Tony Thurmond, Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education | California Department of Education
Tony Thurmond, Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education | California Department of Education
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.5% identified as male, 48.4% as female, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.
Data also showed that Hispanic or Latino students made up 74.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in the county, followed by white students at 18.3% (11,617 students), multiracial students at 2.7% (1,688 students) and Asian students at 1.4% (893 students).
Pioneer Valley High School had the highest enrollment among Santa Barbara County's 758 schools in the 2023-24 academic year, welcoming 3,112 students.
After peaking at 6.3 million in the early 2000s, public school enrollment in California has marked its seventh consecutive decline in the 2023-24 school year, with projections indicating it could fall to approximately 5.2 million by the 2033-34 school year. This trend is attributed to lower birth rates, slowed immigration, and families relocating out of state due to high housing costs. Rural and coastal districts have been particularly affected, facing tough decisions such as school closures and staffing reductions.
Although chronic absenteeism in California decreased in 2023, it remains double the pre-pandemic rate. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, chronic absenteeism in the state public schools reached 25% in 2023, up from 12% in 2019.
| School name | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Valley High School | 3,220 | 3,112 | -3.4% |
| Santa Maria High School | 3,196 | 3,110 | -2.7% |
| Ernest Righetti High School | 2,494 | 2,424 | -2.8% |
| Dos Pueblos Senior High School | 2,034 | 2,075 | 2% |
| Santa Barbara Senior High School | 2,107 | 2,046 | -2.9% |
| San Marcos Senior High School | 2,020 | 1,943 | -3.8% |
| Lompoc High School | 1,690 | 1,649 | -2.4% |
| Cabrillo High School | 1,066 | 1,074 | 0.8% |
| Jimenez Roberto and Dr. Francisco Elementary School | 938 | 1,043 | 11.2% |
| Kunst (Tommie) Junior High School | 1,030 | 1,028 | -0.2% |
| Bruce (Robert) Elementary School | 951 | 998 | 4.9% |
| Fesler (Isaac) Junior High School | 959 | 958 | -0.1% |
| Alvin Elementary School | 914 | 939 | 2.7% |
| Rice (William) Elementary School | 913 | 913 | 0% |
| La Colina Junior High School | 900 | 893 | -0.8% |
| Miller (Isaac) Elementary School | 858 | 883 | 2.9% |
| Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary School | 834 | 882 | 5.8% |
| Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary School | 833 | 876 | 5.2% |
| Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary School | 803 | 874 | 8.8% |
| Liberty Elementary School | 873 | 873 | 0% |
| Adam (William Laird) Elementary School | 856 | 870 | 1.6% |
| Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary School | 854 | 867 | 1.5% |
| Santa Ynez Valley Union High School | 847 | 850 | 0.4% |
| El Camino Junior High School | 779 | 833 | 6.9% |
| Orcutt Academy Charter | 767 | 778 | 1.4% |
| Lompoc Valley Middle School | 807 | 769 | -4.7% |
| Battles (Washington) Elementary School | 771 | 756 | -1.9% |
| Bill Libbon Elementary School | 710 | 739 | 4.1% |
| Goleta Valley Junior High School | 717 | 736 | 2.6% |
| Arthur Hapgood Elementary School | 695 | 735 | 5.8% |
| Mary Buren Elementary School | 715 | 727 | 1.7% |
| Fairlawn Elementary School | 746 | 716 | -4% |
| Joe Nightingale Elementary School | 720 | 684 | -5% |
| Sanchez (David J.) Elementary School | 652 | 658 | 0.9% |
| Patterson Road Elementary School | 612 | 641 | 4.7% |
| Miguelito Elementary School | 645 | 629 | -2.5% |
| Arellanes Junior High School | 596 | 622 | 4.4% |
