Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062949009600
Ohlone Elementary
21 Bay Farms Rd., Watsonville, CA 95076 · (831) 728-6977 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of California public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- DThree-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
20.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
378 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Ohlone Elementary→Aptos Junior High
Based on grade levels within Pajaro Valley Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
16.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.6pp since 2014
Math
11.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.2% | 10.3% | 18.5% | 65.1% |
| Math | 2.6% | 8.7% | 25.6% | 63.1% |
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 | 16.4% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 17.2% | 11.7% |
| 2022-23 | 21.2% | 16.8% |
| 2021-22 | 25.4% | 14.8% |
| 2018-19 | 29.8% | 27.8% |
| 2017-18 | 28.7% | 29.2% |
| 2016-17 | 23.6% | 24.1% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Ohlone Elementary
Ohlone Elementary's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohlone Elementary this school | 391 | 96.7% | 14.2% |
| Heroes Elementary Santa Ana | 396 | 95.7% | 27.0% |
| Radcliff Elementary Watsonville | 409 | 97.1% | 8.8% |
| Liberty Boulevard Elementary South Gate | 410 | 96.8% | 35.4% |
| Sylmar Elementary Sylmar | 393 | 96.2% | 36.6% |
| State Street Elementary South Gate | 396 | 95.2% | 29.3% |
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 Ohlone Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #4,978 of 5,151 | #67 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #4,991 of 5,172 ▼ 56 | #67 of 70 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #5,008 of 5,172 ▼ 88 | #67 of 70 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #375 of 5,116 | #7 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #3,800 of 5,915 | #65 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,384 of 5,352 | #8 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.0% | #5,196 of 5,354 | #52 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #239 of 5,625 | #4 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #839 of 3,837 | #5 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
391
-40 (-9%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 391 | 18.8 | 20.8:1 | 97% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 20.3 | 22.3:1 | 95% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 18.8 | 20.7:1 | 96% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 19 | 22.7:1 | 91% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 24 | 22.0:1 | 87% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 23 | 23.6:1 | 94% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | N/A | N/A | 92% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 36 | 17.5:1 | 84% (526) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 20 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ohlone Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (528 to 391); teachers down 22% (24 to 18.8).
About Ohlone Elementary
Ohlone Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Watsonville, California. The school's 391 students are in kindergarten through 6.
Pajaro Valley Unified includes 33 schools. Together they enroll 16,482 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Ohlone Elementary, with 97% of enrollment. County-wide, 62% of Monterey County residents are Hispanic. Ohlone Elementary has a diversity index of 5%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 20.8 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 97% of students. It compares with 76% for public schools in Monterey County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Ohlone Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ohlone Elementary is 8.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 14.2%. Predicted: 22.9%.
Across Monterey County, median household income is about $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Monterey County number 153 and enroll about 73,845.
The next-closest public school is Pajaro Middle, about 2.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ohlone Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 14.2% is below the 19.8% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 431 in 2020-21 and 391 in 2024-25, a decrease of 40 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.8:1.
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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 Pajaro Valley Unified
- Watsonville HighHigh · 2,215 students
- Pajaro Valley HighHigh · 1,293 students
- Aptos HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Alianza CharterElementary · 626 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 588 students
- Aptos Junior HighMiddle · 587 students
Other schools in Watsonville
- Watsonville HighHigh · 2,215 students
- Pajaro Valley HighHigh · 1,293 students
- Alianza CharterElementary · 626 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 588 students
- Cesar E. Chavez MiddleMiddle · 548 students
- Bradley ElementaryElementary · 520 students
Other Ohlone Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Ohlone Elementary. Ohlone Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Ohlone ElementaryHercules, CA · 482 students
- Ohlone ElementaryPalo Alto, CA · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Pajaro Middle2.2 mi · 398
- Hall District Elementary2.2 mi · 470
- Ceiba College Preparatory Academy2.4 mi · 501
- Watsonville Prep2.8 mi · 488
- Radcliff Elementary2.9 mi · 409
- Linscott Charter2.9 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Ohlone ElementaryHow large is Ohlone Elementary?
Ohlone Elementary enrolls approximately 391 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ohlone Elementary serve?
Ohlone Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Ohlone Elementary?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at Ohlone Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ohlone Elementary?
At Ohlone Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Ohlone Elementary?
Ohlone Elementary is overseen by Pajaro Valley Unified in Monterey County.
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