Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA PAULA UNIFIED·NCES 060142106106
Blanchard Elementary
115 Peck Rd., Santa Paula, CA 93060 · (805) 933-8866 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
18.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
266 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 | 76 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 100% larger than its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
12%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
Blanchard 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
23.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.0pp since 2014
Math
18.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.2% | 17.8% | 25.9% | 51.1% |
| Math | 3.5% | 14.9% | 23.0% | 58.6% |
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 | 23.0% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 12.6% |
| 2022-23 | 19.2% | 14.1% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 14.1% |
| 2018-19 | 19.3% | 19.3% |
| 2017-18 | 21.9% | 18.8% |
| 2016-17 | 25.5% | 23.4% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Blanchard Elementary
Blanchard Elementary's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchard Elementary this school | 317 | 83.9% | 17.9% |
| Sunnyside Elementary Strathmore | 311 | 85.9% | 14.8% |
| Orange Grove Elementary Whittier | 324 | 83.6% | 37.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary Lindsay | 333 | 86.5% | 31.8% |
| Washington Elementary San Jose | 329 | 83.0% | 13.8% |
| North Ranchito Elementary Pico Rivera | 319 | 85.3% | 36.0% |
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 Blanchard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #4,749 of 5,151 | #114 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,450 of 5,172 ▲ 417 | #108 of 122 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,649 of 5,172 ▲ 370 | #112 of 122 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #2,563 of 5,116 | #64 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #4,608 of 5,915 | #102 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #420 of 5,352 | #13 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #4,827 of 5,354 | #99 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #1,776 of 5,625 | #28 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #1,850 of 3,837 | #50 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
317
+26 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 84% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 78% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 13 | 19.5:1 | 76% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 15 | 19.4:1 | 77% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 17 | 22.3:1 | 87% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 20 | 22.3:1 | 86% (383) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blanchard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (379 to 317); teachers unchanged (17 to 17).
About Blanchard Elementary
Blanchard Elementary serves students in Santa Paula, California, as a small elementary school. The school's 317 students are in kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 32% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Santa Paula Unified counts 10 schools and 4,570 students, including Blanchard Elementary.
The student body at Blanchard Elementary is 93% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Blanchard Elementary, 17 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 18.6:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 18.6:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 84% of enrollment. The 59% average for public schools in Ventura County is 25 points lower.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Blanchard Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Blanchard Elementary is 12.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (17.9% versus 30.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Among Ventura County residents, the median household income is $109,797, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Blanchard Elementary, Ventura County has 237 other public schools.
Santa Paula Unified School District Independent Studies is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 30.8%, higher than Blanchard Elementary's 17.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
The school enrolled 317 students in 2024-25, 26 more than the 291 it had in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Blanchard Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Barbara Webster ElementaryElementary · 325 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
- Barbara Webster ElementaryElementary · 325 students
- McKevett ElementaryElementary · 300 students
Other Blanchard Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Blanchard Elementary. Blanchard Elementary is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Blanchard Elementary SchoolBlanchard, OK · 543 students
- Blanchard Elementary SchoolColumbus, GA · 451 students
- Blanchard Elementary SchoolShreveport, LA · 363 students
- BLANCHARD ELEM.CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Paula Unified School District Independent Studies0.5 mi · 60
- Glen City Elementary0.5 mi · 675
- Renaissance High1.1 mi · 113
- Isbell Middle1.2 mi · 634
- Santa Paula High1.3 mi · 1,494
- Briggs Elementary1.5 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About Blanchard ElementaryHow large is Blanchard Elementary?
Blanchard Elementary enrolls approximately 317 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Blanchard Elementary serve?
Blanchard Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Blanchard Elementary?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Blanchard Elementary.
How diverse is Blanchard Elementary?
Blanchard Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Blanchard Elementary public or private?
Blanchard Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Paula Unified.
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