Santa Maria, California is a medium size city with 133,563 people. The city features only 4 nursing homes, which is not quite as many as we expected in a city of this size. The nursing homes in this city received an excellent city grade of B+. Even with only a few facilities, this is still a high quality city grade. This is a well above average grade with the vast majority of places receiving a lower score. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city performed remarkably well in short-term care. In fact, we awarded the city a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. Short-term care ratings this high are a great sign for the levels of physical and occupational therapy staffing at the facilities in the city. The city performed extremely well in terms of its inspection grade as well. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, it received an A- in that area. Rounding out its quality profile, Santa Maria received a grade of B+ for its nursing grade and a B in long-term care. We found this city to be strong in each category we assessed.