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What's the biggest difference between Oak Hills Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK PARK UNIFIED·NCES 062785009415
Oak Hills Elementary
1010 Kanan Rd., Oak Park, CA 91377 · (818) 707-4224 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of California public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- FThree-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
23.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
65 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 114 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Hills Elementary→Medea Creek Middle
Based on grade levels within Oak Park Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
73.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.4pp since 2014
Math
65.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -13.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.5% | 30.1% | 14.2% | 12.2% |
| Math | 38.1% | 27.1% | 23.5% | 11.3% |
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 | 73.6% | 65.2% |
| 2023-24 | 76.6% | 70.7% |
| 2022-23 | 77.7% | 74.7% |
| 2021-22 | 84.9% | 75.1% |
| 2020-21 | 75.6% | 67.6% |
| 2018-19 | 80.2% | 74.7% |
| 2017-18 | 84.8% | 78.9% |
| 2016-17 | 84.7% | 79.0% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 81.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Hills Elementary
Oak Hills Elementary's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hills Elementary this school | 523 | 12.4% | 71.5% |
| Valle Verde Elementary Walnut Creek | 485 | 15.9% | 71.9% |
| Torrey Pines Elementary La Jolla | 465 | 16.8% | 83.7% |
| Red Oak Elementary Oak Park | 569 | 11.6% | 80.2% |
| Daves Avenue Elementary Los Gatos | 549 | 5.3% | 81.8% |
| Tice Creek Walnut Creek | 451 | 7.5% | 79.2% |
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 Oak Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #593 of 5,151 | #11 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #820 of 5,172 ▼ 250 | #14 of 122 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #562 of 5,172 ▼ 167 | #13 of 122 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.6pp | #107 of 5,116 | #1 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #2,168 of 5,915 | #37 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,565 of 5,352 | #95 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #1,361 of 5,354 | #13 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.4% | #5,412 of 5,625 | #122 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #3,724 of 3,837 | #96 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
523
+32 (+7%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 523 | 22 | 23.8:1 | 12% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 13% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 20 | 23.8:1 | 16% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 20 | 24.6:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 20 | 26.5:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 20 | 26.6:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | N/A | N/A | 4% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 15 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (530 to 523); teachers up 10% (20 to 22).
About Oak Hills Elementary
Oak Hills Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Oak Park, California. The school's 523 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Oak Park Unified has 4,437 students spread across 7 schools.
White students are the majority at Oak Hills Elementary, with 52% of enrollment. It is also 26% Asian, 13% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That is close to the 52% White share among all Ventura County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.8:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 23.8:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Oak Hills Elementary is 12%. The rate at public schools in Ventura County averages 59%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Oak Hills Elementary is B. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 71.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 72.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Ventura County, the median household income is $109,797, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Ventura County has 238 public schools and roughly 147,841 students.
Of nearby public schools, Red Oak Elementary is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Oak Hills Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 71.5% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is up 7% from 2020-21, when Oak Hills Elementary had 491 students, to 2024-25, when it had 523.
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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 Oak Park Unified
- Oak Park HighHigh · 1,483 students
- Medea Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,090 students
- Red Oak ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Brookside ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Oak Park IndependentCombined · 189 students
- Oak View HighHigh · 27 students
Other schools in Oak Park
- Oak Park HighHigh · 1,483 students
- Medea Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,090 students
- Red Oak ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Brookside ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Oak Park IndependentCombined · 189 students
- Oak View HighHigh · 27 students
Other Oak Hills Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Oak Hills Elementary. Oak Hills Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Oak Hills ElementaryValencia, CA · 660 students
- OAK HILLS ELEMENTARYLAKEVILLE, MN · 571 students
- Oak Hills Elementary SchoolBeaverton, OR · 484 students
Nearby schools
- Red Oak Elementary0.4 mi · 569
- Oak Park High0.7 mi · 1,483
- Medea Creek Middle0.8 mi · 1,090
- Oak View High0.9 mi · 27
- Oak Park Independent0.9 mi · 189
- Yerba Buena Elementary1.1 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Hills ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Hills Elementary?
Oak Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 523 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Oak Hills Elementary serve?
Oak Hills Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oak Hills Elementary?
Approximately 23.8:1 students per teacher at Oak Hills Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Hills Elementary?
At Oak Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 26% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Hills Elementary?
Oak Hills Elementary is overseen by Oak Park Unified in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.