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If you had an hour of school board time for Golden Oak Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VISALIA UNIFIED·NCES 064116009007
Golden Oak Elementary
1700 North Lovers Ln., Visalia, CA 93292 · (559) 730-7851 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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.
- 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.
- AThree-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
21.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
480 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 32% smaller than its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
38.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.7pp since 2014
Math
25.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.5% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 39.2% |
| Math | 7.7% | 18.0% | 28.6% | 45.6% |
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 | 38.7% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 25.9% |
| 2022-23 | 27.4% | 18.8% |
| 2021-22 | 26.4% | 17.5% |
| 2020-21 | 24.1% | 24.1% |
| 2018-19 | 34.4% | 26.1% |
| 2017-18 | 34.3% | 29.4% |
| 2016-17 | 29.3% | 23.9% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 (32.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Oak Elementary this school | 631 | 76.1% | 32.9% |
| Crestwood Elementary Visalia | 594 | 78.3% | 31.2% |
| Pachappa Elementary Riverside | 676 | 76.9% | 48.9% |
| Veva Blunt Elementary Visalia | 596 | 78.5% | 27.3% |
| Shasta Elementary Manteca | 726 | 78.9% | 24.1% |
| T.H.E Leadership Academy Oceanside | 584 | 71.9% | 44.5% |
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 Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #3,187 of 5,151 | #46 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #3,690 of 5,172 ▼ 172 | #64 of 102 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #3,080 of 5,172 ▼ 397 | #47 of 102 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.3pp | #585 of 5,116 | #22 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #1,149 of 5,915 | #17 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,569 of 5,352 | #36 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.2% | #2,973 of 5,354 | #18 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #2,540 of 5,625 | #75 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #1,057 of 1,139 | #17 of 19 |
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
631
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 631 | 29.9 | 21.1:1 | 76% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 31.6 | 20.4:1 | 75% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 31.9 | 19.8:1 | 74% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 30 | 21.8:1 | 72% (474) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 22 | 28.4:1 | 77% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 19 | 30.1:1 | 73% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | N/A | N/A | 70% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 779 | 33 | 23.6:1 | 51% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 16 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Golden Oak Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (625 to 631); teachers up 36% (22 to 29.9).
About Golden Oak Elementary
Golden Oak Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Visalia, California, one of the schools in Visalia Unified. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 631 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
District-wide, Visalia Unified has 41 schools and 28,725 students.
More than half of enrollment at Golden Oak Elementary is Hispanic: 71%. Other groups make up 14% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Golden Oak Elementary is 21.1:1, based on 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Tulare County is similar, at 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, Golden Oak Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 43% of California public elementary schools.
Golden Oak Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.9% is 2.1 points below the 35.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Tulare County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,300 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Tulare County number 196, with about 101,494 students.
Valley Oak Middle is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Golden Oak Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Golden Oak Elementary's location as City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 654 to 631, a 4% decrease.
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Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Visalia Unified
- Redwood HighHigh · 2,490 students
- Golden West HighHigh · 2,059 students
- El Diamante HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Mt. Whitney HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Ridgeview MiddleMiddle · 975 students
- Valley Oak MiddleMiddle · 952 students
Other schools in Visalia
- Redwood HighHigh · 2,490 students
- Golden West HighHigh · 2,059 students
- El Diamante HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Mt. Whitney HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Special EducationCombined · 1,141 students
- Ridgeview MiddleMiddle · 975 students
Other Golden Oak Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Golden Oak Elementary. Golden Oak Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Golden Oak ElementaryShafter, CA · 717 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Oak Middle0.2 mi · 952
- Golden West High0.4 mi · 2,059
- La Sierra High0.8 mi · 191
- Four Creeks Elementary1.3 mi · 654
- Mineral King Elementary1.3 mi · 569
- Pinkham Elementary1.6 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Golden Oak ElementaryHow large is Golden Oak Elementary?
Golden Oak Elementary enrolls approximately 631 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.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Golden Oak Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Golden Oak Elementary is approximately 21.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Golden Oak Elementary?
Golden Oak Elementary reports a student body of 14% White, 71% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Golden Oak Elementary in?
Golden Oak Elementary is part of Visalia Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.