| Solvang Elementary School | 593 | 621 | 4.7% |
| Carpinteria Senior High School | 653 | 609 | -6.7% |
| Kermit McKenzie Intermediate School | 564 | 579 | 2.7% |
| Vandenberg Middle School | 594 | 574 | -3.4% |
| La Canada Elementary School | 592 | 550 | -7.1% |
| Pine Grove Elementary School | 510 | 547 | 7.3% |
| Bonita Elementary School | 540 | 545 | 0.9% |
| Alice Shaw Elementary School | 511 | 526 | 2.9% |
| Buena Vista Elementary School | 477 | 524 | 9.9% |
| La Honda STEAM Academy | 487 | 502 | 3.1% |
| Santa Barbara Junior High School | 560 | 502 | -10.4% |
| Adams Elementary School | 517 | 491 | -5% |
| Leonora Fillmore Elementary School | 512 | 490 | -4.3% |
| Ralph Dunlap Elementary School | 471 | 486 | 3.2% |
| Washington Elementary School | 524 | 486 | -7.3% |
| Canalino Elementary School | 498 | 483 | -3% |
| Orcutt Junior High School | 468 | 480 | 2.6% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School | 442 | 477 | 7.9% |
| Clarence Ruth Elementary School | 471 | 457 | -3% |
| La Cumbre Junior High School | 458 | 450 | -1.7% |
| Brandon Elementary School | 444 | 443 | -0.2% |
| Franklin Elementary School | 441 | 436 | -1.1% |
| Isla Vista Elementary School | 463 | 433 | -6.5% |
| Lakeview Junior High School | 442 | 426 | -3.6% |
| Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy | 440 | 406 | -7.7% |
| Carpinteria Middle School | 406 | 402 | -1% |
| Foothill Elementary School | 374 | 397 | 6.1% |
| Kellogg Elementary School | 409 | 395 | -3.4% |
| Crestview Elementary School | 372 | 390 | 4.8% |
| La Patera Elementary School | 376 | 386 | 2.7% |
| Harding University Partnership | 353 | 378 | 7.1% |
| Oak Valley Elementary School | 350 | 371 | 6% |
| Mountain View Elementary School | 352 | 356 | 1.1% |
| Hollister Elementary School | 344 | 346 | 0.6% |
| Montecito Union | 353 | 344 | -2.5% |
| Delta High School | 341 | 338 | -0.9% |
| Ellwood Elementary School | 341 | 327 | -4.1% |
| El Camino Elementary School | 313 | 325 | 3.8% |
| Monroe Elementary School | 322 | 321 | -0.3% |
| Aliso Elementary School | 329 | 316 | -4% |
| Vieja Valley Elementary School | 300 | 306 | 2% |
| Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary School | 293 | 292 | -0.3% |
| Santa Barbara Charter | 283 | 290 | 2.5% |
| Monte Vista Elementary School | 270 | 283 | 4.8% |
| Hope Elementary School | 269 | 282 | 4.8% |
| McKinley Elementary School | 257 | 264 | 2.7% |
| Cleveland Elementary School | 243 | 253 | 4.1% |
| Santa Barbara Community Academy | 197 | 202 | 2.5% |
| Benjamin Foxen Elementary School | 189 | 192 | 1.6% |
| Cold Spring Elementary School | 193 | 178 | -7.8% |
| Jonata Middle School | 169 | 174 | 3% |
| Santa Ynez Elementary School | 172 | 164 | -4.7% |
| Olga L. Reed Elementary School | 169 | 152 | -10.1% |
| Los Olivos Elementary School | 163 | 151 | -7.4% |
| Alta Vista Alternative High School | 117 | 134 | 14.5% |
| Maple High School | 122 | 125 | 2.5% |
| Cuyama Elementary School | 121 | 108 | -10.7% |
| Ballard Elementary School | 118 | 107 | -9.3% |
| La Cuesta Continuation High School | 80 | 103 | 28.8% |
| Cuyama Valley High School | 59 | 63 | 6.8% |
| Vista de Las Cruces | 39 | 61 | 56.4% |
| Carpinteria Family | 65 | 56 | -13.8% |
| Mission Valley | 64 | 55 | -14.1% |
| Santa Barbara County Special Education | 58 | 54 | -6.9% |
| Orcutt School for Independent Study | 47 | 44 | -6.4% |
| Summerland Elementary School | 50 | 41 | -18% |
| Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court | 19 | 30 | 57.9% |
| Dr. Bob Forinash Community Day | 26 | 26 | 0% |
| College Elementary | 30 | 24 | -20% |
| Santa Barbara County Community | 9 | 14 | 55.6% |
| Refugio High School | 6 | 11 | 83.3% |
| Alta Vista | 7 | 4 | -42.9% |
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