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===High schools=== [[Secondary school|Secondary]] and [[Middle school (United States)|junior high]] school students in Santa Barbara are served by the [[Santa Barbara Unified School District]] (SBUSD), which at its eastern extent encompasses all of Montecito and stretches along the coast to its westernmost point at [[El Capitán State Beach]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=School & District Boundary Maps - Santa Barbara Unified School District |url=https://www.sbunified.org/schools/school-district-boundary-maps |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.sbunified.org |language=en-US}}</ref> Founded in 1875, Santa Barbara High School is the oldest secondary school in the county and served as the region's sole flagship high school until growing enrollment in the 1950's and 1960's led to the establishment of additional high schools.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Our History - Santa Barbara Unified School District |url=https://www.sbunified.org/about/district-historical-timeline |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.sbunified.org |language=en-US}}</ref> The following table details the district's five current high schools. {| class="wikitable sortable" !High Schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District !Grades !Enrollment '23-'24 !Founding Date !Notes |- |Alta Vista Alternative High School |9 – 12 |134<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=School/District Profile Search Results (CA Dept of Education) |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/sdprofile/default.aspx?dcode=4276786 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.cde.ca.gov}}</ref> |2009<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Accountability Report Card |url=https://sarconline.org/public/print/42767860120402/2022-2023?guid=f448ecf9-56d3-4547-8848-e41d8038230f |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=sarconline.org}}</ref> | |- |[[Dos Pueblos High School]] |9 – 12 |2075 |1966<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dos Pueblos Senior High School 2024-2025 School Profile |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tnsPMhdReTqGUA2tntQGnyWNrFW-Eybp/view |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=Dos Pueblos High School |archive-date=March 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250318175456/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tnsPMhdReTqGUA2tntQGnyWNrFW-Eybp/view |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> | |- |La Cuesta Continuation High School |9 – 12 |103 |1966<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Cuesta - La Cuesta Continuation High School |url=https://alted.sbunified.org/la-cuesta |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=alted.sbunified.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |[[San Marcos High School (Santa Barbara, California)|San Marcos High School]] |9 – 12 |1943 |1958<ref>{{Cite web |title=About - San Marcos High School |url=https://sanmarcos.sbunified.org/about#:~:text=San%20Marcos%20High%20School%20is,School%20in%201994%20and%202005. |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=sanmarcos.sbunified.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |[[Santa Barbara High School]] |9 – 12 |2046 |1875 | |} ==== Junior high/middle schools ==== The following table details the four junior high schools of SBUSD. {| class="wikitable sortable" !Junior High Schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District !Grades !Enrollment '23-'24 !Founding Date !Notes |- |[[Goleta Valley Junior High School]] |7 – 8 | 736<ref name=":2" /> |1964<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=History - Goleta Valley Junior High School |url=https://gvjh.sbunified.org/about-us/history#:~:text=Like%20much%20of%20Southern%20California,Junior%20High%20School%20in%201964. |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=gvjh.sbunified.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |La Colina Junior High School |7 – 8 | 893 |1958<ref name=":3" /> | |- |La Cumbre Junior High School |7 – 8 | 450 |1927<ref>{{Cite web |title=School History - La Cumbre Junior High School |url=https://lacumbre.sbunified.org/about-us/school-history |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=lacumbre.sbunified.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |[[Santa Barbara Junior High School]] |7 – 8 | 502 |1924<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History - Santa Barbara Junior High School |url=https://sbjh.sbunified.org/about-us/our-history |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=sbjh.sbunified.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | |} ==== Primary schools ==== Primary school students from [[Transitional kindergarten|TK]] - 6 grades are served by the Santa Barbara Unified School District as well as four other separately organized elementary school districts in and immediately adjacent to Santa Barbara, including the [[Hope Elementary School District]], Cold Spring Elementary School District, Montecito Union Elementary School District, and [[Goleta Union School District|Goleta Union Elementary School District]]. Both Cold Spring and Montecito Union school districts oversee just a single elementary school respectively. The following table details all five elementary school district schools, as all feed into SBUSD. {| class="wikitable sortable" !Elementary School !Elementary School District !Grades !Enrollment '23-'24 !Founding Date !Notes |- |Adams Elementary School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 | 491<ref name=":2" /> |1954<ref>{{Cite web |title=History - Adams Elementary School |url=https://adams.sbunified.org/about-us/history |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=adams.sbunified.