Santa Maria
Santa Maria, CA schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
$890 left/mo
3 bd $3,622/mo in Santa Maria. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule.
Public-school students
66,209
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
20.3
3,267 teachers
Districts / schools
33 / 124
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$890
NCES counts 124 public schools here. 126 are filed under a level. 2 are not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
12 largest districts in Santa Maria.
- Santa Maria-Bonita
Santa Maria
- Students
- 17,408
- Schools
- 21
- Pupil–teacher
- 21.2
- Santa Barbara Unified
Santa Barbara
- Students
- 12,250
- Schools
- 21
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.9
- Santa Maria Joint Union High
Santa Maria
- Students
- 8,930
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 21.7
- Lompoc Unified
Lompoc
- Students
- 8,898
- Schools
- 16
- Pupil–teacher
- 20.7
- Orcutt Union Elementary
Orcutt
- Students
- 4,911
- Schools
- 10
- Pupil–teacher
- 24.9
- Goleta Union Elementary
Goleta
- Students
- 3,395
- Schools
- 9
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.9
- Carpinteria Unified
Carpinteria
- Students
- 1,924
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.4
- Guadalupe Union Elementary
Guadalupe
- Students
- 1,323
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.7
- Hope Elementary
Santa Barbara
- Students
- 859
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.1
- Santa Ynez Valley Union High
Solvang
- Students
- 813
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.2
- Peabody Charter District
Santa Barbara
- Students
- 780
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 22.3
- Solvang Elementary
Solvang
- Students
- 602
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.4
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
76
Elementary grades
Middle
16
Middle or junior high
High
21
Secondary grades
Other
13
K–12, ungraded, alternative
126 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Santa Maria metro sits
Roughly the core of the Santa Maria, CA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. −$2,258 left/mo. Childcare $1,245. Santa Maria paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Santa Maria
Take-home by job in Santa Maria
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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