Olivewood

Olivewood operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in National City, California, one of the schools within National Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 424 students spanning grades K through 6.

Within National Elementary, which oversees 10 schools and 3,964 students, Olivewood is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Olivewood records that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Olivewood higher than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Olivewood performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.9%, the actual is 21.4%, a residual of -6.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Diego County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Olivewood is one.

The closest other public school is Sweetwater High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Olivewood comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 27.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Olivewood's enrollment has edged down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 623 (now 424).

Inside the community feed, the feed for Olivewood typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.