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The Teviston handbook

Living in Teviston, CA: what to set up and who to call

Teviston has no town government of its own, so Tulare County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Delano Joint Union High School District. The nearest library is Pixley Library (Tulare County Free Library), 2.6 miles away.

Teviston has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Tulare County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Teviston’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Teviston, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Teviston.

Electricity

Power comes from Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Teviston. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Teviston Community Services District

Teviston Community Services District supplies Teviston: about 43% of residents live in its service area. About 57% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 383 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 63% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA5400641.

Internet

Which providers serve Teviston

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Teviston, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Teviston’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Teviston.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileTeviston has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Teviston kids go to
K–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–126 high schoolsDepends on your address

Teviston is in two districts that split the grades: Delano Joint Union High School District and Earlimart Elementary School District.

C+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

No town hall: the county runs things

Teviston is unincorporated, so Tulare County is the local government.

Local governmentTulare CountyTeviston is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereTulare County Registrar of VotersElections here are run by Tulare County (county election office). 5300 W. Tulare Ave. Ste 105, Visalia, CA 93277-9919 · (559) 839-2100FVAP, Jul 2025
Register to voteOnlineIn California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placevoterstatus.sos.ca.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Teviston spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Teviston residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of TevistonZIP’s residents in Teviston
93256Pixley, CA67%14%
93219Earlimart, CA33%4%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Teviston

Who supplies Teviston’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Teviston Community Services District (EPA ID CA5400641). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Teviston?

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Teviston?

93256 (67%), 93219 (33%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Teviston in?

Delano Joint Union High School District and Earlimart Elementary School District. Parts of the city are in Pixley Union Elementary School District and Tulare Joint Union High School District.

How do I register to vote in Teviston?

In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Tulare County Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet (FCC): pending.