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Santa Maria-Bonita School District, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Santa Maria-Bonita School District runs 21 public schools with 17,408 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 21.2 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.Listed in NCES data as "Santa Maria-Bonita".
At a glance
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 17,408
- Teachers (FTE)
- 820
- Students per teacher
- 21.2
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 708 South Miller St., Santa Maria, CA 93454
- Phone
- (805)928-1783
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0605580
- State district ID
- CA-4269120
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,804
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 967 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 49.0
Students per teacher compared
This district21.2
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 (16,665), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $274.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $44.8 million
- State revenue
- $182.5 million
- Local revenue
- $47.5 million
- Total spending
- $238.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,302
- Salaries
- $118.8 million49.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $71.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.3%
- State: 66.4%
- Local: 17.3%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,302
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Santa Maria-Bonita School District
By level: 4 middle, 17 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Adam (William Laird) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 874 | 25.0 |
| Alvin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 998 | 24.3 |
| Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 298 | 17.5 |
| Arellanes Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 668 | 18.6 |
| Battles (Washington) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 769 | 21.4 |
| Bill Libbon ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 834 | 23.8 |
| Bonita ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 535 | 18.4 |
| Bruce (Robert) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 1,050 | 22.8 |
| El Camino Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 830 | 18.4 |
| Fairlawn ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 716 | 21.1 |
| Fesler (Isaac) Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 974 | 20.3 |
| Jimenez Roberto and Dr. Francisco ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 1,177 | 25.6 |
| Kunst (Tommie) Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 912 | 18.2 |
| Liberty ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 865 | 21.1 |
| Miller (Isaac) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 883 | 22.1 |
| Oakley (Calvin C.) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 849 | 21.2 |
| Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 869 | 24.8 |
| Rice (William) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 887 | 22.2 |
| Sanchez (David J.) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 654 | 21.1 |
| Taylor (Ida Redmond) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 849 | 19.3 |
| Tunnell (Martin Luther) ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 917 | 21.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Santa Barbara County
- Santa Barbara Unified 12,250 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
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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.