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Which teacher or staff member at Stuart Mesa Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEANSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 062825007717
Stuart Mesa Elementary
100 Yamanaka Way, Oceanside, CA 92058 · (760) 901-7700 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
357 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 | 124 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 164% larger than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
69%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
48.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.8pp since 2014
Math
32.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.7% | 35.1% | 29.4% | 21.8% |
| Math | 10.3% | 22.3% | 31.9% | 35.6% |
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 | 48.8% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 32.4% |
| 2022-23 | 41.3% | 35.1% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 38.8% |
| 2018-19 | 47.6% | 40.6% |
| 2017-18 | 38.1% | 38.8% |
| 2016-17 | 42.5% | 38.2% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Stuart Mesa Elementary
Stuart Mesa Elementary's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Mesa Elementary this school | 549 | 65.0% | 39.3% |
| Santa Margarita Elementary Oceanside | 544 | 66.2% | 42.2% |
| Congressman Jerry Lewis Elementary Fort Irwin | 510 | 63.1% | N/A |
| Vail Elementary Temecula | 563 | 64.8% | 37.2% |
| Lichen K-8 Citrus Heights | 498 | 63.9% | 28.5% |
| Rail Ranch Elementary Murrieta | 603 | 63.5% | 44.0% |
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 Stuart Mesa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #2,560 of 5,151 | #233 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #2,964 of 5,172 ▼ 122 | #258 of 393 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #2,134 of 5,172 ▲ 106 | #204 of 393 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #1,360 of 5,116 | #125 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #1,873 of 5,915 | #133 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,664 of 5,352 | #173 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #786 of 5,354 | #63 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.0% | #3,230 of 5,625 | #197 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #2,639 of 3,837 | #189 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
549
+95 (+21%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 761
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 549 | 24.3 | 22.6:1 | 65% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 25.2 | 20.5:1 | 68% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 26.2 | 21.1:1 | 64% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 24 | 18.9:1 | 43% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 28 | 21.9:1 | 47% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 54% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | N/A | N/A | 49% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 761 | 39 | 19.5:1 | 35% (270) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stuart Mesa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (613 to 549); teachers down 13% (28 to 24.3).
About Stuart Mesa Elementary
Students in Oceanside, California, attend Stuart Mesa Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 549 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8.
Oceanside Unified runs Stuart Mesa Elementary along with 22 other schools, enrolling 14,866 students in total.
Hispanic students account for 44% of enrollment at Stuart Mesa Elementary, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 31% White, 12% multiracial, 8% Black, and 3% Asian. Among people living in San Diego County, the Hispanic share is about 35%. The diversity index for Stuart Mesa Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 22.6 students per teacher. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. Of all students at Stuart Mesa Elementary, 65% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in San Diego County average 54%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Stuart Mesa Elementary would score about 41.4%. It scores 39.3%, 2.2 points below that figure.
The school's county is San Diego County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Diego County's 766 public schools enroll about 467,437 students and include Stuart Mesa Elementary.
Santa Margarita Elementary sits about 2.2 miles from Stuart Mesa Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Stuart Mesa Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Stuart Mesa Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 21% rise took enrollment from 454 in 2020-21 to 549 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.6:1.
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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
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- 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
Nearby schools
- Santa Margarita Elementary2.2 mi · 544
- North Terrace Elementary3.0 mi · 771
- Laurel Elementary3.8 mi · 352
- Jefferson Middle4.0 mi · 441
- Oceanside Unified School District Adult Transition Program4.1 mi · 55
- Mission Elementary4.2 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About Stuart Mesa ElementaryHow many students attend Stuart Mesa Elementary?
Stuart Mesa Elementary enrolls approximately 549 students in grades KG-08.
Is Stuart Mesa Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stuart Mesa Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Stuart Mesa Elementary?
Approximately 22.6:1 students per teacher at Stuart Mesa Elementary.
How diverse is Stuart Mesa Elementary?
Stuart Mesa Elementary reports a student body of 31% White, 44% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Stuart Mesa Elementary?
Stuart Mesa Elementary is overseen by Oceanside Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.