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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OXNARD·NCES 062922008665
Ramona Elementary
804 Cooper Rd., Oxnard, CA 93030 · (805) 385-1569 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
553 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 134 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is 47% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
22.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.0pp since 2014
Math
11.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 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 up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.2% | 14.8% | 21.6% | 56.4% |
| Math | 0.8% | 10.6% | 27.8% | 60.8% |
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 | 22.0% | 11.4% |
| 2023-24 | 11.7% | 10.6% |
| 2022-23 | 18.8% | 15.3% |
| 2021-22 | 20.4% | 14.9% |
| 2018-19 | 27.1% | 14.6% |
| 2017-18 | 23.8% | 11.2% |
| 2016-17 | 15.7% | 11.2% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 10.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
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 Ramona Elementary
Ramona Elementary's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramona Elementary this school | 568 | 97.4% | 13.9% |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy Salinas | 577 | 96.2% | 21.6% |
| Santa Rita Elementary Salinas | 545 | 97.2% | 10.7% |
| George Washington Elementary Madera | 578 | 97.9% | 22.6% |
| Las Palmitas Elementary Thermal | 570 | 96.5% | 17.8% |
| Eastman Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 96.3% | 23.5% |
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 Ramona Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #4,993 of 5,151 | #119 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #4,983 of 5,172 ▲ 17 | #121 of 122 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,727 of 5,172 ▲ 376 | #113 of 122 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,493 of 5,116 | #36 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #1,675 of 5,915 | #23 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,131 of 5,352 | #85 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.4% | #5,349 of 5,354 | #123 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #161 of 5,625 | #2 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #3,327 of 3,837 | #89 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
568
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 568 | 24.5 | 23.2:1 | 97% (553) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 24.5 | 23.3:1 | 95% (544) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 24 | 24.1:1 | 96% (555) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 23 | 24.1:1 | 99% (548) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 23 | 26.0:1 | 98% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 23 | 27.6:1 | 98% (620) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | N/A | N/A | 98% (507) |
| 2000-01 | 681 | 31 | 22.0:1 | 94% (639) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ramona Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (598 to 568); teachers up 7% (23 to 24.5).
About Ramona Elementary
Ramona Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Oxnard, California. A total of 568 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 22% higher.
Across its 20 schools, Oxnard enrolls 13,003 students. Ramona Elementary is one of those schools.
The student body at Ramona Elementary is 100% Hispanic. Among all residents of Ventura County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. The school's diversity index is 0%, meaning two students picked at random have a 0% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Ramona Elementary is 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 23.2:1. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 97%. That is 38 points above the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Ramona Elementary would be expected to post about 22.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Ventura County show that the median household income is $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 238 public schools in Ventura County, enrolling about 147,841 students in all.
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is the public school closest to Ramona Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Ramona Elementary places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Ramona Elementary had 554 students, to 2024-25, when it had 568.
The Ramona Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Oxnard
- R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & EngineeringMiddle · 1,027 students
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- Driffill ElementaryElementary · 891 students
- Kamala ElementaryElementary · 842 students
- Curren ElementaryElementary · 817 students
- Lemonwood ElementaryElementary · 808 students
Other schools in Oxnard
- Pacifica HighHigh · 2,675 students
- Oxnard HighHigh · 2,452 students
- Channel Islands HighHigh · 2,380 students
- Rio Mesa HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Hueneme HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Vista Real Charter HighHigh · 1,271 students
Other Ramona Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 1 state are named Ramona Elementary. Ramona Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Ramona ElementaryHemet, CA · 702 students
- Ramona ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 650 students
- Ramona ElementaryMontclair, CA · 556 students
- Ramona ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 528 students
- Ramona ElementaryBellflower, CA · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary0.2 mi · 754
- R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering0.4 mi · 1,027
- Vista Real Charter High0.6 mi · 1,271
- Norman R. Brekke Elementary0.8 mi · 585
- Rose Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 424
- Del Sol High0.9 mi · 808
Frequently asked questions
About Ramona ElementaryHow many students attend Ramona Elementary?
Ramona Elementary enrolls approximately 568 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ramona Elementary serve?
Ramona Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Ramona Elementary?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at Ramona Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Ramona Elementary?
Student demographics at Ramona Elementary are roughly 100% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Ramona Elementary?
Ramona Elementary is overseen by Oxnard in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.