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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIPON UNIFIED·NCES 063288010027
Colony Oak Elementary
22241 South Murphy Rd., Ripon, CA 95366 · (209) 599-7145 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
100 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 17% smaller than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
59.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.9pp since 2014
Math
51.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.1% | 33.9% | 22.8% | 17.3% |
| Math | 25.4% | 26.1% | 30.0% | 18.6% |
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 | 59.9% | 51.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 53.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.2% | 43.9% |
| 2021-22 | 56.1% | 41.5% |
| 2020-21 | 61.0% | 47.5% |
| 2018-19 | 54.2% | 50.9% |
| 2017-18 | 58.3% | 53.0% |
| 2016-17 | 58.0% | 45.7% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Colony Oak Elementary
Colony Oak Elementary's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colony Oak Elementary this school | 447 | 22.4% | 56.0% |
| Weathersfield Elementary Thousand Oaks | 433 | 23.6% | 70.7% |
| Gravenstein Elementary Sebastopol | 464 | 24.1% | 67.3% |
| Lincoln Crossing Elementary Lincoln | 484 | 23.3% | 49.6% |
| Tierra Linda Elementary Camarillo | 502 | 24.3% | 68.9% |
| Westlake Elementary Santa Cruz | 453 | 24.5% | 67.0% |
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 Colony Oak Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,348 of 5,151 | #15 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #1,489 of 5,172 ▼ 155 | #15 of 138 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #1,335 of 5,172 ▼ 18 | #14 of 138 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.9pp | #1,166 of 5,116 | #23 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #3,066 of 5,915 | #104 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #3,204 of 5,352 | #67 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #2,085 of 5,354 | #73 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #5,066 of 5,625 | #145 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #927 of 1,139 | #28 of 32 |
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
447
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+140% since 1990-91, when it was 186
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 447 | 19.2 | 23.3:1 | 22% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 19.4 | 22.9:1 | 17% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 18.2 | 24.3:1 | 23% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 19 | 23.8:1 | 30% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 17.5 | 24.9:1 | 30% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 17 | 26.4:1 | 27% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | N/A | N/A | 31% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 22 | 21.5:1 | 25% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 186 | 10 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colony Oak Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (436 to 447); teachers up 10% (17.5 to 19.2).
About Colony Oak Elementary
Colony Oak Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school based in Ripon, California. It covers kindergarten through 8, with a total enrollment of 447 students.
The Ripon Unified system has 7 schools and 3,378 students.
White students are the majority at Colony Oak Elementary, with 57% of enrollment. Other groups make up 30% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. San Joaquin County as a whole is about 32% White, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 23.3:1 comes from the school's 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The lunch program counts 22% of students at Colony Oak Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Joaquin County is 66%.
A school with Colony Oak Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 66.4%. Colony Oak Elementary scores 56.0%, 10.5 points below that line.
Census estimates describe San Joaquin County this way: the median household income is $92,179, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, San Joaquin County has 251 public schools and roughly 153,026 students.
The closest other public school is Ripona Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Colony Oak Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Colony Oak Elementary is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 453 in 2020-21, 447 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Colony Oak Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ripon Unified
- Ripon HighHigh · 1,051 students
- Ripona ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Park View ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Weston ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Ripon ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Harvest HighHigh · 16 students
Other schools in Ripon
- California Online Public Schools Northern CaliforniaCombined · 1,507 students
- Ripon HighHigh · 1,051 students
- Ripona ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Park View ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Weston ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Ripon ElementaryElementary · 460 students
Nearby schools
- Ripona Elementary1.1 mi · 473
- Park View Elementary1.4 mi · 467
- Ripon High1.6 mi · 1,051
- Ripon Elementary1.6 mi · 460
- California Online Public Schools Northern California1.7 mi · 1,507
- Harvest High1.8 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Colony Oak ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Colony Oak Elementary?
Colony Oak Elementary enrolls approximately 447 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Colony Oak Elementary serve?
Colony Oak Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Colony Oak Elementary?
Approximately 23.3:1 students per teacher at Colony Oak Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Colony Oak Elementary?
Student demographics at Colony Oak Elementary are roughly 57% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Colony Oak Elementary public or private?
Colony Oak Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ripon Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.