Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary

Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary is a well-populated elementary campus in Santa Maria, California, one of the schools within Santa Maria-Bonita. The school works with 849 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 83% bigger than typical.

Across the 21 schools in Santa Maria-Bonita (17,408 students total), Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary lists that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Barbara County (around 68%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.6%.

Around the school, census data for Santa Barbara County shows median household income runs about $98,161, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Barbara County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students), of which Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Bruce (Robert) Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 21.6%.

Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 964 students in 2018 compared to 849 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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