Middle · California
La Cumbre Junior High
Free meals for allLa Cumbre Junior High, a public middle school in Santa Barbara, California: grades 7–8, 426 students, 17.6 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
- 426
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.2
- Students per teacher
- 17.6
- Grades
- 7–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 83% of middle schools in California
Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared
More students per teacher than 75% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 76% of middle schools in California
Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared
Smaller than 61% 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%42%proficient
+8.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 52% of middle schools in California
Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared
405 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%35%proficient
+9.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 61% of middle schools in California
Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared
413 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
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Santa Barbara Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Santa Barbara Unified.
Location
- Address
- 2255 Modoc Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- Phone
- (805)687-0761
- City or town
- Santa Barbara
- County
- Santa Barbara County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alta VistaAlternativeMostly virtual | 7–8 | 2 | 2.7 | — | — |
Santa Barbara Junior HighFree meals for all | 7–8 | 512 | 16.0 | 31% | 27% |
La Colina Junior HighFree meals for all | 7–8 | 832 | 19.8 | 69% | 61% |
Goleta Valley Junior HighFree meals for all | 7–8 | 731 | 19.3 | 55% | 49% |
Carpinteria MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 437 | 16.9 | 44% | 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
- 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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