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What's one thing Christa McAuliffe Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OXNARD·NCES 062922009598
Christa McAuliffe Elementary
3300 West Via Marina Ave., Oxnard, CA 93035 · (805) 385-1560 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
19.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
397 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
35.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.0pp since 2014
Math
23.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.0% | 23.1% | 23.9% | 41.0% |
| Math | 7.7% | 16.2% | 34.5% | 41.7% |
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 | 35.0% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 28.3% |
| 2022-23 | 32.8% | 30.5% |
| 2021-22 | 35.4% | 24.1% |
| 2018-19 | 39.9% | 26.4% |
| 2017-18 | 33.9% | 17.1% |
| 2016-17 | 33.7% | 21.6% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 (29.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary this school | 476 | 83.4% | 29.9% |
| Victoria Elementary Riverside | 488 | 81.6% | 37.0% |
| Orange Glen Elementary Escondido | 470 | 84.5% | 24.4% |
| Allan Orrenmaa Elementary Riverside | 507 | 81.9% | 33.6% |
| Leontine Gracey Elementary Merced | 509 | 81.7% | 25.2% |
| Esther L. Walter Anaheim | 442 | 84.8% | 31.5% |
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 Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #3,524 of 5,151 | #78 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #3,898 of 5,172 ▼ 638 | #87 of 122 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,430 of 5,172 ▲ 252 | #80 of 122 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #1,703 of 5,116 | #40 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #2,730 of 5,915 | #49 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #695 of 5,352 | #23 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #3,793 of 5,354 | #74 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #1,840 of 5,625 | #29 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.0% | #294 of 3,837 | #5 of 99 |
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
476
-117 (-20%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 1,202
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 476 | 24.5 | 19.4:1 | 83% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 76% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 25 | 20.3:1 | 84% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 28 | 21.2:1 | 80% (474) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 30 | 24.4:1 | 65% (479) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 31 | 25.2:1 | 70% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 940 | N/A | N/A | 58% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 1,163 | 51 | 22.8:1 | 54% (626) |
| 1990-91 | 1,202 | 42 | 28.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christa McAuliffe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (732 to 476); teachers down 18% (30 to 24.5).
About Christa McAuliffe Elementary
Christa McAuliffe Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Oxnard. Enrollment totals 476 students across kindergarten through 5.
Oxnard includes 20 schools. Together they enroll 13,003 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Christa McAuliffe Elementary is Hispanic, at 81%. It is also 8% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Ventura County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 37 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
On staff are 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.4:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 2.9 more students per teacher than here. Christa McAuliffe Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 83%. That rate is above the 59% average among public schools in Ventura County.
Christa McAuliffe Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of California public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Christa McAuliffe Elementary would be expected to post about 30.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.9%.
The county, Ventura County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $109,797, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 238 public schools and about 147,841 students.
Marina West Elementary is the nearest public school to Christa McAuliffe Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Christa McAuliffe Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Christa McAuliffe Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 20% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 21.2 in 2020-21 to 19.4 in 2024-25.
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Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
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Other Christa McAuliffe Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Christa McAuliffe Elementary. Christa McAuliffe Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Christa McAuliffe ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 524 students
- Christa McAuliffe ElementaryOceanside, CA · 461 students
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 687 students
- Christa Mcauliffe ElementarySammamish, WA · 472 students
- Christa McAuliffe ElementaryHASTINGS, MN · 470 students
Nearby schools
- Marina West Elementary0.6 mi · 440
- Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary0.7 mi · 895
- McKinna Elementary1.3 mi · 577
- Hollywood Beach Elementary1.5 mi · 289
- Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences1.7 mi · 696
- Sunkist Elementary1.7 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Christa McAuliffe ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Christa McAuliffe Elementary?
Christa McAuliffe Elementary enrolls approximately 476 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.
How many students per teacher at Christa McAuliffe Elementary?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Christa McAuliffe Elementary.
How diverse is Christa McAuliffe Elementary?
Christa McAuliffe Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 81% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Christa McAuliffe Elementary?
Christa McAuliffe Elementary is overseen by Oxnard in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.