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What's one thing Golden Oak Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
717
Elementary
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHLAND UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062145009566
Golden Oak Elementary
190 South Wall, Shafter, CA 93263 · (661) 746-8670 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL717 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
18.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
643 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 140 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (140) is 47% larger than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Golden Oak Elementary→Richland Junior High
Based on grade levels within Richland Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
35.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.3pp since 2014
Math
27.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.3% | 22.1% | 26.0% | 38.7% |
| Math | 11.5% | 16.3% | 27.6% | 44.6% |
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 | 35.3% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 34.6% |
| 2022-23 | 35.3% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 33.4% | 18.1% |
| 2020-21 | 24.2% | 13.1% |
| 2018-19 | 44.2% | 40.4% |
| 2017-18 | 40.4% | 34.5% |
| 2016-17 | 36.8% | 38.7% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Golden Oak Elementary
Golden Oak Elementary's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Oak Elementary this school | 717 | 89.7% | 33.7% |
| KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory Redwood City | 711 | 91.0% | N/A |
| Alice Birney Elementary Colton | 681 | 90.7% | 17.1% |
| Huron Elementary Huron | 723 | 90.6% | 16.0% |
| Terrace Elementary Riverside | 740 | 90.4% | 27.2% |
| Phil D. Swing Elementary Brawley | 725 | 87.9% | 30.2% |
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 Golden Oak Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #3,087 of 5,151 | #58 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #3,442 of 5,172 ▼ 815 | #66 of 150 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #3,401 of 5,172 ▼ 504 | #73 of 150 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #1,426 of 5,116 | #48 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 717 | #675 of 5,915 | #41 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #293 of 5,352 | #10 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.8% | #5,062 of 5,354 | #134 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #1,137 of 5,625 | #62 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #3,425 of 3,837 | #80 of 95 |
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
717
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 864
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 717 | 39.5 | 18.1:1 | 90% (643) |
| 2023-24 | 713 | 40.5 | 17.6:1 | 90% (641) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 36.5 | 20.0:1 | 91% (665) |
| 2020-21 | 709 | 37 | 19.2:1 | 79% (563) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 38.5 | 19.4:1 | 94% (704) |
| 2015-16 | 937 | 43 | 21.8:1 | 93% (868) |
| 2010-11 | 873 | N/A | N/A | 93% (810) |
| 2000-01 | 893 | 51 | 17.5:1 | 91% (809) |
| 1990-91 | 864 | 37 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Golden Oak Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (747 to 717); teachers up 3% (38.5 to 39.5).
About Golden Oak Elementary
Golden Oak Elementary is a large elementary school in Richland Union Elementary, located in Shafter, California. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 717 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 54% larger than that.
Richland Union Elementary enrolls 2,410 students, and its 4 schools include Golden Oak Elementary.
At Golden Oak Elementary, Hispanic students make up 96% of the student body. Smaller groups are 2% White. County-wide, 57% of Kern County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Golden Oak Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 8%.
Teachers at the school number 39.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.1:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Kern County average 76%.
Golden Oak Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 56% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Golden Oak Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.7% and a predicted 27.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Kern County, median household income is about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The public schools of Kern County number 279 and enroll about 197,431.
Redwood Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Golden Oak Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. Golden Oak Elementary comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment went from 709 in 2020-21 to 717 in 2024-25, a change of 8 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.2:1 in 2020-21 to 18.1:1 in 2024-25.
The Golden Oak Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richland Union Elementary
- Redwood ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Richland Junior HighMiddle · 558 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 534 students
Other schools in Shafter
- Shafter HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Redwood ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Richland Junior HighMiddle · 558 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Maple ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Central Valley High (Continuation)High · 86 students
Other Golden Oak Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Golden Oak Elementary. Golden Oak Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Golden Oak ElementaryVisalia, CA · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Redwood Elementary0.4 mi · 601
- Richland Junior High0.4 mi · 558
- Grow Academy Shafter0.6 mi · 80
- Shafter High1.0 mi · 1,599
- Central Valley High (Continuation)1.0 mi · 86
- Sequoia Elementary1.4 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Golden Oak ElementaryHow large is Golden Oak Elementary?
Golden Oak Elementary enrolls approximately 717 students in grades KG-06.
Is Golden Oak Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Golden Oak Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Golden Oak Elementary have?
Golden Oak Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Golden Oak Elementary?
At Golden Oak Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Golden Oak Elementary public or private?
Golden Oak Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richland Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.