Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA PAULA UNIFIED·NCES 060142106105
Barbara Webster Elementary
1150 Saticoy St., Santa Paula, CA 93060 · (805) 933-8930 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
294 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 23% larger than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Barbara Webster Elementary→Isbell Middle
Based on grade levels within Santa Paula Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.5pp since 2014
Math
22.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.2% | 25.3% | 26.5% | 37.1% |
| Math | 8.0% | 14.2% | 30.1% | 47.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 22.2% |
| 2023-24 | 29.2% | 17.1% |
| 2022-23 | 29.9% | 24.2% |
| 2021-22 | 25.9% | 18.2% |
| 2018-19 | 34.8% | 36.5% |
| 2017-18 | 30.9% | 34.3% |
| 2016-17 | 29.3% | 23.2% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 18.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Barbara Webster Elementary
Barbara Webster Elementary's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Webster Elementary this school | 325 | 90.5% | 26.0% |
| Montgomery (John J.) Elementary Chula Vista | 338 | 89.1% | 38.8% |
| Kinoshita Elementary San Juan Capistrano | 302 | 91.4% | 24.1% |
| Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary Los Angeles | 316 | 91.1% | 51.0% |
| Westside Elementary Thermal | 349 | 91.4% | 27.9% |
| Grand View Elementary Dinuba | 356 | 89.0% | 39.7% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Barbara Webster Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #3,970 of 5,151 | #94 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #4,083 of 5,172 ▲ 403 | #97 of 122 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #3,276 of 5,172 ▲ 592 | #74 of 122 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #1,052 of 5,116 | #23 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #4,515 of 5,915 | #98 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #274 of 5,352 | #8 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.0% | #4,995 of 5,354 | #108 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #1,043 of 5,625 | #13 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #3,110 of 3,837 | #82 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
325
+32 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 19.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 325 | 18 | 18.1:1 | 90% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 19 | 18.1:1 | 84% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 16 | 18.7:1 | 92% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 15 | 19.5:1 | 92% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 18 | 19.3:1 | 93% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 20 | 20.6:1 | 90% (373) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barbara Webster Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (348 to 325); teachers unchanged (18 to 18).
About Barbara Webster Elementary
Barbara Webster Elementary is an elementary school in Santa Paula, California, according to federal school records. It enrolls 325 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6. It has 30% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Santa Paula Unified oversees Barbara Webster Elementary and 9 other schools, with 4,570 students in total.
Hispanic students are 95% of those enrolled at Barbara Webster Elementary. The rest of enrollment is 2% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Ventura County's population at about 44%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 9, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 18 full-time-equivalent teachers at Barbara Webster Elementary, giving a ratio of 18.1:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.2 more students per teacher than here. A total of 294 students, or 90%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Ventura County report 59%.
Barbara Webster Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of California public elementary schools.
Barbara Webster Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.0% and a predicted 26.5%.
The county, Ventura County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $109,797 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Barbara Webster Elementary, Ventura County has 238 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, McKevett Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Barbara Webster Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 31.2%, higher than Barbara Webster Elementary's 26.0%.
The NCES locale for Barbara Webster Elementary is Town: Fringe, which covers schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 325, from 293 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 18.1 students per teacher, compared with 19.5 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Barbara Webster Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Paula Unified
- Santa Paula HighHigh · 1,494 students
- Glen City ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Isbell MiddleMiddle · 634 students
- Grace Thille ElementaryElementary · 358 students
- Blanchard ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- McKevett ElementaryElementary · 300 students
Other schools in Santa Paula
- Santa Paula HighHigh · 1,494 students
- Glen City ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Isbell MiddleMiddle · 634 students
- Grace Thille ElementaryElementary · 358 students
- Blanchard ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- McKevett ElementaryElementary · 300 students
Nearby schools
- McKevett Elementary0.2 mi · 300
- Grace Thille Elementary0.5 mi · 358
- Santa Paula High0.7 mi · 1,494
- Isbell Middle0.8 mi · 634
- Renaissance High0.9 mi · 113
- Thelma Bedell Elementary1.0 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Barbara Webster ElementaryHow large is Barbara Webster Elementary?
Barbara Webster Elementary enrolls approximately 325 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Barbara Webster Elementary serve?
Barbara Webster Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Barbara Webster Elementary?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Barbara Webster Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Barbara Webster Elementary?
Student demographics at Barbara Webster Elementary are roughly 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees Barbara Webster Elementary?
Barbara Webster Elementary is overseen by Santa Paula Unified in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.