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |Adelante Charter School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 | 306 |2010 | |- |Cleveland Elementary School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 |253 |1959 | |- |Franklin Elementary School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 |436 |1899<ref name=":1" /> | |- |Harding University Partnership School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 |378 |1927<ref name=":1" /> |Certified as an [[International Baccalaureate Programme]] since 2012<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harding University Partnership School {{!}} The Gevirtz School (GGSE) - UC Santa Barbara |url=https://education.ucsb.edu/impact-alumni/harding-university-partnership-school |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=education.ucsb.edu}}</ref> |- |McKinley Elementary School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 |264 |1906<ref name=":1" /> |Current building designed by Winsor Soule & John Frederic Murphy Architects and completed in 1931.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=The Architect and Engineer, October 1937 Issue |url=https://usmodernist.org/AECA/AECA-1937-10-1938-03.pdf |access-date=March 26, 2025}}</ref> Designated a City of Santa Barbara historic landmark in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2020 |title=City of Santa Barbara Designated Landmarks as of November 10, 2020 |url=https://santabarbaraca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Services/Lists/List%20of%20Designated%20City%20Landmarks.pdf |access-date=March 26, 2025}}</ref> |- |Monroe Elementary School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 |321 |1958 | |- |Peabody Charter School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 |776 |1928<ref name=":1" /> | |- |Roosevelt Elementary School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 |477 |1923 | |- |Santa Barbara Charter School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 |290 |1993 | |- |Santa Barbara Community Academy |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 |202 |1999 | |- |Washington Elementary School |Santa Barbara Unified |TK – 6 |486 |1953 | |- |Hope Elementary School |Hope |K – 6 |282<ref>{{Cite web |title=School/District Profile Search Results (CA Dept of Education) |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/sdprofile/default.aspx?dcode=4269211 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.cde.ca.gov}}</ref> |1891 |Closed in 1977 due to declining enrollment. Reopened in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our School - Hope Elementary School District |url=https://www.hopeschooldistrict.org/en-US/our-school-93e65c84 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Our School - Hope Elementary School District |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |Monte Vista Elementary School |Hope |TK – 6 |283 |1966 | |- |Vieja Valley Elementary School |Hope |TK – 6 |306 |1961 | |- |Cold Spring Elementary School |Cold Spring |TK – 6 |189<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Profile: Cold Spring Elementary (CA Dept of Education) |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/sdprofile/details.aspx?cds=42691616045348 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.cde.ca.gov}}</ref> |1894<ref>{{Cite web |title=Client Challenge |url=https://www.coldspringschool.net/page/district |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.coldspringschool.net}}</ref> | |- |Montecito Union Elementary School |Montecito Union |TK – 6 |353<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Profile: Montecito Union (CA Dept of Education) |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/sdprofile/details.aspx?cds=42692526045728 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.cde.ca.gov}}</ref> |1859 |Founding date based on City of Santa Barbara grant for first one-room schoolhouse.<ref>{{Cite web |last=District |first=Montecito Union School |title=Montecito Union School District |url=https://www.montecitou.org/211011_2 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.montecitou.org |language=English}}</ref> |- |Brandon Elementary School |Goleta Union |TK – 6 |443<ref>{{Cite web |title=School/District Profile Search Results (CA Dept of Education) |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/sdprofile/default.aspx?dcode=4269195 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.cde.ca.gov}}</ref> |1969 |Closed in 1982 due to declining enrollment. Reopened in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About - Brandon Elementary |url=https://www.gusd.us/brandon/about |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.gusd.us |language=en}}</ref> |- |El Camino Elementary School |Goleta Union |TK – 6 |325 |1965 | |- |Ellwood Elementary School |Goleta Union |TK – 6 |327 |1929 | |- |Foothill Elementary School |Goleta Union |TK – 6 |397 |1965 | |- |Hollister Elementary School |Goleta Union |TK – 6 |346 |1962 | |- |Isla Vista Elementary School |Goleta Union |TK – 6 |433 |1959 | |- |Kellogg Elementary School |Goleta Union |TK – 6 |395 |1963 | |- |La Patera Elementary School |Goleta Union |TK – 6 |386 |1963 | |- |Mountain View Elementary School |Goleta Union |TK – 6 |356 |1966 | |} ==== Private schools ==== There are a variety of private schools in and immediately adjacent to Santa Barbara, serving primary and secondary school students, including: * [[Anacapa School]], 7–12 grades * [[Bishop García Diego High School|Bishop Garcia Diego High School]], 9–12 grades * [[Cate School]], 9–12 grades * [[Laguna Blanca School]], K–12 grades * Providence School, K–12 grades * Crane Country Day School, K–8 grades * Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, K–8 grades * Montessori Center School, K–6 grades
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