Other · Alternative · Grades K to 12

Santa Paula Unified School District Independent Studies, Santa Paula, CA

Virtual schoolSanta Paula Unified School District Independent Studies is a public school in Santa Paula, part of Santa Paula Unified. It enrolled 60 students in 2024-25, with 60.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 60
Teachers (FTE): 1.0
Students per teacher: 60.0
Grades: K to 12

This school's ratio is 39.0 higher than the district figure of 21.0. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school60.0

District21.0

California21.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 201 South Steckel Dr., Santa Paula, CA 93060
Phone: (805)933-8880
District: Santa Paula Unified
County: Ventura County
Level: Other
Type: Alternative
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: Yes
Locale: Town: Fringe
NCES school ID: 060142114709

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 46
Reduced-price lunch: 5
Free or reduced-price lunch: 5185.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 32Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.