Meiners Oaks Early Education

Meiners Oaks Early Education is an elementary school of very small scale in Ojai, California, operated by Ojai Unified, hosting 71 students in grade K. That puts it 85% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Ojai Unified, which oversees 7 schools and 2,008 students, Meiners Oaks Early Education is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Meiners Oaks Early Education logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Ventura County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Meiners Oaks Early Education tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at Meiners Oaks Early Education qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Ventura County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,797 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Meiners Oaks Early Education is one campus in the mix.

Nordhoff High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meiners Oaks Early Education.

Meiners Oaks Early Education operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meiners Oaks Early Education has ticked down 75%, going from 279 students in 2018 to 71 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 51% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Meiners Oaks Early Education community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.