Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 229 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIGGS ELEMENTARY·NCES 060603009325
Olivelands Elementary
12465 Foothill Rd., Santa Paula, CA 93060 · (805) 933-2254 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% 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.
- 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.
- AThree-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
21.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
147 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 49 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (54).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Olivelands Elementary→Briggs Elementary
Based on grade levels within Briggs Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
40.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.2pp since 2014
Math
36.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.5% | 24.7% | 27.8% | 32.0% |
| Math | 17.4% | 19.4% | 38.8% | 24.5% |
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 | 40.2% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 30.6% |
| 2022-23 | 26.7% | 29.1% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 25.3% |
| 2020-21 | 23.7% | 10.4% |
| 2018-19 | 42.9% | 35.7% |
| 2017-18 | 42.2% | 37.5% |
| 2016-17 | 41.7% | 40.8% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Olivelands Elementary
Olivelands Elementary's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivelands Elementary this school | 236 | 62.3% | 34.7% |
| Leonardo da Vinci Health Sciences Charter Chula Vista | 273 | 66.7% | N/A |
| Linscott Charter Watsonville | 258 | 65.9% | 44.0% |
| Thelma Bedell Elementary Santa Paula | 294 | 67.0% | 26.7% |
| Traver Elementary Traver | 235 | 71.5% | 30.1% |
| Conejo Academy of Leadership and Language Immersion Thousand Oaks | 258 | 58.5% | 25.9% |
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 Olivelands Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #2,997 of 5,151 | #68 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #2,570 of 5,172 ▲ 439 | #58 of 122 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #2,914 of 5,172 ▲ 1,021 | #68 of 122 ▲ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.8pp | #323 of 5,116 | #7 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #5,186 of 5,915 | #121 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,798 of 5,352 | #52 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.5% | #4,913 of 5,354 | #103 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #3,369 of 5,625 | #60 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #2,912 of 3,837 | #77 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
236
-18 (-7%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 144
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 236 | 11 | 21.4:1 | 62% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 11 | 21.8:1 | 62% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 11 | 22.4:1 | 67% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 12 | 21.2:1 | 57% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 12 | 21.4:1 | 79% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 13 | 22.2:1 | 75% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | N/A | N/A | 73% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 172 | 9 | 19.1:1 | 65% (112) |
| 1990-91 | 144 | 4 | 36.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olivelands Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (257 to 236); teachers down 8% (12 to 11).
About Olivelands Elementary
The public elementary school Olivelands Elementary is located in Santa Paula, California. The student body numbers 236 students, from kindergarten through 4. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Briggs Elementary oversees Olivelands Elementary and 1 other school, with 457 students in total.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Olivelands Elementary, with 94% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% White. In Ventura County overall, about 44% of residents are Hispanic. Olivelands Elementary has a diversity index of 10%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 11 full-time-equivalent teachers at Olivelands Elementary and a ratio of 21.4:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 62% of students. Across public schools in Ventura County, the average is about the same, 59%.
Olivelands Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In California, Olivelands Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.7% actual against a predicted 43.0%.
Ventura County has these Census figures: median household income is about $109,797, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Olivelands Elementary is among the 238 public schools in Ventura County.
The closest public school to Olivelands Elementary is Briggs Elementary, about 2.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 34.7% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 7 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Olivelands Elementary as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 236, 7% below the 254 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Olivelands Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Santa Paula
- Santa Paula HighHigh · 1,494 students
- Glen City ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Isbell MiddleMiddle · 634 students
- Grace Thille ElementaryElementary · 358 students
- Barbara Webster ElementaryElementary · 325 students
- Blanchard ElementaryElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Briggs Elementary2.1 mi · 221
- Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy3.2 mi · 461
- Blanchard Elementary3.3 mi · 317
- Santa Paula Unified School District Independent Studies3.8 mi · 60
- Glen City Elementary3.8 mi · 675
- Citrus Glen Elementary3.9 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Olivelands ElementaryHow large is Olivelands Elementary?
Olivelands Elementary enrolls approximately 236 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Olivelands Elementary serve?
Olivelands Elementary serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Olivelands Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Olivelands Elementary is approximately 21.4:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olivelands Elementary?
At Olivelands Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
Is Olivelands Elementary public or private?
Olivelands Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Briggs Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.