📍 2300 Highway 166, New Cuyama, Santa Barbara County, 93254
Cuyama Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in New Cuyama, Santa Barbara County. The school has 121 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alfonso Gamino. It is part of the Cuyama Joint Unified school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 6.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
Cuyama Elementary enrolls 121 students across grades K–8. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 6.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Hispanic or Latino, 19% White and 2.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 95 | 79% |
| White | 23 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
92 of the school's 121 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cuyama Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Cuyama Elementary is one of 3 schools in Cuyama Joint Unified, based in Cuyama, California. The district serves 164 students district-wide and employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 121 students, Cuyama Elementary is larger than the district average of about 55 students per school.