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Oak Avenue Elementary

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Oak Avenue Elementary ranks 4372 nd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

4372^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 25% of California elementary schools

Summary

Oak Avenue Elementary is a K-6 school serving 693 students in Greenfield, part of the Greenfield Union Elementary district, which faces significant academic challenges across all its schools, including Mary Chapa Academy, Cesar Chavez Elementary, and Arroyo Seco Academy.

Despite these challenges, Oak Avenue has clear strengths, most notably its excellent student attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate of 9.3% that is half the state average and better than many nearby schools in the Soledad Unified district. The school also shows relative effectiveness in teaching English Language Learners and outperforms its own district average in science. However, it struggles significantly with its Special Education students and shows wide performance disparities between different student groups.

An interesting comparison is with Mission Elementary in the neighboring Mission Union Elementary district, which achieves much higher test scores and even lower absenteeism, suggesting district-level policies and resources play a major role. For improvement, Oak Avenue could build on its successful attendance strategies and effective work with some student subgroups to address its broader academic performance.

693

Students ?

22.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,131

Per pupil spending ?

86.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1239 Oak Ave.
Greenfield, CA 93927-5438

(831) 674-5916

District: Greenfield Union Elementary

Students who attend Oak Avenue Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

Vista Verde Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.3%

White:

0.9%

American Indian:

0.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 9th percentile in 2013 → 25th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2013

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Greenfield Union Elementary

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 20 pts below the California average

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg20%

California avg41%

4,372^nd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 25%▲ up 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 17% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 4Elementary Schools in the Greenfield Union Elementary

1391^st of 1,543Greenfield Union Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	4372 of 5857	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.9	4372 of 5869	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	4985 of 5859	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	5192 of 5883	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	4954 of 5789	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	4385 of 5662	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.4	5164 of 5692	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	18.1	4785 of 5614	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.5	4676 of 5611	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	15.2	5038 of 5530	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	8.1	5263 of 5390	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	12.0	5128 of 5377	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	18.7	4662 of 5314	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	7.6	5091 of 5193	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	9.2	4960 of 5113	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	10.6	4891 of 5113	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	11.6	4556 of 4818	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	13.5	4429 of 4822	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	12.0	4551 of 4809	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	16.8	2209 of 2227	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.6	2554 of 2585	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.5	1951 of 2128	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.2	2092 of 3162	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.8	2182 of 3245	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.7	2074 of 3311	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.7	3035 of 3275	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	26.5	2631 of 3246	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.7	4107 of 5597	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.1	4602 of 5612	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	4983 of 5609	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.5	5043 of 5635	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.6	4901 of 5492	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.0	4455 of 5413	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.0	3385 of 5107	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.8	3364 of 5107	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.6	4049 of 5087	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	4284 of 5084	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.5	4004 of 4963	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.2	3329 of 4830	31.1%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.2	286 of 429	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.8	204 of 364	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.1	228 of 335	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.5	254 of 356	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.2	3973 of 5460	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.5	4092 of 5517	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.8	4552 of 5363	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	4551 of 5264	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.4	4135 of 5173	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.8	3334 of 5084	34.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.6	4324 of 5628	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.5	3865 of 5643	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.9	4534 of 5638	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	4832 of 5663	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.1	4556 of 5510	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.6	3976 of 5431	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.1	42 of 78	46.2%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.4	2024 of 2847	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.9	2400 of 2635	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	2335 of 2420	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Migrant (2025)46th percentile+21 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)34th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)34th percentile+8 vs school

Homeless (2025)33rd percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2025)29th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)27th percentile~ school

Female (2025)27th percentile~ school

Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)1st percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy29%-20 vs state

