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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary, Santa Maria, CA

CEP schoolArellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary is a public elementary school in Santa Maria, part of Santa Maria-Bonita School District. It enrolled 298 students in 2024-25, with 17.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
298
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
17.5
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 3.7 lower than the district figure of 21.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.5
District21.2
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1890 Sandalwood Dr., Santa Maria, CA 93455
Phone
(805)361-6860
District
Santa Maria-Bonita School District
County
Santa Barbara County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
060558009314
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
259
Reduced-price lunch
25
Free or reduced-price lunch
28495.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
198Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Santa Maria-Bonita School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Santa Maria

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.