76%	65%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Open Alternative	Santa Barbara	60%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Peabody Charter	Santa Barbara	58%	45%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Roosevelt Elementary	Santa Barbara	52%	35%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
San Marcos Senior High	Santa Barbara	61%	39%	90%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Charter	Goleta	33%	15%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Community Academy	Santa Barbara	97%	47%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Santa Barbara Junior High	Santa Barbara	70%	48%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	Over 20x
Santa Barbara Senior High	Santa Barbara	62%	40%	91%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Washington Elementary	Santa Barbara	44%	33%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology →