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Golden Oak Community

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Golden Oak Community ranks 1426 th of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

1426^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 75% of California elementary schools

Summary

Golden Oak Community is a K–6 school in Santa Clarita, California, serving 533 students in the Sulphur Springs Union School District. Its 2025–2026 results were above state and district averages in English language arts (ELA), math, and science, and it had the highest overall ELA and math proficiency among the nine nearby schools in this comparison. The clearest takeaway for families is that the school combines strong results across all three subjects with a lead over nearby schools in ELA and math.

Golden Oak was strongest in ELA and math: 62% of students met the ELA standard and 52% met the math standard, compared with 49% and 38% statewide and 50% and 42% in its district. It also led nearby schools in both subjects; the nearby averages were 49% in ELA and 43% in math. Science proficiency was 47%, above the state’s 36% and the district’s 36%, and second among nearby schools behind Rio Vista Elementary. Results varied by grade: sixth-grade ELA and math were standout results, while fifth-grade math was 29%, below the state’s 37% and district’s 32%. That fifth-grade result was also lower than most nearby schools, although Valley View Community Elementary and Canyon Springs Community Elementary scored lower.

Scores are up overall since 2022–2023, but all three subjects fell from their 2024–2025 results; science has risen the most over the longer period, with a more uneven recent trend. SchoolDigger ranked Golden Oak at the 75th statewide percentile in 2025–2026, with 4 stars, the highest nearby ranking; that was down 7 percentile points from the prior year’s 82nd percentile. In 2024–2025, SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness ranking for African American students was at the 51st percentile, down from the 90th percentile the year before and below the school’s overall 82nd percentile. For White students, the 2025–2026 ranking was at the 54th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 75th percentile. In 2024–2025, 33.8% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 28.0, the highest among nearby schools, whose ratios ranged from 22.5 to 27.1.

533

Students ?

28.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,656

Per pupil spending ?

33.8%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

≥ 99%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

25201 Via Princessa
Santa Clarita, CA 91321-1429

(661) 251-8929

District: Sulphur Springs Union

Students who attend Golden Oak Community usually attend:

Middle:	La Mesa Junior High
High:	Academy of the Canyons
	Golden Valley High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

37.3%

White:

23.8%

Asian:

18.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 91st percentile in 2015 → 75th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (56% vs 42% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 25% of California elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Sulphur Springs Union

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 28 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school56%

District avg45%

California avg42%

1,426^th of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Top 25%▼ down 10 pts since 2016

From top 14% (2016) to top 25% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 9Elementary Schools in the Sulphur Springs Union

