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Cleveland Elementary School

Cleveland Elementary School

General Information

School Highlights

Cleveland Elementary School is situated on 8.5 acres on a hillside overlooking the beautiful Santa Barbara Channel. Built in 1959, the school has provided quality educational services to a diverse student population.

In July of 1998, the Cleveland School community culminated a two-year study for continuous learning systems for elementary age students, with the adoption of a year round school calendar. Students attend three sixty-day trimesters of instruction, while their three months of vacation are evenly distributed throughout the school year. Each vacation period is one month long.

School Recognition

California Distinguished School (1989)

Feeder Schools and their District

Cleveland Elementary School feeds into Santa Barbara Junior High School.

School Accountability Report Card

Current Reports Index

Content Standards

Current Standards Index

Assessment Plan

Current Schedule

Assessment Results

California’s testing program seeks ways to create a cohesive system that is fair to all students, provides reliable comparisons, and measures what students are expected to know. The Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program is the centerpiece of state testing. STAR has three basic components, all of which are multiple-choice tests: California Standards Test (CST), which is an achievement test based on California's content standards, California Modified Assessment (CMA), for students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and designed to address the student's individual needs, California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA), for students with severe cognitive disabilities, and Standards-based in Spanish (STS) for newly enrolled Spanish-speaking English learners. These “on demand” assessments are administered to all students in the grade level that is being tested. In addition to the “on demand” assessments, student achievement is continuously monitored by the classroom teacher(s).

Test Results

Academic Performance Index (API)

The Academic Performance Index is a system of measuring each school’s academic performance and progress in reaching established goals.

API Reports

School Safety / Disaster Preparedness

All schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District periodically conduct fire and earthquake drills. Each school has a disaster preparedness plan and works in coordination with local law enforcement and other public safety organizations.

School custodians address daily cleaning and maintenance needs. The District’s maintenance team visits each campus regularly, according to a defined rotation schedule, and addresses specialized needs (e.g., painting, carpentry, etc.). In the event of a facility emergency at the school site, the District maintenance team responds on an immediate basis.

Student Enrollment and Ethnic Distribution

Enrollment and ethnicity information is gathered from the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS). CALPADS information is updated each October as a California Department of Education reporting requirement. Comprehensive and comparative CALPADS data for all Santa Barbara County schools is available at: www.sbceo.org