Middle · California

La Colina Junior High

Free meals for all

La Colina Junior High, a public middle school in Santa Barbara, California: grades 7–8, 832 students, 19.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Santa Barbara Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with middle 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
832
Teachers (FTE)
41.9
Students per teacher
19.8
Grades
7–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in California

Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared

More students per teacher than 86% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 71% of middle schools in California

Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared

Larger than 81% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 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%

69%proficient

+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 85% of middle schools in California

Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared

791 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

California: 38%

61%proficient

+4.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 87% of middle schools in California

Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared

787 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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
Middle · Grades 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Santa Barbara Unified.

Location

Address
4025 Foothill Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Phone
(805)967-4506
City or town
Santa Barbara

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
La Cumbre Junior HighFree meals for all
7–842617.642%35%
Alta VistaAlternativeMostly virtual
7–822.7——
Santa Barbara Junior HighFree meals for all
7–851216.031%27%
Goleta Valley Junior HighFree meals for all
7–873119.355%49%
Carpinteria MiddleFree meals for all
6–843716.944%34%

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

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.

NCES 060141406022