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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Washington Elementary, Santa Barbara, CA

CEP schoolWashington Elementary is a public elementary school in Santa Barbara, part of Santa Barbara Unified. It enrolled 477 students in 2024-25, with 17.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
477
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
17.0
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 1.9 lower than the district figure of 18.9. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.0
District18.9
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
290 Lighthouse Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93109
Phone
(805)965-6653
District
Santa Barbara Unified
County
Santa Barbara County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
060141406032
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
159
Reduced-price lunch
37
Free or reduced-price lunch
19641.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
119Students 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 Barbara Unified

Elementary schools elsewhere in Santa Barbara

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.