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Enrollment
693
Elementary
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENFIELD UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061608008852
Oak Avenue Elementary
1239 Oak Ave., Greenfield, CA 93927 · (831) 674-5916 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% 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
22.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
601 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 136 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is 39% larger than its 6th grade class (98).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
Oak Avenue Elementary→Vista Verde Middle
Based on grade levels within Greenfield Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.8pp since 2014
Math
26.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.8% | 19.9% | 22.8% | 48.5% |
| Math | 8.6% | 18.2% | 24.5% | 48.7% |
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 | 28.8% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 24.4% |
| 2022-23 | 21.6% | 19.5% |
| 2021-22 | 18.9% | 18.1% |
| 2018-19 | 25.4% | 23.2% |
| 2017-18 | 32.0% | 24.9% |
| 2016-17 | 18.8% | 19.1% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 Oak Avenue Elementary
Oak Avenue Elementary's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Avenue Elementary this school | 693 | 86.7% | 26.6% |
| Bryson Avenue Elementary South Gate | 706 | 84.8% | 55.6% |
| J. W. Oakley Elementary Brawley | 654 | 86.1% | 25.5% |
| Phil D. Swing Elementary Brawley | 725 | 87.9% | 30.2% |
| James Madison Elementary Madera | 739 | 85.5% | 24.3% |
| Accelerated Los Angeles | 729 | 88.9% | N/A |
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 Oak Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #3,898 of 5,151 | #34 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,567 of 5,172 ▲ 121 | #26 of 70 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #4,097 of 5,172 ▲ 86 | #40 of 70 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.2pp | #724 of 5,116 | #10 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #794 of 5,915 | #7 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,764 of 5,352 | #35 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.4% | #5,274 of 5,354 | #59 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #1,500 of 5,625 | #26 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #2,483 of 3,837 | #35 of 55 |
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
693
+25 (+4%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 693 | 30.5 | 22.7:1 | 87% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 28.5 | 24.1:1 | 82% (560) |
| 2022-23 | 681 | 28 | 24.3:1 | 80% (547) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 26 | 25.7:1 | 87% (578) |
| 2017-18 | 784 | 31 | 25.3:1 | 97% (759) |
| 2015-16 | 824 | 33 | 25.0:1 | 86% (708) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | N/A | N/A | 26% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 36 | 19.7:1 | 78% (554) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 25 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (784 to 693); teachers down 2% (31 to 30.5).
About Oak Avenue Elementary
Oak Avenue Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Greenfield, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 693 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 49% above that mark.
Across its 5 schools, Greenfield Union Elementary enrolls 3,319 students. Oak Avenue Elementary is one of those schools.
Roughly 98% of students at Oak Avenue Elementary are Hispanic. Among people living in Monterey County, the Hispanic share is about 62%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Oak Avenue Elementary scores 3%.
Staffing at Oak Avenue Elementary comes to 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.7:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. On the income side, 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Monterey County averages 76%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Oak Avenue Elementary lands at C, ahead of 34% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Oak Avenue Elementary would score about 28.7%. It scores 26.6%, 2.1 points below that figure.
Looking at the county, Monterey County, the median household earns about $97,230 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Oak Avenue Elementary, Monterey County has 153 public schools.
Vista Verde Middle is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 5. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 25.8%; Oak Avenue Elementary's is 26.6%, ranking 4th of 9.
The federal government classifies Oak Avenue Elementary's location as Town: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Oak Avenue Elementary had a net gain of 25 students, or 4%. The school's ratio dropped from 25.7:1 to 22.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Oak Avenue Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Monterey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
437,613
Census ACS
Median income
$97,230
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
153
73,845 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greenfield Union Elementary
- Vista Verde MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Mary Chapa AcademyElementary · 686 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Arroyo Seco AcademyElementary · 571 students
Other schools in Greenfield
- Greenfield HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Vista Verde MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Mary Chapa AcademyElementary · 686 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Arroyo Seco AcademyElementary · 571 students
Other Oak Avenue Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Oak Avenue Elementary. Oak Avenue Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Oak Avenue ElementaryLos Altos, CA · 334 students
Nearby schools
- Vista Verde Middle0.3 mi · 727
- Arroyo Seco Academy0.3 mi · 571
- Greenfield High0.8 mi · 1,274
- Mary Chapa Academy0.8 mi · 686
- Cesar Chavez Elementary1.5 mi · 642
- Mission Elementary8.1 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Avenue ElementaryHow large is Oak Avenue Elementary?
Oak Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 693 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Oak Avenue Elementary serve?
Oak Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Oak Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 22.7:1 students per teacher at Oak Avenue Elementary.
How diverse is Oak Avenue Elementary?
Oak Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Oak Avenue Elementary in?
Oak Avenue Elementary is part of Greenfield Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.