📍 4025 Foothill Rd., Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, 93110
La Colina Junior High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County. The school has 900 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Foster. It is part of the Santa Barbara Unified school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
La Colina Junior High enrolls 900 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 41% Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 432 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 373 | 41% |
| Two or more races | 51 | 5.7% |
| Asian | 35 | 3.9% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
377 of the school's 900 students (42%) 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.
La Colina Junior High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
La Colina 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 900 students, La Colina Junior High is larger than the district average of about 583 students per school.
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