Buellton Union Elementary 鈥� Santa Barbara County, CA

Key statistics

545

Students enrolled

2

Public schools

26

Classroom teachers (FTE)

20.6:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Kindergarten 97
Grade 1 54
Grade 2 59
Grade 3 55
Grade 4 64
Grade 5 48
Grade 6 56
Grade 7 53
Grade 8 59

By race/ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino 52%
White 38%
Two or more races 8%
Asian 2%
Black or African American <1%
American Indian or Alaska Native <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

56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 307 of 545 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 41%
Reduced-price lunch 15%

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

$30,433 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $16,229
Support services $13,385
Other (food service, etc.) $818

Where the money comes from

Local 74%
State 20%
Federal 6%

Total revenue $19.3 milliontotal spending $19.6 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)

Town: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

76

District office

301 Second St., Buellton CA 93427

Phone

(805) 686-2767

County

Santa Barbara County

Official website

NCES District ID

606330

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About Buellton Union Elementary

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

Buellton Union School District is a K-8 district with an enrollment of approximately 700 students. It is currently served by two schools. Oak Valley Elementary includes grades K-5, while Jonata School serves students in grades 6-8. Both are rural, neighborhood schools located within a few blocks of one another in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, approximately 40 miles north of the city of Santa Barbara. The Buellton Union School District has high expectations and offers a wide range of programs and services for our students. Some examples of these programs are counseling, speech and resource services, help for English Learners, Drug Free Club, after school tutoring, a music & band program, and after school sports and activites.