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Blanchard Elementary

Public Grades K-6
4910th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 15% of California elementary schools
Summary

Blanchard Elementary serves 317 students in grades K–6 in Santa Paula, in an area with several nearby elementary schools. Its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were below California’s in all three tested subjects, and science was its clearest academic concern: only 7% of students were proficient, compared with 36% statewide. Overall, the most important finding is that Blanchard’s science and ELA results were the lowest among five nearby K–6 schools in its district.

Math is the school’s strongest subject relative to the district, while science and ELA lag. Blanchard’s proficiency was 24% in math and 25% in ELA; math was nearly level with the Santa Paula Unified result, while ELA was 10 percentage points lower. Science was 14 points below the district. Compared with the five same-district K–6 schools, Blanchard was 19 points below their average in science, 13 points below in ELA, and 7 points below in math. There is a bright spot by grade: sixth-grade math was 31%, the highest among those schools and 10 points above the district, though still 7 points below the state. Fifth grade was a concern, with the school’s lowest results in ELA (22%) and math (16%), as well as 7% in science.

ELA and math have improved since 2022–2023, rising 6 and 10 percentage points, respectively, while science fell 11 points. Chronic absenteeism also declined, from 43% in 2021–2022 to 20% in 2025–2026, slightly above the state rate of 18%. SchoolDigger gives Blanchard a 15th-percentile ranking and 1 star for 2025–2026, the lowest percentile among nearby schools with a reported rank, though it is 9 points above its 2023–2024 low. Its student-teacher ratio was 18.6 in 2024–2025, the second-lowest among the same-district schools; free/reduced lunch eligible was 84% that year. One subgroup result stands out: SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for English Language Learner Students fell from 36 in 2021–2022 to 20 in 2023–2024, a 16-point decline, though it remained 14 points above Blanchard’s overall percentile of 6 that year.

317
Students ?
18.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,529
Per pupil spending ?
83.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 115 Peck Rd.
       Santa Paula, CA  93060-3013

(805) 933-8866

District: Santa Paula Unified


Students who attend Blanchard Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Isbell Middle
High:    Santa Paula High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
93.4%
White:
6.0%
African American:
0.3%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 12th percentile in 2015 → 15th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)
!Science scores 29 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school22%
District avg28%
California avg42%
4,910th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 15%▬ steady since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
6th of 6Elementary Schools in the Santa Paula Unified
785th of 968Santa Paula Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.84910 of 580415.4%★☆☆☆☆
202515.95196 of 585711.3%★☆☆☆☆
202412.45525 of 58695.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.95316 of 58599.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.64996 of 588315.1%★☆☆☆☆
201914.15307 of 57898.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.25238 of 56627.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201720.74630 of 569218.7%★☆☆☆☆
201618.34764 of 561415.1%★☆☆☆☆
201516.94918 of 561112.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202430.52517 of 316220.4%★☆☆☆☆
202326.82767 of 324514.7%★☆☆☆☆
202235.92127 of 331135.8%★★☆☆☆
201927.82637 of 327519.5%★☆☆☆☆
201825.72668 of 324617.8%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202617.14891 of 556912.2%★☆☆☆☆
202515.75057 of 55979.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.25104 of 56129.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.05228 of 56096.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202223.84341 of 563523.0%★☆☆☆☆
201911.15253 of 54924.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.04913 of 54139.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202626.34000 of 508521.3%★☆☆☆☆
202521.84335 of 510715.1%★☆☆☆☆
202416.54687 of 51078.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.84342 of 508714.6%★☆☆☆☆
202222.64309 of 508415.2%★☆☆☆☆
201919.54403 of 496311.3%★☆☆☆☆
201816.74430 of 48308.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202620.94610 of 541214.8%★☆☆☆☆
202520.34698 of 546014.0%★☆☆☆☆
202413.15269 of 55174.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.84711 of 536312.2%★☆☆☆☆
202228.03997 of 526424.1%★☆☆☆☆
201920.44544 of 517312.2%★☆☆☆☆
201816.54683 of 50847.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.54560 of 559018.4%★☆☆☆☆
202518.44846 of 562813.9%★☆☆☆☆
202412.25362 of 56435.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.24970 of 563811.8%★☆☆☆☆
202214.45268 of 56637.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.74771 of 551013.4%★☆☆☆☆
201813.15087 of 54316.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202616.72843 of 29202.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.32815 of 28471.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.02620 of 26350.6%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Hispanic (2026)21st percentile+6 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)20th percentile+15 vs school
Male (2026)18th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)15th percentile~ school
Female (2026)12th percentile-3 vs school
Special Education (2026)3rd percentile-13 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy25%-24 vs state
Mathematics24%-14 vs state
Science7%-29 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Blanchard Elementary

Students at Blanchard Elementary are 93% Hispanic, 6% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 317 students attended Blanchard Elementary.

Blanchard Elementary ranks in the bottom 15.4% of California elementary schools.

Students who attend Blanchard Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Isbell Middle
High : Santa Paula High

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2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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