Elm Street Elementary

Elm Street Elementary is a moderately sized primary school in Oxnard, California, run under Oxnard. The school instructs 471 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 20 schools in Oxnard (13,003 students total), Elm Street Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Elm Street Elementary reports that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Elm Street Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Elm Street Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ventura County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,797, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elm Street Elementary is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

The closest other public school is Harrington Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elm Street Elementary. On composite proficiency, Elm Street Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 24.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elm Street Elementary has contracted 25%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.