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Santa Maria-Bonita Schools
Santa Maria-Bonita is a public school district in California, based in Santa Barbara County (Santa Maria). SchoolGrade grades 21 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Santa Maria-Bonita on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
Every school in Santa Maria-Bonita
Middle and junior high schools (4)
- Arellanes Junior High, Santa Maria
- El Camino Junior High, Santa Maria
- Fesler Isaac Junior High, Santa Maria
- Kunst Tommie Junior High, Santa Maria
Elementary and primary schools (17)
- Adam William Laird Elementary, Santa Maria
- Alvin Elementary, Santa Maria
- Arellanes Don Juan Bautista Elementary, Santa Maria
- Battles Washington Elementary, Santa Maria
- Bill Libbon Elementary, Santa Maria
- Bonita Elementary, Santa Maria
- Bruce Robert Elementary, Santa Maria
- Fairlawn Elementary, Santa Maria
- Jimenez Roberto And Dr Francisco Elementary, Santa Maria
- Liberty Elementary, Santa Maria
- Miller Isaac Elementary, Santa Maria
- Oakley Calvin C Elementary, Santa Maria
- Ontiveros Juan Pacifico Elementary, Santa Maria
- Rice William Elementary, Santa Maria
- Sanchez David J Elementary, Santa Maria
- Taylor Ida Redmond Elementary, Santa Maria
- Tunnell Martin Luther Elementary, Santa Maria
Where Santa Maria-Bonita schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Santa Maria (21)
About this district
- State: Best schools in California
- County: Santa Barbara County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: midsize city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 17,165 students with 822 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,727 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 0605580
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Santa Maria Joint Union High (4 schools, 7 mi)
- Orcutt Union Elementary (10 schools, 8 mi)
- Lucia Mar Unified (19 schools, 11 mi)
- Lompoc Unified (16 schools, 23 mi)
- San Luis Coastal Unified (16 schools, 29 mi)
- Atascadero Unified (12 schools, 30 mi)
- Templeton Unified (7 schools, 46 mi)
- Goleta Union Elementary (9 schools, 46 mi)
Questions about Santa Maria-Bonita
How many schools are in Santa Maria-Bonita?
SchoolGrade grades 21 public schools in Santa Maria-Bonita, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Santa Maria-Bonita serve?
The largest by graded schools: Santa Maria.
How many students attend Santa Maria-Bonita?
17,165 students were enrolled in Santa Maria-Bonita in the 2023-24 school year, about 20.9 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Santa Maria-Bonita?
Santa Maria-Bonita is in California, based in Santa Barbara County, with its district office in Santa Maria. Its boundary covers about 47.8 sq mi.