559^th of 1,530Sulphur Springs Union 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
2026	73.5	1426 of 5817	75.5%	★★★★☆
2025	82.9	1027 of 5857	82.5%	★★★★☆
2024	78.7	1216 of 5869	79.3%	★★★★☆
2023	72.5	1475 of 5859	74.8%	★★★★☆
2022	75.4	1384 of 5883	76.5%	★★★★☆
2019	78.8	1226 of 5789	78.8%	★★★★☆
2018	80.2	1111 of 5662	80.4%	★★★★☆
2017	80.1	1130 of 5692	80.1%	★★★★☆
2016	86.8	807 of 5614	85.6%	★★★★☆
2015	91.8	520 of 5611	90.7%	★★★★★
2013	85.8	709 of 5530	87.2%	★★★★☆
2012	83.4	821 of 5390	84.8%	★★★★☆
2011	79.3	1049 of 5377	80.5%	★★★★☆
2010	80.3	999 of 5314	81.2%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	44.8	276 of 569	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	83.6	60 of 593	89.9%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	38.0	1162 of 2227	47.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	74.1	1304 of 5581	76.6%	★★★★☆
2025	83.4	916 of 5597	83.6%	★★★★☆
2024	79.4	1121 of 5612	80.0%	★★★★☆
2023	72.9	1379 of 5609	75.4%	★★★★☆
2022	71.1	1477 of 5635	73.8%	★★★★☆
2019	75.3	1283 of 5492	76.6%	★★★★☆
2018	77.3	1173 of 5413	78.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	73.0	1049 of 5094	79.4%	★★★★☆
2025	85.1	533 of 5107	89.6%	★★★★☆
2024	87.5	452 of 5107	91.1%	★★★★★
2023	81.6	668 of 5087	86.9%	★★★★☆
2022	79.7	748 of 5084	85.3%	★★★★☆
2019	80.5	685 of 4963	86.2%	★★★★☆
2018	86.4	440 of 4830	90.9%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	63.7	1659 of 5423	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	79.4	802 of 5460	85.3%	★★★★☆
2024	82.1	752 of 5517	86.4%	★★★★☆
2023	70.3	1219 of 5363	77.3%	★★★★☆
2022	83.3	623 of 5264	88.2%	★★★★☆
2019	79.6	737 of 5173	85.8%	★★★★☆
2018	73.3	1018 of 5084	80.0%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	69.3	1540 of 5603	72.5%	★★★★☆
2025	79.6	1089 of 5628	80.7%	★★★★☆
2024	75.7	1254 of 5643	77.8%	★★★★☆
2023	68.7	1562 of 5638	72.3%	★★★★☆
2022	76.4	1268 of 5663	77.6%	★★★★☆
2019	79.3	1119 of 5510	79.7%	★★★★☆
2018	81.2	1011 of 5431	81.4%	★★★★☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	66.1	31 of 118	73.7%	★★★★☆
2023	54.6	61 of 140	56.4%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	64.2	278 of 718	61.3%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	94.2	133 of 2847	95.3%	★★★★★
2023	82.5	276 of 2420	88.6%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	58.0	1156 of 2536	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	70.2	775 of 2598	70.2%	★★★★☆
2024	63.9	1002 of 2651	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.1	1659 of 2661	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.7	1535 of 2726	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	63.9	1063 of 2834	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.8	1301 of 2737	52.5%	★★★☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)95th percentile+13 vs school

Hispanic (2026)79th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)77th percentile~ school

Military Connected (2024)74th percentile-6 vs school

Male (2026)73rd percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)69th percentile-6 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)61st percentile-21 vs school

White (2026)54th percentile-21 vs school

African American (2025)51st percentile-31 vs school

Disabled (2022)48th percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy62%+13 vs state

Mathematics52%+14 vs state

Science47%+11 vs state

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by a student
Thursday, May 17, 2018

