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How has Fred L. Williams Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUENEME ELEMENTARY·NCES 061785002207
Fred L. Williams Elementary
4300 Anchorage St., Oxnard, CA 93033 · (805) 488-3541 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- B+Three-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
22.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
489 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 122 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
27.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.4pp since 2014
Math
18.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.8% | 17.7% | 28.2% | 44.4% |
| Math | 5.6% | 12.8% | 31.6% | 50.0% |
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 | 27.4% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 13.7% |
| 2022-23 | 22.5% | 13.2% |
| 2021-22 | 23.3% | 13.6% |
| 2018-19 | 30.0% | 21.1% |
| 2017-18 | 36.0% | 21.1% |
| 2016-17 | 30.4% | 22.7% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Fred L. Williams Elementary
Fred L. Williams Elementary's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred L. Williams Elementary this school | 572 | 85.5% | 21.4% |
| Canterbury Avenue Elementary Arleta | 578 | 85.5% | 46.6% |
| Baldwin Academy La Puente | 519 | 85.2% | 35.5% |
| Goshen Elementary Visalia | 549 | 88.5% | 27.9% |
| Sinclear Elementary Ceres | 581 | 82.6% | 32.6% |
| Vineyard Elementary Ontario | 562 | 86.7% | 35.4% |
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 Fred L. Williams Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #4,446 of 5,151 | #110 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,445 of 5,172 ▲ 330 | #107 of 122 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #4,225 of 5,172 ▼ 37 | #104 of 122 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,802 of 5,116 | #40 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #1,626 of 5,915 | #21 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,396 of 5,352 | #65 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #4,347 of 5,354 | #89 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #1,605 of 5,625 | #24 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #2,246 of 3,837 | #62 of 99 |
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
572
-35 (-6%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 572 | 25.7 | 22.3:1 | 85% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 583 | 25.3 | 23.0:1 | 86% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 26.2 | 22.7:1 | 83% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 26 | 23.4:1 | 85% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 26 | 25.4:1 | 92% (604) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 26 | 26.4:1 | 80% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | N/A | N/A | 70% (484) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 38 | 20.3:1 | 62% (482) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 27 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fred L. Williams Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (660 to 572); teachers down 1% (26 to 25.7).
About Fred L. Williams Elementary
Fred L. Williams Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Oxnard, California. A total of 572 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 23% higher.
Fred L. Williams Elementary is one of 11 schools in Hueneme Elementary, which enrolls 6,678 students in total.
Hispanic students make up 88% of enrollment at Fred L. Williams Elementary. Other students are 8% Asian. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Ventura County residents. The school's diversity index is 21%, meaning two students picked at random have a 21% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Fred L. Williams Elementary and a ratio of 22.3:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 85% of students. That is 26 points above the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County.
allk12 grades Fred L. Williams Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 29.4%. Fred L. Williams Elementary scores 21.4%.
Federal survey data for Ventura County show that the median household income is $109,797, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Ventura County is home to 238 public schools and about 147,841 public school students.
The closest public school to Fred L. Williams Elementary is Oxnard Middle College High, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 21.4% is below the 22.8% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Fred L. Williams Elementary as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 35 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 22.3 students per teacher, compared with 23.4 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hueneme Elementary
- Charles Blackstock Junior HighMiddle · 1,239 students
- E. O. Green Junior HighMiddle · 949 students
- Art Haycox ElementaryElementary · 724 students
- Richard Bard ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Ansgar Larsen ElementaryElementary · 538 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 525 students
Other schools in Oxnard
- Pacifica HighHigh · 2,675 students
- Oxnard HighHigh · 2,452 students
- Channel Islands HighHigh · 2,380 students
- Rio Mesa HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Hueneme HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Vista Real Charter HighHigh · 1,271 students
Nearby schools
- Oxnard Middle College High0.4 mi · 194
- Anacapa Adult Transition Program0.5 mi · 175
- Charles Blackstock Junior High0.5 mi · 1,239
- Tierra Vista Elementary0.6 mi · 560
- Channel Islands High0.6 mi · 2,380
- Julien Hathaway Elementary0.7 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About Fred L. Williams ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fred L. Williams Elementary?
Fred L. Williams Elementary enrolls approximately 572 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Fred L. Williams Elementary serve?
Fred L. Williams Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fred L. Williams Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fred L. Williams Elementary is approximately 22.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fred L. Williams Elementary?
Fred L. Williams Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 0% Black, 8% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Fred L. Williams Elementary public or private?
Fred L. Williams Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hueneme Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.