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Santa Paula Unified School District is a public school district in Ventura County, California, United States. It was established in July 2013 from the merger of the Santa Paula Elementary School District and the city's high school, which was governed by the Santa Paula Union High School District. Many schools in Santa Paula, largely serving students from low-income families, are scoring low in state-administered tests, below the 30th percentile in statewide comparisons. The superintendent as of July 2018 is Dr. Ed Cora.
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- ↑ Raitt, Robert. Campus On The Hill: The Story Of Santa Paula High School (PDF). Santa Paula, California: Santa Paula Unified School District. p. 1.
- ↑ Teague, Donald (October 31, 1928). "Junior College Is Favored By Santa Paula". Press-Courier. Oxnard, California. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Plan 'Gym' for S.P. High School". Ventura County Star. March 19, 1927. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Santa Paula, Ojai Lose 'One-Pupil' Bus Fight". Ventura County Star-Free Press. August 10, 1937. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
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