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McKinna Elementary

Public Grades K-5

5517^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 6% of California elementary schools

Summary

McKinna Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 577 students in the Oxnard area, consistently ranking among the lowest-performing schools in California with proficiency rates well below state averages.

The school faces significant challenges, including a high rate of economically disadvantaged students and persistent chronic absenteeism, though attendance has shown recent improvement. Academically, it performs below nearly all nearby schools, including Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary which serves a similar population but achieves much better results, demonstrating that different outcomes are possible in the same community. While the school's performance has been low for over a decade, it shows relative strength in supporting English Language Learners compared to its struggles with other student groups like those in Special Education.

Notably, there is no clear link between spending and outcomes among comparison schools; Christa McAuliffe Elementary spends more per student for a middling ranking, while Marina West Elementary spends less but performs better. This suggests how resources are used is more critical than the amount. The broader Oxnard district context is also challenging, with all local elementary schools ranking below the state average.

577

Students ?

22.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,704

Per pupil spending ?

92.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1600 South N St.
Oxnard, CA 93033-3110

(805) 385-1563

District: Oxnard

Students who attend McKinna Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences
High:	Oxnard High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.3%

White:

0.5%

African American:

0.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2013 → 6th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (16% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 31 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school16%

District avg26%

California avg41%

5,517^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 6%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 1% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th of 17Elementary Schools in the Oxnard

1227^th of 1,543Oxnard 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	11.8	5517 of 5857	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	5314 of 5869	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	5414 of 5859	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.5	5633 of 5883	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.3	5684 of 5789	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.2	5568 of 5662	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.0	5593 of 5692	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.1	5525 of 5614	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	8.7	5543 of 5611	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	14.1	5107 of 5530	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	19.5	4682 of 5390	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	17.8	4807 of 5377	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	17.5	4746 of 5314	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	12.5	4881 of 5193	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	21.8	4205 of 5113	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	21.8	4149 of 5113	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	23.6	3758 of 4818	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	12.4	4490 of 4822	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	14.3	4391 of 4809	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	30.9	2495 of 3162	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.8	2547 of 3245	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.3	2429 of 3311	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	3161 of 3275	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	27.8	2541 of 3246	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.3	5147 of 5597	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.0	4958 of 5612	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.4	5193 of 5609	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.8	5375 of 5635	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.7	5370 of 5492	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.1	5352 of 5413	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.3	4682 of 5107	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.9	4404 of 5107	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.3	4584 of 5087	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	4806 of 5084	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.3	4894 of 4963	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	4753 of 4830	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.0	414 of 429	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	343 of 364	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.6	314 of 335	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.5	338 of 356	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.6	5021 of 5460	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	4810 of 5517	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	4844 of 5363	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	4950 of 5264	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	5057 of 5173	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.4	4976 of 5084	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	5389 of 5628	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.5	5201 of 5643	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	5197 of 5638	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.2	5432 of 5663	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.2	5444 of 5510	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.2	5347 of 5431	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	17.9	2501 of 2635	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	2273 of 2420	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)21st percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)8th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile~ school

Female (2025)8th percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)5th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2025)4th percentile~ school

Homeless (2025)3rd percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy18%-31 vs state

Mathematics16%-21 vs state

Science10%-22 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Great teachers and the classroom ratio is making a difference at this little school. Close Quote

