Elementary · California
Bruce (Robert) Elementary
Free meals for allBruce (Robert) Elementary, a public elementary school in Santa Maria, California: grades k–6, 1,050 students, 22.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Santa Maria-Bonita.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 1,050
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.9
- Students per teacher
- 22.4
- Grades
- K–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 50% of elementary schools in California
Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared
More students per teacher than 92% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 99% of elementary schools in California
Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared
Larger than 99% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%17%proficient
+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 96% of elementary schools in California
Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared
496 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%15%proficient
+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 92% of elementary schools in California
Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared
500 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Santa Maria-Bonita
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Santa Maria-Bonita.
Location
- Address
- 601 West Alvin Ave., Santa Maria, CA 93458
- Phone
- (805)361-6940
- City or town
- Santa Maria
- County
- Santa Barbara County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fairlawn ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 716 | 20.9 | 22% | 17% |
Alvin ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 998 | 24.3 | 18% | 16% |
Oakley (Calvin C.) ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 849 | 21.0 | 19% | 19% |
Rice (William) ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 887 | 22.0 | 18% | 14% |
Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 869 | 24.8 | 39% | 37% |
Taylor (Ida Redmond) ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 849 | 19.1 | 24% | 19% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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