Driffill Elementary

Driffill Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Oxnard, California, overseen by Oxnard. The school enrolls 891 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 92% larger than typical.

Driffill Elementary is one of 20 schools operated by Oxnard, a district that caters to 13,003 students overall.

Demographically, Driffill Elementary shows that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Driffill Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at Driffill Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Driffill Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.2%, the actual is 24.5%, a residual of -2.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ventura County put median household income runs about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Driffill Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Driffill Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 20.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 1,173 students in 2018 compared to 891 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

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