Christa McAuliffe Elementary

Set in Oxnard, California, Christa McAuliffe Elementary is a mid-sized primary school, run under Oxnard. It hosts 476 students across grades K through 5.

Oxnard comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 13,003 students; Christa McAuliffe Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Christa McAuliffe Elementary shows that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 8% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Christa McAuliffe Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.8%; this one delivers 29.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ventura County indicate median household income runs about $109,797, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Christa McAuliffe Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Marina West Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Christa McAuliffe Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 28.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Christa McAuliffe Elementary has contracted 35%, going from 732 students in 2018 to 476 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 77% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

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