Rice (William) Elementary
Public · Grades K–6 · 887 students
Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary
1248 East Dena Way, Santa Maria, CA 93454
Grades
K–6
Elementary
Students
917
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
21.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Santa Maria-Bonita
Santa Barbara County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 5,632 California elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary
Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary is a public elementary school in Santa Maria, California, serving grades K–6. It is part of Santa Maria-Bonita. The school is located in a midsize city in Santa Barbara County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 917 students were enrolled, with about 21.7 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is close to the typical California elementary school (21.4 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 5,632 California elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–6
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–6
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 917 students
- Students per teacher
- 21.7 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Midsize
- School district
- Santa Maria-Bonita
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- NCES school ID
- 060558009318
Schools near Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary
All 42 schools in Santa Maria →
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St. Mary of the Assumption School
Private · Grades Pre-K–8 · 218 students
Bruce (Robert) Elementary
Public · Grades K–6 · 1,050 students
Miller (Isaac) Elementary
Public · Grades K–6 · 883 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.