Santa Paula High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Santa Paula, California
Santa Paula High in Santa Paula, California enrolled 1,494 students in 2024-25 with 69.7 full-time teachers, 21.4 students per teacher against the California high-school median of 19.3. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 16% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90% (California: 86.2%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 13% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 3%
1,708 students in 2022-23, 1,659 students in 2023-24, 1,494 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 72.0 to 69.7.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,708 | 72.0 | 23.7 |
| 2023-24 | 1,659 | 76.3 | 21.7 |
| 2024-25 | 1,494 | 69.7 | 21.4 |
21.4 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 66 of every 100 California high schools
Among the 2,071 California high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 19.3; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
12 AP courses and one counselor per 247 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Santa Paula High enrolled 1,731 students and had 7.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 87 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses12
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)7.0, one per 247 of the 1,731 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions87
- Chronically absent22.5% (2022-23)
Who attends
96.2% of students were Hispanic, 2.7% White, 0.4% Asian in 2024-25.
- Hispanic96.2%
- White2.7%
- Asian0.4%
- Two or more races0.4%
- American Indian0.2%
- Pacific Islander0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Santa Paula High scored proficient or above: 16% in math, against 34.3% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 16% | 16% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
90% of the 354 students in Santa Paula High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | California | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 90% | 90% | 86.2% |
| Students in the class | 354 | 424 | 495,492 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Santa Paula
2 public high schools in Santa Paula report 2024-25 enrollment; Santa Paula High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Paula High | 1,494 | 21.4 | 73.7% |
| Renaissance High | 113 | 22.2 | 96.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Santa Paula High
- Renaissance HighThe nearest public high school, 0.2 miles away: 113 students, 22.2 per teacher (2024-25).0.2 mi
- Rio Mesa HighThe next nearest public high school, 8.3 miles away: 1,951 students, 23.0 per teacher (2024-25).8.3 mi
- Compare Santa Paula High with Renaissance HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Santa Paula Unified spends per student$20,615 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$20,615
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaSanta Paula High is the number 569 by size of 2,112 California high schools open in 2024-25.#569 of 2,112
- California schools by students per teacher21.4 students per teacher here against the California median of 19.3 for high schools.21.4:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Santa Paula High
How many students attend Santa Paula High?
1,494 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,708 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Santa Paula, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Santa Paula High?
21.4 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for high schools is 19.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Santa Paula High a Title I school?
Santa Paula High has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at Santa Paula High do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Santa Paula High scored proficient or above: 16% in math, against 34.3% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Santa Paula High?
90% of the 354 students in Santa Paula High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Santa Paula High in?
Santa Paula Unified, NCES district ID 0601421. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060142106114 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.