Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVE OAK ELEMENTARY·NCES 062199007435
Del Mar Elementary
1959 Merrill St., Santa Cruz, CA 95062 · (831) 477-2063 · Santa Cruz County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% 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.
- 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
23.0:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
201 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Del Mar Elementary→Shoreline Middle
Based on grade levels within Live Oak Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
40.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.4pp since 2014
Math
37.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.9% | 26.5% | 23.2% | 36.4% |
| Math | 13.9% | 23.8% | 26.5% | 35.8% |
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 | 40.4% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 33.3% |
| 2022-23 | 47.5% | 38.4% |
| 2021-22 | 46.4% | 34.5% |
| 2018-19 | 52.0% | 43.6% |
| 2017-18 | 56.5% | 47.9% |
| 2016-17 | 58.0% | 47.8% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Del Mar Elementary
Del Mar Elementary's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Mar Elementary this school | 322 | 62.4% | 39.5% |
| Coleman Elementary San Rafael | 378 | 60.8% | 45.5% |
| Shirley Rominger Intermediate Winters | 363 | 60.6% | 31.0% |
| Garden Grove Elementary Simi Valley | 283 | 59.7% | 45.9% |
| Rockford Elementary Porterville | 301 | 62.5% | 29.3% |
| Mt. Woodson Elementary Ramona | 349 | 67.9% | 41.5% |
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 Del Mar Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #2,535 of 5,151 | #21 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #2,464 of 5,172 ▲ 281 | #19 of 36 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,892 of 5,172 ▼ 612 | #22 of 36 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #1,377 of 5,116 | #13 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #4,558 of 5,915 | #27 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,993 of 5,352 | #25 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #2,436 of 5,354 | #11 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #3,361 of 5,625 | #14 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #1,435 of 3,837 | #14 of 30 |
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
322
-22 (-6%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 322 | 14 | 23.0:1 | 62% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 14 | 22.1:1 | 62% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 15.1 | 22.7:1 | 50% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 15 | 22.9:1 | 60% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 16 | 25.1:1 | 63% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 18 | 23.1:1 | 68% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | N/A | N/A | 70% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 37% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Mar Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (402 to 322); teachers down 12% (16 to 14).
About Del Mar Elementary
Del Mar Elementary sits in Santa Cruz, California, and is classified as an elementary school. A total of 322 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 31% lower.
The 6 schools of Live Oak Elementary, including Del Mar Elementary, enroll 1,666 students.
Hispanic students account for 59% of enrollment at Del Mar Elementary. The remaining students are 34% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Santa Cruz County is about 35% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Del Mar Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
At Del Mar Elementary, 14 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 23.0:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 62% of enrollment. That is 10 points above the 52% average for public schools in Santa Cruz County.
allk12 grades Del Mar Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Del Mar Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.5% is 3.5 points below the 43.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Santa Cruz County, median household income is about $111,093, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Del Mar Elementary is one of 83 public schools in Santa Cruz County, which together enroll about 36,316 students.
The shortest distance from Del Mar Elementary to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Shoreline Middle. The five-mile area around Del Mar Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 43.9% proficiency; Del Mar Elementary posts 39.5%.
Locale data from NCES put Del Mar Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Enrollment was 344 in 2020-21 and 322 in 2024-25, a decrease of 22 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Del Mar Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Santa Cruz County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,926
Census ACS
Median income
$111,093
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Live Oak Elementary
- Shoreline MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- Live Oak ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Green Acres ElementaryElementary · 262 students
- Tierra Pacifica CharterElementary · 166 students
- Ocean Alternative Education CenterElementary · 76 students
- Special Education PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz HighHigh · 1,093 students
- Harbor HighHigh · 1,013 students
- Santa Cruz County CommunityHigh · 730 students
- Pacific Collegiate CharterHigh · 536 students
- Mission Hill MiddleMiddle · 510 students
- Brook Knoll ElementaryElementary · 498 students
Other Del Mar Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Del Mar Elementary. Del Mar Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Del Mar ElementaryFresno, CA · 444 students
- Del Mar ElementaryMorro Bay, CA · 271 students
Nearby schools
- Shoreline Middle0.2 mi · 478
- Live Oak Elementary0.7 mi · 362
- Tierra Pacifica Charter1.3 mi · 166
- Green Acres Elementary1.3 mi · 262
- Ocean Alternative Education Center1.3 mi · 76
- Opal Cliffs1.4 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Del Mar ElementaryHow many students attend Del Mar Elementary?
Del Mar Elementary enrolls approximately 322 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Del Mar Elementary serve?
Del Mar Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Del Mar Elementary have?
Del Mar Elementary employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Del Mar Elementary?
At Del Mar Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 59% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Del Mar Elementary in?
Del Mar Elementary is part of Live Oak Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.