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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARYSVILLE JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062409003626
Ella Elementary
4850 Olivehurst Ave., Olivehurst, CA 95961 · (530) 741-6124 · Yuba County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
454 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 22% larger than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
24.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.3pp since 2014
Math
20.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.8% | 16.5% | 24.6% | 51.1% |
| Math | 5.1% | 15.8% | 26.7% | 52.4% |
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 | 24.3% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 26.5% | 23.1% |
| 2021-22 | 23.4% | 20.3% |
| 2020-21 | 18.4% | 8.4% |
| 2018-19 | 28.8% | 32.6% |
| 2017-18 | 27.9% | 28.9% |
| 2016-17 | 28.2% | 28.8% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Ella Elementary
Ella Elementary's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ella Elementary this school | 554 | 81.9% | 22.5% |
| Mesa Verde Elementary Oakdale | 529 | 81.7% | 18.1% |
| Burns Valley Clearlake | 568 | 82.2% | 15.2% |
| John Muir Elementary Modesto | 567 | 81.0% | 29.9% |
| Calimesa Elementary Yucaipa | 511 | 83.2% | 17.4% |
| Pinon Hills Elementary Pinon Hills | 566 | 84.3% | 16.0% |
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 Ella Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yuba County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #4,339 of 5,151 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,213 of 5,172 ▲ 126 | #12 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #4,550 of 5,172 ▼ 305 | #13 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #3,081 of 5,116 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #1,824 of 5,915 | #7 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #4,978 of 5,352 | #14 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #2,457 of 5,354 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #1,981 of 5,625 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #3,064 of 3,837 | #3 of 6 |
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
554
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 554 | 21 | 26.4:1 | 82% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 22 | 25.1:1 | 77% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 22 | 25.8:1 | 85% (482) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 23 | 24.4:1 | 86% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 24 | 24.8:1 | 92% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 22 | 25.0:1 | 95% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | N/A | N/A | 97% (493) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 80% (412) |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 23 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ella Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (596 to 554); teachers down 12% (24 to 21).
About Ella Elementary
Ella Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Olivehurst, California. Total enrollment is 554 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6.
Marysville Joint Unified runs 23 schools with a combined 10,418 students. Ella Elementary is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at Ella Elementary is Hispanic: 64%. The remaining shares are 22% White, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Yuba County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Ella Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.4:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 4.1 students per teacher. At Ella Elementary, 82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Yuba County is 68%.
Ella Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.5% is 9.1 points below the 31.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Yuba County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,373, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Yuba County's 41 public schools enroll about 16,045 students and include Ella Elementary.
The closest school to Ella Elementary is Yuba Gardens Intermediate, located about 0.7 miles away. Ella Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ella Elementary ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 22.5% against a local average of 23.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Ella Elementary enrolled 560; in 2024-25, 554. The number of students per teacher increased from 24.4 to 26.4 over 4 years.
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Yuba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,507
Census ACS
Median income
$76,373
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
16,045 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marysville Joint Unified
- Lindhurst HighHigh · 1,254 students
- Marysville HighHigh · 1,034 students
- Yuba Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 761 students
- Arboga ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Kynoch ElementaryElementary · 678 students
- Linda ElementaryElementary · 613 students
Other schools in Olivehurst
- Lindhurst HighHigh · 1,254 students
- Yuba Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 761 students
- Arboga ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Cedar Lane ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Olivehurst ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Johnson Park ElementaryElementary · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Yuba Gardens Intermediate0.7 mi · 761
- South Lindhurst Continuation High1.0 mi · 245
- Lindhurst High1.2 mi · 1,254
- Olivehurst Elementary1.3 mi · 489
- Johnson Park Elementary1.3 mi · 456
- Edgewater Elementary1.7 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About Ella ElementaryHow many students attend Ella Elementary?
Ella Elementary enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ella Elementary serve?
Ella Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Ella Elementary?
Approximately 26.4:1 students per teacher at Ella Elementary.
How diverse is Ella Elementary?
Ella Elementary reports a student body of 22% White, 64% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Ella Elementary public or private?
Ella Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marysville Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.