Mathematics27%-11 vs state

Science15%-18 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Oak Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	1239 Oak Ave.	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-5916	693	31	22.7	86.7%	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	681 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25.2	4372^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	25.4%		24.9	4372^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	25.5%		14.7		14.7	27.0	25.0	24.0	39.2			28.8	39.1	17.3	19.6	32.7			26.8	98.0	98.0	$20,131	$3,128	$17,003
Arroyo Seco Academy	Public	K-6	1226 Apple Ave.	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-6080	571	25	22.8	83.5%	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	566 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15.7	5209^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.1%		11.5	5583^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	4.9%	374	11.3		11.3	36.4	12.7	16.7	26.4			23.1	27.9	11.5	15.0	12.4			16.6			$21,397	$3,261	$18,136
Mary Chapa Academy	Public	K-6	490 El Camino Real	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-5586	686	30	22.8	90.1%	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	674 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	25	4393^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	25.0%		18.7	4959^th of 5869 public elementary schools	15.5%	566	10.6		10.6	19.2	26.8	25.9	45.7			29.7	33.0	25.4	9.3	32.7			25.5			$20,946	$3,045	$17,901
Cesar Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	250 Apple Ave.	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-2412	642	29	22.1	70.2%	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	629 (98.0%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22.3	4649^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.6%		16.9	5126^th of 5869 public elementary schools	12.7%	477	25.3		25.3	23.3	34.8	34.3	21.5			28.4	21.8	23.3	24.0	14.1			20.9			$20,436	$3,243	$17,193
Mission Elementary	Public	K-8	36825 Foothill Rd.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Mission Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-3524	130	6	21.6	36.9%	29 (22.3%)	2 (1.5%)	93 (71.5%)	6 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45.1	2875^th of 5857 public elementary schools	50.9%		45.6	2824^th of 5869 public elementary schools	51.9%	51	7.1	27.3	16.0	50.0	36.4	64.3	86.7	35.7	63.6	57.0	35.7	36.4	14.3	20.0	35.7	36.4	29.1			$15,447	$334	$15,113
San Vicente Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 Metz Rd.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6420	501	21	24.4	92.8%	6 (1.2%)	6 (1.2%)	485 (96.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13.7	5371^st of 5857 public elementary schools	8.3%		13.7	5419^th of 5869 public elementary schools	7.7%	48	5.5		5.5	33.8	16.3	15.3	17.9			20.4	26.5	16.1	12.5	14.3			17.1			$21,689	$2,031	$19,658
Gabilan Elementary	Public	K-6	330 North Walker Dr.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6440	456	20	22.8	92.5%	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	448 (98.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	33.6	3673^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	37.3%		39.2	3225^th of 5869 public elementary schools	45.1%	448	23.2		23.2	16.7	43.6	39.4	58.7			38.5	21.0	35.9	20.3	27.7			26.0			$21,745	$2,423	$19,322
Jack Franscioni Elementary	Public	K-6	779 Orchard Ln.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6340	439	17	25.8	85.4%	11 (2.5%)	2 (0.5%)	416 (94.8%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	43.5	2978^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.2%		33	3688^th of 5869 public elementary schools	37.2%	710	28.0		28.0	44.2	46.1	40.8	41.8			43.5	38.5	43.4	30.0	20.0			33.9			$22,546	$2,533	$20,013
Del Rey Elementary	Public	K-5	502 King St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	King City Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-4884	639	29	21.8	83.6%	16 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	609 (95.3%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	24	4501^st of 5857 public elementary schools	23.2%		20.7	4794^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.3%	293	11.7		11.7	28.9	40.2	26.7				32.1	31.5	28.4	15.8				25.0	98.4	98.4	$19,900	$3,068	$16,832
Frank Ledesma Elementary	Public	K-6	973 Vista De Soledad	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6320	464	21	22.0	89.7%	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	440 (94.8%)	12 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23.5	4549^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.3%		28.4	4075^th of 5869 public elementary schools	30.6%	474	12.2		12.2	25.9	33.3	18.5	47.0			31.7	24.1	26.7	9.8	24.1			20.4			$21,112	$2,411	$18,701

Frequently Asked Questions about Oak Avenue Elementary

Is Oak Avenue Elementary a good school?

Oak Avenue Elementary ranks 4372^nd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Oak Avenue Elementary attend?

Students who attend Oak Avenue Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Vista Verde Middle

What is the racial makeup of Oak Avenue Elementary?

Students at Oak Avenue Elementary are 98% Hispanic.

What district is Oak Avenue Elementary in?

Greenfield Union Elementary

How many students attend Oak Avenue Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 693 students attended Oak Avenue Elementary.

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