Glen City Elementary

Glen City Elementary operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Santa Paula, California, run under Santa Paula Unified. Current enrollment sits at 675 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 45% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Glen City Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by Santa Paula Unified, a district that enrolls 4,570 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glen City Elementary lists that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Glen City Elementary shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glen City Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.8%, the actual is 28.8%, a residual of +1.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Ventura County reports that median household income runs about $109,797, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Glen City Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Santa Paula Unified School District Independent Studies, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glen City Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.6%.

Glen City Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Glen City Elementary's enrollment has grew 21% since 2018, when it stood at 560 (now 675). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 99% to 95%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Glen City Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.