Sierra Linda Elementary

Sierra Linda Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Oxnard, California, overseen by Oxnard. Current enrollment sits at 455 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Oxnard, which oversees 20 schools and 13,003 students, Sierra Linda Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sierra Linda Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest looks like 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sierra Linda Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sierra Linda Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sierra Linda Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.1%, the actual is 28.1%, a residual of +1.0 points.

In the broader community, Ventura County reports that median household income runs about $109,797, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Sierra Linda Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rio del Norte, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sierra Linda Elementary. On composite proficiency, Sierra Linda Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sierra Linda Elementary has ticked down 35%, going from 697 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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