📍 6100 Stow Canyon Rd., Goleta, Santa Barbara County, 93117
Goleta Valley Junior High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Goleta, Santa Barbara County. The school has 717 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Clanci Chiu-merritt. It is part of the Santa Barbara Unified school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
Goleta Valley Junior High enrolls 717 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 38% White and 7.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 339 | 47% |
| White | 271 | 38% |
| Two or more races | 55 | 7.7% |
| Asian | 43 | 6% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
352 of the school's 717 students (49%) 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.
Goleta Valley Junior High is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Goleta Valley Junior High is one of 21 schools in Santa Barbara Unified, based in Santa Barbara, California. The district serves 12,250 students district-wide and employs 658 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 717 students, Goleta Valley Junior High is larger than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Browse live education vacancies at or near Goleta Valley Junior High.
Find vacancies →