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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEANSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 062825004373
Santa Margarita Elementary
1 Carnes Rd., Oceanside, CA 92058 · (760) 901-7900 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
22.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
360 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 121 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 267% larger than its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
45.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
41.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 1 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 | 21.3% | 24.2% | 25.0% | 29.6% |
| Math | 18.8% | 23.0% | 29.7% | 28.4% |
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 | 45.4% | 41.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 34.6% |
| 2022-23 | 56.1% | 40.5% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 36.6% |
| 2018-19 | 64.3% | 61.7% |
| 2017-18 | 64.4% | 56.7% |
| 2016-17 | 57.8% | 54.0% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Santa Margarita Elementary
Santa Margarita Elementary's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Margarita Elementary this school | 544 | 66.2% | 42.2% |
| Stuart Mesa Elementary Oceanside | 549 | 65.0% | 39.3% |
| Congressman Jerry Lewis Elementary Fort Irwin | 510 | 63.1% | N/A |
| Lichen K-8 Citrus Heights | 498 | 63.9% | 28.5% |
| Avocado Elementary La Mesa | 573 | 73.1% | 37.2% |
| Faller Elementary Ridgecrest | 516 | 61.8% | 34.9% |
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 Santa Margarita Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #2,290 of 5,151 | #212 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #2,165 of 5,172 ▲ 468 | #204 of 393 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #2,413 of 5,172 ▼ 361 | #228 of 393 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #1,307 of 5,116 | #118 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #1,939 of 5,915 | #144 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,232 of 5,352 | #127 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #911 of 5,354 | #80 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #3,166 of 5,625 | #192 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #2,628 of 3,837 | #188 of 279 |
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
544
+37 (+7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 544 | 24.7 | 22.1:1 | 66% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 24.5 | 22.7:1 | 65% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 23.6 | 22.9:1 | 66% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 23 | 22.0:1 | 39% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 30 | 20.3:1 | 37% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 32 | 20.9:1 | 43% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | N/A | N/A | 52% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 43% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 24 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Margarita Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (608 to 544); teachers down 18% (30 to 24.7).
About Santa Margarita Elementary
Santa Margarita Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Oceanside, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 544 students.
Oceanside Unified has a total of 23 schools and 14,866 students, Santa Margarita Elementary among them.
Of every 100 students at Santa Margarita Elementary, about 43 are Hispanic, the largest group. The remaining students are 34% White, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, and 3% Asian. Census figures show San Diego County is about 35% Hispanic. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Santa Margarita Elementary are from different groups.
Santa Margarita Elementary has 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 66%. The 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 12 points lower.
Santa Margarita Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Santa Margarita Elementary is 1.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 42.2%. Predicted: 40.8%.
For San Diego County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 766 public schools and about 467,437 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, North Terrace Elementary, is about 1.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Santa Margarita Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Santa Margarita Elementary in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 507 to 544.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oceanside Unified
- El Camino HighHigh · 2,463 students
- Oceanside HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 1,098 students
- North Terrace ElementaryElementary · 771 students
- Louise Foussat ElementaryElementary · 755 students
- Ivey Ranch ElementaryElementary · 698 students
Other schools in Oceanside
- El Camino HighHigh · 2,463 students
- Coastal Academy CharterCombined · 2,015 students
- Oceanside HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Mission Vista HighHigh · 1,670 students
- SIATechHigh · 1,174 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 1,158 students
Other Santa Margarita Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Santa Margarita Elementary. Santa Margarita Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Santa Margarita ElementarySanta Margarita, CA · 297 students
Nearby schools
- North Terrace Elementary1.1 mi · 771
- Laurel Elementary1.8 mi · 352
- Jefferson Middle1.8 mi · 441
- Oceanside Unified School District Adult Transition Program1.9 mi · 55
- Mission Elementary2.0 mi · 419
- Stuart Mesa Elementary2.2 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Margarita ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Santa Margarita Elementary?
Santa Margarita Elementary enrolls approximately 544 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Santa Margarita Elementary serve?
Santa Margarita Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Santa Margarita Elementary have?
Santa Margarita Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Santa Margarita Elementary?
Student demographics at Santa Margarita Elementary are roughly 34% White, 43% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Santa Margarita Elementary in?
Santa Margarita Elementary is part of Oceanside Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.