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Delta High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
4893 Bethany Ln.
Santa Maria, CA 93455
Phone
(805) 937-6356
District
Santa Maria Joint Union High
County
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
341
Classroom Teachers
16

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

1

(10 is best)

Better than 3.0% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Delta High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
5%
41%
10%
55%
0%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
22
23
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 0 0.0%
Grade 10 2 0.6%
Grade 11 70 20.5%
Grade 12 269 78.9%
Total 341 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 11.9% 7.2% 23.2%
Black 1.5% 0.6% 5.1%
Hispanic 85.1% 89.3% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 2.2% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.2% 0.7% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 78.3% 72.5% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 76.2% 67.8% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.1% 4.6% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 154,070 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 272.3 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.7% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.9% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 20.3% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 12.7% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 43,554 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 13.4% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 70.4% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.1% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.1% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.2% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.7% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.5% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.8% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.2% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 5.4% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,371 $68,186,000 46.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,035 $9,578,000 6.5%
Staff $1,088 $10,066,000 6.8%
General Administration $203 $1,879,000 1.3%
School Administration $614 $5,682,000 3.8%
Operation $1,431 $13,241,000 8.9%
Transportation $204 $1,890,000 1.3%
Other $537 $4,967,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,113 $47,303,000 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,512 $32,488,000 22.0%
Total Expenditures $15,996 $147,977,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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