Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUCIA MAR UNIFIED·NCES 062308003527
Oceano Elementary
1551 17th St., Oceano, CA 93445 · (805) 474-3800 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% 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.
- 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.
- B-Three-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
17.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
342 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
38%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
42.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.8pp since 2014
Math
29.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.5% | 22.3% | 18.6% | 38.6% |
| Math | 8.7% | 21.0% | 28.3% | 42.0% |
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 | 42.8% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 22.2% |
| 2021-22 | 38.5% | 28.9% |
| 2018-19 | 37.5% | 38.1% |
| 2017-18 | 33.9% | 27.1% |
| 2016-17 | 27.7% | 18.6% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Oceano Elementary
Oceano Elementary's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oceano Elementary this school | 377 | 90.7% | 35.1% |
| West Street Elementary Corning | 324 | 90.4% | 25.9% |
| Glenwood Elementary Stockton | 378 | 86.5% | 34.9% |
| Oak Manor Elementary Ukiah | 417 | 93.3% | 17.0% |
| Woodson Elementary Corning | 486 | 89.5% | 23.5% |
| Vanalden Avenue Elementary Reseda | 369 | 88.1% | 36.5% |
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 Oceano Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #2,945 of 5,151 | #27 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #3,256 of 5,172 ▼ 379 | #29 of 37 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #2,663 of 5,172 ▲ 415 | #25 of 37 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #2,438 of 5,116 | #22 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #3,971 of 5,915 | #24 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #219 of 5,352 | #3 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #3,538 of 5,354 | #34 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #1,020 of 5,625 | #1 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #2,161 of 3,837 | #14 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
377
0 (0%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 377 | 21.3 | 17.7:1 | 91% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 19.4 | 20.3:1 | 90% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 20.3 | 17.7:1 | 85% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 18 | 20.9:1 | 86% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 18.6 | 23.6:1 | 82% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 20 | 23.0:1 | 89% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | N/A | N/A | 93% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 28 | 18.7:1 | 82% (429) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 19 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oceano Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (438 to 377); teachers up 15% (18.6 to 21.3).
About Oceano Elementary
Oceano Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Oceano, California, (ZIP code 93445). The school counted 377 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6.
Lucia Mar Unified enrolls 9,590 students in 19 schools, including Oceano Elementary.
The student body at Oceano Elementary is 76% Hispanic. It is also 21% White and 3% multiracial. San Luis Obispo County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 51 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Oceano Elementary are from different groups.
Oceano Elementary has 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. At Oceano Elementary, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in San Luis Obispo County averages 54%, lower than here.
Oceano Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Oceano Elementary is 8.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for San Luis Obispo County show that median household income comes to about $97,446, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. San Luis Obispo County counts 83 public schools with about 33,339 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Oceano Elementary from the closest public school, Fairgrove Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.6%; Oceano Elementary's is 35.1%, ranking 6th of 8.
Oceano Elementary falls in the Suburb: Small locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 377, starting from 377. Students per teacher dropped from 20.9 in 2020-21 to 17.7 in 2024-25.
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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
- Ocean View ElementaryElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Fairgrove Elementary0.5 mi · 365
- Grover Beach Elementary1.1 mi · 368
- Harloe Elementary1.3 mi · 619
- Ocean View Elementary1.6 mi · 547
- Grover Heights Elementary1.8 mi · 290
- Arroyo Grande High2.0 mi · 2,012
Frequently asked questions
About Oceano ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Oceano Elementary?
Oceano Elementary enrolls approximately 377 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Oceano Elementary serve?
Oceano Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Oceano Elementary have?
Oceano Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Oceano Elementary?
Student demographics at Oceano Elementary are roughly 21% White, 76% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Oceano Elementary in?
Oceano Elementary is part of Lucia Mar Unified.
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