Facts at a Glance

• Laguna Blanca is Santa Barbara’s only independent K-12 college preparatory day school.
  
  
• Enrollment: Laguna currently enrolls approximately 425 students in Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade.
  
  
• Class size: We believe small class sizes are essential to quality education at any level. We strive for enrollments of 20 students per section in Kindergarten through Sixth Grade, with a teacher and instructional assistant in each classroom. The Seventh and Eighth grades have approximate enrollments of 45 students per grade, and the Ninth through Twelfth grades have over 50 students per grade. Grades Seven through Twelve are broken into instructional groups of about 13 students.
  
  
• Faculty:  There are 53 faculty members, 64% of whom hold advanced degrees, including five Ph.D.s and one J.D.
  
  
• College Placement: 100% of Laguna graduates attend college. Our students gain entrance into some of the nation’s most selective institutions. From 2004-2008, two or more graduates have enrolled at the following colleges and universities: Amherst, Beloit, B.U., Brown, Cal Arts Institute, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Chapman, Claremont McKenna, Columbia, Georgetown, Gordon, Loyola Marymount, Miami U., N.Y.U., Northwestern, Pitzer, Princeton, Saint Mary’s of CA, San Francisco State, Sarah Lawrence, Scripps, S.M.U., Stanford, Trinity (CT), Tulane, Union, UC, Berkeley, UC, Davis, UCLA, UC, San Diego, UCSB, UC, Santa Cruz, U. Colorado, U. Denver, U. Pennsylvania, U. Puget Sound, U. San Francisco, U. Southern California, Vassar, Wesleyan, Westmont, Wheaton (MA), Yale. Complete college matriculation
  
  
• Advanced Placement & National Merit Awards: In May 2006, 91 Laguna students took 199 Advanced Placement Examinations, and received the following awards:
  
  National AP Scholar (1 student)
  
  AP Scholar with Distinction (13 students)
  AP Scholar with Honor (5 students)
  AP Scholar (13 students)
  
  National Merit Semifinalists (1 student)
  National Merit Commendations (6 students)
  
  
• Calendar: The Upper School uses a two-semester calendar; the Lower and Middle Schools use a trimester calendar.
  
  
• Campuses: The Lower School (K-4) is located on two charming acres in Montecito. The original 1933 campus in Hope Ranch houses the Middle (5-8) and Upper (9-12) Schools on 35 bucolic acres. Click here to take a virtual tour of the campuses.