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If you had an hour of school board time for Rio Lindo Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO ELEMENTARY·NCES 063276005090
Rio Lindo Elementary
2131 Snow Ave., Oxnard, CA 93036 · (805) 485-3113 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- C+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
22.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
320 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 95 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
25.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
23.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.8% | 19.7% | 28.2% | 46.3% |
| Math | 6.9% | 16.4% | 30.7% | 46.0% |
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 | 25.5% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 19.6% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 20.2% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.2% | 8.8% |
| 2018-19 | 33.2% | 27.3% |
| 2017-18 | 35.2% | 28.9% |
| 2016-17 | 27.3% | 31.1% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Rio Lindo Elementary
Rio Lindo Elementary's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Lindo Elementary this school | 405 | 79.0% | 24.2% |
| Alila Earlimart | 423 | 80.1% | 20.9% |
| Sunflower Elementary El Centro | 427 | 79.2% | 42.5% |
| Olive Street Elementary Anaheim | 417 | 76.7% | 23.1% |
| Vista del Valle Dual Language Academy San Fernando | 416 | 77.4% | 43.3% |
| Studebaker Elementary Norwalk | 394 | 79.2% | 51.3% |
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 Rio Lindo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #4,163 of 5,151 | #99 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #3,970 of 5,172 ▲ 245 | #92 of 122 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #4,434 of 5,172 ▼ 470 | #107 of 122 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,878 of 5,116 | #73 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #3,644 of 5,915 | #76 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,599 of 5,352 | #70 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #4,852 of 5,354 | #101 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #2,275 of 5,625 | #35 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #1,127 of 3,837 | #25 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
405
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 405 | 18 | 22.5:1 | 79% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 18 | 23.1:1 | 74% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 19 | 21.5:1 | 70% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 18 | 24.3:1 | 76% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 22 | 23.8:1 | 85% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 21 | 24.5:1 | 83% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | N/A | N/A | 71% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 25 | 23.4:1 | 39% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 15 | 29.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rio Lindo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (523 to 405); teachers down 18% (22 to 18).
About Rio Lindo Elementary
Among the schools in Oxnard, California, is Rio Lindo Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 405 students in kindergarten through 5.
Rio Elementary counts 9 schools and 5,250 students, including Rio Lindo Elementary.
By race and ethnicity, Rio Lindo Elementary is 94% Hispanic. Ventura County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 12% means there is a 12% chance two randomly chosen students at Rio Lindo Elementary are from different groups.
There are 18 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 22.5:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Of all students at Rio Lindo Elementary, 79% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Ventura County is 59%.
Among California public elementary schools, Rio Lindo Elementary outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Rio Lindo Elementary would score about 33.2%. It scores 24.2%, 9.0 points below that figure.
In the wider Ventura County area, the median household earns about $109,797 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Rio Lindo Elementary shares Ventura County with 237 other public schools.
Rio Lindo Elementary's nearest public school is Pacifica High (about 0.5 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 29.1%; Rio Lindo Elementary's is 24.2%, ranking 6th of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Rio Lindo Elementary is City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 405, from 437 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.3:1 in 2020-21, and 22.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Rio Elementary
- Rio del SolElementary · 839 students
- Rio Real ElementaryElementary · 794 students
- Rio Vista MiddleMiddle · 637 students
- Rio del Valle MiddleMiddle · 569 students
- Rio RosalesElementary · 557 students
- Rio Del MarElementary · 499 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
Nearby schools
- Pacifica High0.5 mi · 2,675
- Rio Real Elementary0.5 mi · 794
- Norman R. Brekke Elementary0.6 mi · 585
- R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering0.9 mi · 1,027
- Rio del Valle Middle0.9 mi · 569
- Del Sol High1.2 mi · 808
Frequently asked questions
About Rio Lindo ElementaryHow many students attend Rio Lindo Elementary?
Rio Lindo Elementary enrolls approximately 405 students in grades KG-05.
Is Rio Lindo Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rio Lindo Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Rio Lindo Elementary have?
Rio Lindo Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
How diverse is Rio Lindo Elementary?
Rio Lindo Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Rio Lindo Elementary in?
Rio Lindo Elementary is part of Rio Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.