Regular local school district · Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Santa Barbara Unified runs 21 public schools with 12,250 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 18.9 students per teacher is 3.0 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 12,250
- Teachers (FTE)
- 649
- Students per teacher
- 18.9
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 720 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- Phone
- (805)963-4338
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0601414
- State district ID
- CA-4276786
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,330
- School counselors (FTE)
- 33.0About 371 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 36.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district18.9
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (13,188), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $237.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $21.2 million
- State revenue
- $44.0 million
- Local revenue
- $171.9 million
- Total spending
- $237.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,987
- Salaries
- $117.4 million49.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $322.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.9%
- State: 18.6%
- Local: 72.5%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,987
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Santa Barbara Unified
By level: 5 high, 5 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Adams ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 469 | 16.8 |
| Alta Vista | Middle | 7 to 8 | 2 | |
| Alta Vista Alternative High | High | 9 to 12 | 119 | 13.2 |
| Cleveland ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 254 | 14.1 |
| Dos Pueblos Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 2,149 | 22.6 |
| Franklin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 424 | 17.7 |
| Goleta Valley Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 731 | 19.8 |
| Harding University PartnershipCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 364 | 17.3 |
| La Colina Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 832 | 20.3 |
| La Cuesta Continuation HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 77 | 8.6 |
| La Cumbre Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 426 | 17.8 |
| McKinley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 293 | 17.2 |
| Monroe ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 315 | 16.6 |
| Roosevelt ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 463 | 17.8 |
| San Marcos Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,926 | 21.2 |
| Santa Barbara CharterCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 269 | 22.4 |
| Santa Barbara Community AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 221 | 18.4 |
| Santa Barbara Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 512 | 16.5 |
| Santa Barbara Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,924 | 19.6 |
| Santa Barbara Unified Early Childhood | ||||
| Washington ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 477 | 17.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Santa Barbara County
- Santa Maria-Bonita School District 17,408 students
- Santa Maria Joint Union High 8,930 students
- Lompoc Unified 8,898 students
- Orcutt Union Elementary 4,911 students
- Goleta Union Elementary 3,395 students
- Carpinteria Unified 1,924 students
- Guadalupe Union Elementary 1,323 students
- Hope Elementary School District 859 students
- Santa Ynez Valley Union High 813 students
- Peabody Charter District 780 students
- Solvang Elementary School District 602 students
- Buellton Union Elementary 545 students
- Manzanita Public Charter District 483 students
- Family Partnership Charter District 372 students
- Montecito Union Elementary 353 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.