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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Ralph Dunlap Elementary, Santa Maria, CA

Ralph Dunlap Elementary is a public elementary school in Santa Maria, part of Orcutt Union Elementary. It enrolled 502 students in 2024-25, with 27.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
502
Teachers (FTE)
18.0
Students per teacher
27.9
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 3.0 higher than the district figure of 24.9. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school27.9
District24.9
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1220 Oak Knoll Rd., Santa Maria, CA 93455
Phone
(805)938-8500
District
Orcutt Union Elementary
County
Santa Barbara County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
062871004461
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
232
Reduced-price lunch
50
Free or reduced-price lunch
28256.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
164Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 Orcutt Union Elementary

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.