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Christa McAuliffe Elementary

Public Grades K-5
3848th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 34% of California elementary schools
Summary

Christa McAuliffe Elementary serves 476 students in grades K–5 in Oxnard, a community with several nearby schools for comparison. In 2025–26, its proficiency rates were higher than the Oxnard district averages in ELA, math and science, but lower than California’s in all three. The most important takeaway is that students are doing better than district averages, yet the school still has a substantial gap to the state—particularly in math.

Science is the school’s relative strength, while math is its weakest subject compared with California and nearby schools. All-grade proficiency was 27% in science, 38% in ELA and 27% in math; these results were about level with nearby-school averages, with science slightly above and math slightly below. Compared with the state, Christa was 9 percentage points lower in science, 12 lower in ELA and 11 lower in math. It did exceed district averages by about 4 points in each subject. Fifth-grade math is a sharper concern: 19% of students were proficient, below the district’s 21% and state’s 37%. By contrast, fourth-grade ELA was 42%, 8 points above the district and only 4 below the state; eight of ten nearby schools had lower results.

Recent results improved across all three subjects, but the longer-term picture is mixed: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, ELA rose 5 percentage points, math fell 3 points, and science rose less than 1 point. The school’s SchoolDigger standing rose from the 29th to the 34th percentile year over year, earning 2 stars, though it remains below its 40th-percentile standing in 2022–23. SchoolDigger’s ranking for homeless students climbed sharply, from the 6th percentile in 2024–25 to the 57th in 2025–26, compared with the school’s overall 34th percentile. Chronic absenteeism also fell substantially, from 45% in 2021–22 to 25% in 2025–26, but remained about 7 points above the district and state. In 2024–25, the student-teacher ratio was 19.4, and 83% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible.

476
Students ?
19.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$29,906
Per pupil spending ?
83.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 3300 West Via Marina Ave.
       Oxnard, CA  93030-2440

(805) 385-1560

District: Oxnard


Students who attend Christa McAuliffe Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Fremont Academy of Environmental Science & Innovative Design
High:    Oxnard High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
81.1%
White:
8.0%
Asian:
4.2%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 48th percentile in 2015 → 34th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (31% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2015
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school31%
District avg28%
California avg42%
3,848th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 34%▲ up 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
6th of 17Elementary Schools in the Oxnard
778th of 968Oxnard 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202631.63848 of 580433.7%★★☆☆☆
202527.74157 of 585729.0%★☆☆☆☆
202428.74052 of 586931.0%★★☆☆☆
202334.83510 of 585940.1%★★☆☆☆
202232.03705 of 588337.0%★★☆☆☆
201929.33991 of 578931.1%★★☆☆☆
201819.34741 of 566216.3%★☆☆☆☆
201725.74192 of 569226.4%★☆☆☆☆
201630.03768 of 561432.9%★★☆☆☆
201542.12902 of 561148.3%★★☆☆☆
201351.02628 of 553052.5%★★★☆☆
201253.82408 of 539055.3%★★★☆☆
201154.22343 of 537756.4%★★★☆☆
201064.71744 of 531467.2%★★★☆☆
200940.53024 of 519341.8%★★☆☆☆
200834.93269 of 511336.1%★★☆☆☆
200730.33550 of 511330.6%★★☆☆☆
200631.93176 of 481834.1%★★☆☆☆
200538.42817 of 482241.6%★★☆☆☆
200435.42920 of 480939.3%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201922.02235 of 258513.5%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202435.12169 of 316231.4%★★☆☆☆
202337.41984 of 324538.9%★★☆☆☆
202246.91373 of 331158.5%★★★☆☆
201937.51951 of 327540.4%★★☆☆☆
201822.42899 of 324610.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202629.13942 of 556929.2%★☆☆☆☆
202524.14329 of 559722.7%★☆☆☆☆
202429.03882 of 561230.8%★★☆☆☆
202339.83022 of 560946.1%★★☆☆☆
202234.33383 of 563540.0%★★☆☆☆
201927.14071 of 549225.9%★☆☆☆☆
201816.84792 of 541311.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202635.23341 of 508534.3%★★☆☆☆
202534.73406 of 510733.3%★★☆☆☆
202433.13491 of 510731.6%★★☆☆☆
202342.62715 of 508746.6%★★☆☆☆
202237.43112 of 508438.8%★★☆☆☆
201933.83400 of 496331.5%★★☆☆☆
201822.14098 of 483015.2%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202650.9158 of 36656.8%★★★☆☆
202517.4403 of 4296.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202638.63289 of 541239.2%★★☆☆☆
202536.93434 of 546037.1%★★☆☆☆
202433.53647 of 551733.9%★★☆☆☆
202340.03066 of 536342.8%★★☆☆☆
202241.22889 of 526445.1%★★☆☆☆
201937.13349 of 517335.3%★★☆☆☆
201822.14322 of 508415.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202635.33437 of 559038.5%★★☆☆☆
202531.73715 of 562834.0%★★☆☆☆
202429.13905 of 564330.8%★★☆☆☆
202330.93699 of 563834.4%★★☆☆☆
202230.63736 of 566334.0%★★☆☆☆
201931.93629 of 551034.1%★★☆☆☆
201822.74309 of 543120.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202536.21645 of 284742.2%★★☆☆☆
202445.71102 of 263558.2%★★★☆☆
202323.32004 of 242017.2%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202340.91696 of 266136.3%★★☆☆☆
201922.92326 of 283417.9%★☆☆☆☆
201814.82452 of 273710.4%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Homeless (2026)57th percentile+23 vs school
Special Education (2025)42nd percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)39th percentile+6 vs school
Male (2026)39th percentile+5 vs school
White (2023)36th percentile-4 vs school
Hispanic (2026)34th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2024)31st percentile~ school
Female (2026)29th percentile-4 vs school
Disabled (2019)14th percentile-18 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy38%-12 vs state
Mathematics27%-11 vs state
Science27%-9 vs state

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Students at Christa McAuliffe Elementary are 81% Hispanic, 8% White, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American.

Christa McAuliffe Elementary ranks 3848th of 5804 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 476 students attended Christa McAuliffe Elementary.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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