Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6
Thelma Bedell Elementary, Santa Paula, CA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 294
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- Grades
- K to 6
This school's ratio is 2.6 lower 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.
School details
- Address
- 1305 Laurel Rd., Santa Paula, CA 93060
- Phone
- (805)933-8951
- District
- Santa Paula Unified
- County
- Ventura County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- NCES school ID
- 060142106112
School meals
- Free lunch
- 135
- Reduced-price lunch
- 62
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 19767.0% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 113Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
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.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Santa Paula Unified
- Glen City Elementary 675 students
- Grace Thille Elementary 358 students
- Barbara Webster Elementary 325 students
- Blanchard Elementary 317 students
- McKevett Elementary 300 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Santa Paula
- Olivelands Elementary Briggs Elementary School District
- Mupu Elementary Mupu Elementary School District
- Santa Clara Elementary Santa Clara Elementary School District
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
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.