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Which teacher or staff member at Christa McAuliffe Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEANSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 062825009597
Christa McAuliffe Elementary
3701 Kelton Dr., Oceanside, CA 92056 · (760) 901-8400 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
272 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
36.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.9% | 22.5% | 22.5% | 35.2% |
| Math | 16.2% | 20.0% | 31.5% | 32.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 42.7% |
| 2022-23 | 41.3% | 39.6% |
| 2021-22 | 32.3% | 30.8% |
| 2018-19 | 46.6% | 37.8% |
| 2017-18 | 46.3% | 40.6% |
| 2016-17 | 40.5% | 34.7% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 36.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Christa McAuliffe Elementary
Christa McAuliffe Elementary's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary this school | 461 | 59.0% | 41.1% |
| Pat Butler Elementary Paso Robles | 472 | 60.4% | 38.8% |
| Citrus Glen Elementary Ventura | 491 | 58.7% | 33.8% |
| Ralph Dunlap Elementary Santa Maria | 502 | 56.2% | 33.1% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Santa Barbara | 463 | 55.1% | 48.9% |
| Sierra House Elementary South Lake Tahoe | 418 | 58.9% | 49.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Christa McAuliffe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,376 of 5,151 | #219 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #2,625 of 5,172 ▼ 632 | #232 of 393 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #2,700 of 5,172 ▼ 355 | #250 of 393 ▼ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #978 of 5,116 | #62 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #2,898 of 5,915 | #221 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,981 of 5,352 | #204 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #1,547 of 5,354 | #162 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #3,523 of 5,625 | #222 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #1,267 of 3,837 | #86 of 279 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
461
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 23.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 461 | 20.1 | 23.0:1 | 59% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 22.1 | 23.5:1 | 60% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 20.1 | 24.7:1 | 61% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 20 | 23.9:1 | 45% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 26.1 | 22.5:1 | 52% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 27 | 24.6:1 | 47% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | N/A | N/A | 44% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 825 | 42 | 19.6:1 | 36% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 26 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christa McAuliffe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (587 to 461); teachers down 23% (26.1 to 20.1).
About Christa McAuliffe Elementary
Christa McAuliffe Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Oceanside, California. There are 461 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Oceanside Unified is the local district for Christa McAuliffe Elementary. It runs 23 schools with 14,866 students.
The student body at Christa McAuliffe Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 49%. Next come 35% White, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 35% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
A staff of 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 23.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Christa McAuliffe Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 49% of California public elementary schools.
In California, Christa McAuliffe Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.1% actual against a predicted 45.0%.
In San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. San Diego County has 766 public schools with about 467,437 students, including Christa McAuliffe Elementary.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Pacific View Charter, is the closest to Christa McAuliffe Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Christa McAuliffe Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Christa McAuliffe Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 461, compared with 477 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Christa McAuliffe Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oceanside Unified
- El Camino HighHigh · 2,463 students
- Oceanside HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 1,098 students
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- Ivey Ranch ElementaryElementary · 698 students
Other schools in Oceanside
- El Camino HighHigh · 2,463 students
- Coastal Academy CharterCombined · 2,015 students
- Oceanside HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Mission Vista HighHigh · 1,670 students
- SIATechHigh · 1,174 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 1,158 students
Other Christa McAuliffe Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Christa McAuliffe Elementary. Christa McAuliffe Elementary is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Christa McAuliffe ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 524 students
- Christa McAuliffe ElementaryOxnard, CA · 476 students
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 687 students
- Christa Mcauliffe ElementarySammamish, WA · 472 students
- Christa McAuliffe ElementaryHASTINGS, MN · 470 students
Nearby schools
- Pacific View Charter0.9 mi · 562
- Coastal Academy Charter0.9 mi · 2,015
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle1.0 mi · 1,098
- Ivey Ranch Elementary1.3 mi · 698
- El Camino High1.4 mi · 2,463
- Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology1.5 mi · 744
Frequently asked questions
About Christa McAuliffe ElementaryHow large is Christa McAuliffe Elementary?
Christa McAuliffe Elementary enrolls approximately 461 students in grades KG-05.
Is Christa McAuliffe Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Christa McAuliffe Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Christa McAuliffe Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Christa McAuliffe Elementary is approximately 23.0:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Christa McAuliffe Elementary?
Student demographics at Christa McAuliffe Elementary are roughly 35% White, 49% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Christa McAuliffe Elementary?
Christa McAuliffe Elementary is overseen by Oceanside Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.