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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	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	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	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
McKinna Elementary	Public	K-5	1600 South N St.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1563	577	26	22.6	92.9%	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	567 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	11.8	5517^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.8%		14.9	5314^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.5%	203									10.5		10.5	15.1	13.4	26.7				18.3	17.0	13.4	17.9				16.2	92.6	96.8	96.8	96.8		95.8	$22,704	$2,266	$20,438
Kamala Elementary	Public	K-8	634 West Kamala St.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1548	842	39	21.4	95.8%	10 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	828 (98.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	19.5	4877^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.7%		19.7	4899^th of 5869 public elementary schools	16.5%	22									10.0	19.1	14.9	17.6	39.0	33.3	27.2	45.2	44.9	34.9	14.3	33.3	17.8	9.7	9.5	16.8	16.1	92.6				95.8	95.8	$22,199	$2,263	$19,936
Driffill Elementary	Public	K-8	910 South E St.	Oxnard	93030	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1530	891	45	19.6	87.8%	10 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	867 (97.3%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	17.3	5070^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.4%		23.6	4506^th of 5869 public elementary schools	23.2%	564									13.5	16.4	15.1	21.4	25.3	33.3	16.3	38.4	24.8	26.7	21.4	28.9	17.7	12.2	18.2	18.2	19.1	96.6			97.3	98.0	98.0	$22,597	$2,336	$20,261
Marina West Elementary	Public	K-5	2501 Carob St.	Oxnard	93035	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1554	440	23	19.1	84.3%	12 (2.7%)	7 (1.6%)	410 (93.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.4%)	32.8	3739^th of 5857 public elementary schools	36.2%		24.9	4373^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	25.5%	634									24.3		24.3	35.1	32.8	30.4				33.0	30.9	44.8	26.1				33.5	90.9	97.4	97.4	97.4	97.4	97.4	$17,173	$1,831	$15,342
Sunkist Elementary	Public	K-8	1400 Teakwood St.	Port Hueneme	93041	Ventura County	Hueneme Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 986-8722	523	26	20.4	85.1%	10 (1.9%)	2 (0.4%)	498 (95.2%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	20.7	4764^th of 5857 public elementary schools	18.7%		24.5	4409^th of 5869 public elementary schools	24.9%	355									15.6		16.8	30.8	25.0	29.2				30.7	38.0	15.9	13.3				23.4	91.7	96.4		94.1	95.2	95.2	$20,169	$1,631	$18,538
Elm Street Elementary	Public	K-5	450 East Elm St.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1533	471	22	21.9	94.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	471 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.8	5643^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	3.7%		8.4	5753^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	2.0%	110									7.7		7.7	23.1	13.4	6.2				14.2	27.3	9.0	3.1				13.2	95.9			97.3			$18,452	$1,867	$16,585
Harrington Elementary	Public	K-5	451 East Olive St.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1542	513	25	20.9	90.1%	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	509 (99.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27.2	4198^th of 5857 public elementary schools	28.3%		33.8	3615^th of 5869 public elementary schools	38.4%	583									26.8		26.8	18.5	32.3	42.3				31.4	10.8	21.1	35.2				22.5	94.7			97.4	97.4		$24,236	$2,688	$21,548
Christa McAuliffe Elementary	Public	K-5	3300 West Via Marina Ave.	Oxnard	93035	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1560	476	25	19.4	83.4%	38 (8.0%)	12 (2.5%)	386 (81.1%)	20 (4.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.8%)	27.7	4157^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.0%		28.7	4052^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	31.0%	105									22.0		22.0	38.6	37.4	30.8				35.0	34.1	26.0	16.5				23.8	95.1			96.3	95.1		$27,405	$2,571	$24,834
Ansgar Larsen Elementary	Public	K-5	550 East Thomas Ave.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Hueneme Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 986-8740	538	27	20.1	87.7%	9 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	515 (95.7%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	15.1	5256^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.3%		13.4	5444^th of 5869 public elementary schools	7.2%	188									17.1		17.1	19.3	16.9	35.4				23.7	16.9	11.8	15.9				14.8	95.4						$20,707	$1,685	$19,022
Parkview Elementary	Public	K-5	1416 Sixth Pl.	Port Hueneme	93041	Ventura County	Hueneme Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 986-8730	525	28	19.0	81.5%	75 (14.3%)	2 (0.4%)	433 (82.5%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	10.9	5572^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	4.9%		16.3	5195^th of 5869 public elementary schools	11.5%	377	5.1	5.1	7.7	7.7	12.8	12.8	5.1	5.1	11.3		11.3	14.1	17.5	27.2				19.7	15.4	12.5	9.9				12.6							$20,205	$1,699	$18,506

Frequently Asked Questions about McKinna Elementary

How many students attend McKinna Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 577 students attended McKinna Elementary.

What schools do graduates of McKinna Elementary attend?

Students who attend McKinna Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences
High : Oxnard High

What district is McKinna Elementary in?

Oxnard

Is McKinna Elementary a good school?

McKinna Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.8% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of McKinna Elementary?

Students at McKinna Elementary are 98% Hispanic.

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