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What advice would you give to incoming students at Ocean View Elementary?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
547
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUCIA MAR UNIFIED·NCES 062308003526
Ocean View Elementary
1208 Linda Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 · (805) 474-3730 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
21.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
186 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 108 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 23% larger than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
73.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.1pp since 2014
Math
63.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.3% | 27.8% | 14.9% | 12.0% |
| Math | 32.7% | 31.1% | 19.7% | 16.5% |
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 | 73.1% | 63.8% |
| 2023-24 | 78.2% | 66.8% |
| 2022-23 | 72.5% | 61.3% |
| 2021-22 | 70.6% | 57.9% |
| 2018-19 | 74.9% | 69.3% |
| 2017-18 | 77.7% | 61.3% |
| 2016-17 | 72.4% | 60.0% |
| 2015-16 | 71.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Ocean View Elementary
Ocean View Elementary's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean View Elementary this school | 547 | 34.0% | 70.3% |
| Heinz Kaiser Elementary Costa Mesa | 539 | 34.9% | 69.7% |
| Ione Elementary Ione | 564 | 34.2% | 26.4% |
| Brittan Elementary Sutter | 539 | 34.7% | 32.0% |
| Newport Heights Elementary Newport Beach | 502 | 30.3% | 71.2% |
| Moulton Elementary Laguna Niguel | 538 | 30.5% | 69.3% |
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 Ocean View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #641 of 5,151 | #3 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #888 of 5,172 ▼ 148 | #6 of 37 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #583 of 5,172 ▼ 247 | #3 of 37 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #1,916 of 5,116 | #15 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #1,903 of 5,915 | #5 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,873 of 5,352 | #15 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #2,227 of 5,354 | #15 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #4,602 of 5,625 | #32 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #2,187 of 3,837 | #15 of 20 |
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
547
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 547 | 25.4 | 21.6:1 | 34% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 25.2 | 20.9:1 | 34% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 23.9 | 21.9:1 | 33% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 36% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 26.1 | 24.3:1 | 19% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 26 | 24.9:1 | 23% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | N/A | N/A | 21% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 30 | 20.7:1 | 15% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 23 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ocean View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (634 to 547); teachers down 3% (26.1 to 25.4).
About Ocean View Elementary
Ocean View Elementary is an elementary school in Arroyo Grande, California, and it is part of Lucia Mar Unified. The school enrolls 547 students in kindergarten through 6.
Enrollment across the 19 schools in Lucia Mar Unified totals 9,590 students.
More than half of enrollment at Ocean View Elementary is White: 61%. The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 4% Asian. San Luis Obispo County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Ocean View Elementary lists 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 0.7 students per teacher. About 34% of students at Ocean View Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in San Luis Obispo County is 54%.
Ocean View Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of California public elementary schools.
Ocean View Elementary is 10.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (70.3% versus 59.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
San Luis Obispo County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $97,446, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. San Luis Obispo County's 83 public schools enroll about 33,339 students and include Ocean View Elementary.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Harloe Elementary, is the closest to Ocean View Elementary. Ocean View Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 44.2%, lower than Ocean View Elementary's 70.3%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 557 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 547.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Ocean View Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
San Luis Obispo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,555
Census ACS
Median income
$97,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
33,339 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lucia Mar Unified
- Arroyo Grande HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Nipomo HighHigh · 819 students
- Harloe ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- Dana ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Lange (Dorothea) ElementaryElementary · 577 students
- Paulding MiddleMiddle · 544 students
Other schools in Arroyo Grande
- Arroyo Grande HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Harloe ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- Paulding MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- Mesa MiddleMiddle · 474 students
- Branch ElementaryElementary · 261 students
- Pacific View AcademyCombined · 114 students
Other Ocean View Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ocean View Elementary. Ocean View Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Ocean View ElementaryWhittier, CA · 668 students
- Ocean View ElementaryAlbany, CA · 563 students
- Ocean View ElementaryNorfolk, VA · 512 students
- Ocean View ElementaryAnchorage, AK · 285 students
Nearby schools
- Harloe Elementary0.9 mi · 619
- Grover Beach Elementary1.1 mi · 368
- Arroyo Grande High1.2 mi · 2,012
- Fairgrove Elementary1.2 mi · 365
- Grover Heights Elementary1.2 mi · 290
- Paulding Middle1.6 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Ocean View ElementaryHow many students attend Ocean View Elementary?
Ocean View Elementary enrolls approximately 547 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ocean View Elementary serve?
Ocean View Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Ocean View Elementary?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at Ocean View Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Ocean View Elementary?
Student demographics at Ocean View Elementary are roughly 61% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Ocean View Elementary public or private?
Ocean View Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lucia Mar Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.