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Santa Maria-Bonita

Santa Maria, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

17,408
Students enrolled
21
Public schools
821
Classroom teachers (FTE)
21.2:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 2,933
  • Grade 1 1,794
  • Grade 2 1,827
  • Grade 3 1,799
  • Grade 4 1,811
  • Grade 5 1,813
  • Grade 6 1,815
  • Grade 7 1,806
  • Grade 8 1,810

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 95%
  • White 2%
  • Asian 1%
  • Two or more races <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 16,153 of 17,408 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 85%
  • Reduced-price lunch 8%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$19,642 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $12,108
  • Support services $6,621
  • Other (food service, etc.) $913

Where the money comes from

  • Local 19%
  • State 69%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $387.2 milliontotal spending $375.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 08

Locale (NCES)

City: MidsizeStudents: 91% city, 6% suburb, 3% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,804

District office

708 South Miller St., Santa Maria CA 93454

County

Santa Barbara County

Official website

NCES District ID

605580

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About Santa Maria-Bonita

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our mission is to teach, to learn and to facilitate learning in a cooperative and safe environment.
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Public Schools in Santa Maria-Bonita (21)

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Jimenez Roberto and Dr. Francisco Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–08 · 1,177 students · Elementary

Bruce (Robert) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 1,050 students · Elementary

Alvin Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 998 students · Elementary

Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 917 students · Elementary

Rice (William) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 887 students · Elementary

Miller (Isaac) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 883 students · Elementary

Adam (William Laird) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 874 students · Elementary

Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 869 students · Elementary

Liberty Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 865 students · Elementary

Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 849 students · Elementary

Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 849 students · Elementary

Bill Libbon Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 834 students · Elementary

Battles (Washington) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 769 students · Elementary

Fairlawn Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 716 students · Elementary

Sanchez (David J.) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 654 students · Elementary

Bonita Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 535 students · Elementary

Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary

Santa Maria, CA · Grades KG–06 · 298 students · Elementary