My experience? Horrible. It was grueling years of bad teachers and ineffective teaching and leading skills. The students did not like the school and hated the way they were taught and controlled. Everyone is very controlling and strict, but not in an effective way. Even some of the kindergarten teachers are cruel.
The special ed kids always had really mean aids with them. We would hear them yelling at the kids and making them cry.
A girl was being mean and calling my friend bad names that I cannot repeat. My friend didn't even know what they meant, and our teacher got my friend in trouble when she tried to defend herself verbally.
Not only that, but our 5th grade teacher never paid attention and he was centered around math and playing on his phone. The yard duties were very rude. A special ed kid went flying off a bar he was swinging on and fell crying at their feet and they didn't notice.
They keep the best kids who are silent in the cafeteria just because people were talking and the yard duties gave special treatment to the kids they favored as they are volunteers and mostly parents and family friends. One yard duty said we had, "Open-mouth disease." and told us to "Shut your mouths."
The teachers are strict and also give special treatment to the PTA kids, even when the other kids behave better and are way nicer to everyone. This isn't special treatment as in 'teacher's pet', it's special treatment as in 'You get all the privileges and can do everything even if it breaks the rules and the other kids can't.'
The yard duties are inattentive and often standing in groups on their phones or gossiping. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th 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 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 All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Golden Oak Community	Public	K-6	25201 Via Princessa	Santa Clarita	91321	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 251-8929	533	19	28.0	33.8%	127 (23.8%)	43 (8.1%)	199 (37.3%)	98 (18.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (12.2%)	73.5	1426^th of 5817 public elementary schools	75.5%		82.9	1027^th of 5857 public elementary schools	82.5%	399	47.5	47.5	44.2	62.7	61.0	76.8	62.1	52.0	56.7	28.8	64.2	52.4	≥ 99%		$16,656	$16,398	$258
Fair Oaks Ranch Community	Public	K-6	26933 North Silverbell Ln.	Santa Clarita	91387	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 299-1790	866	32	27.0	54.7%	145 (16.7%)	71 (8.2%)	432 (49.9%)	142 (16.4%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (8.3%)	60.6	2047^th of 5817 public elementary schools	64.8%		63.1	1918^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.3%	129	36.4	36.4	46.0	62.9	50.9	52.7	53.2	43.0	48.7	36.0	46.6	43.8	97%	0%	$16,240	$15,984	$256
Valley View Community Elementary	Public	K-6	19414 Sierra Estates Dr.	Newhall	91321	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 251-2000	526	23	22.7	73.0%	62 (11.8%)	28 (5.3%)	352 (66.9%)	63 (12.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.2%)	54.8	2336^th of 5817 public elementary schools	59.8%		49.6	2616^th of 5857 public elementary schools	55.3%	280	28.1	28.1	62.2	41.9	39.1	64.7	52.6	62.2	38.1	20.0	38.2	40.4	≥ 98%		$25,815	$25,238	$577
Sulphur Springs Special Education Consortia	Public	K-6	27000 Weyerhaeuser Way	Santa Clarita	91351	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 252-5131	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Canyon Springs Community Elementary	Public	K-6	19059 Vicci St.	Canyon Country	91351	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 252-4322	496	20	24.8	82.3%	26 (5.2%)	5 (1.0%)	436 (87.9%)	12 (2.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.0%)	35.2	3570^th of 5817 public elementary schools	38.6%		42.3	3049^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.9%	521	22.4	22.4	30.9	30.2	36.2	48.0	37.0	38.2	39.1	22.4	30.1	32.4	95%	0%	$24,013	$22,910	$1,103
Leona H. Cox Community Elementary	Public	K-6	18643 Oakmoor	Canyon Country	91351	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 252-2100	459	18	25.5	65.4%	73 (15.9%)	24 (5.2%)	291 (63.4%)	45 (9.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.4%)	68.2	1674^th of 5817 public elementary schools	71.2%		64.2	1877^th of 5857 public elementary schools	68.0%	203	35.7	35.7	54.2	54.4	63.0	58.3	57.4	76.3	49.1	41.1	36.1	50.6	94%	0%	$23,543	$22,726	$817
Sulphur Springs Community Elementary	Public	K-6	16628 West Lost Canyon Rd.	Canyon Country	91387	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 252-2725	586	26	22.5	49.7%	133 (22.7%)	26 (4.4%)	320 (54.6%)	59 (10.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	44 (7.5%)	56	2266^th of 5817 public elementary schools	61.0%		59.1	2108^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.0%	158	38.9	38.9	48.8	43.8	50.0	50.0	48.2	52.5	45.2	36.1	35.4	42.4	96%	0%	$23,003	$22,592	$411
Cedarcreek Elementary	Public	K-6	27792 Camp Plenty Rd.	Canyon Country	91351	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5310	380	14	27.1	83.4%	23 (6.1%)	5 (1.3%)	315 (82.9%)	17 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.7%)	60.9	2037^th of 5817 public elementary schools	65.0%		68.2	1681^st of 5857 public elementary schools	71.3%	356	33.3	33.3	48.2	37.7	46.7	67.9	49.8	70.4	41.0	35.0	60.7	51.1	≥ 98%		$15,394	$14,176	$1,218
Mitchell Community Elementary	Public	K-6	16821 West Goodvale St.	Canyon Country	91387	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 252-9110	569	23	24.7	68.4%	143 (25.1%)	27 (4.7%)	336 (59.1%)	23 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.9%)	42.7	3069^th of 5817 public elementary schools	47.2%		46.2	2817^th of 5857 public elementary schools	51.9%	252	33.8	33.8	30.1	37.7	47.4	43.8	40.0	38.4	45.5	29.9	31.1	36.0	96%	0%	$18,579	$17,898	$681
Rio Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	20417 Cedarcreek St.	Canyon Country	91351	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5330	486	18	27.0	77.0%	65 (13.4%)	9 (1.9%)	358 (73.7%)	33 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.3%)	61.9	1999^th of 5817 public elementary schools	65.6%		65.8	1802^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	69.2%	197	57.4	57.4	33.3	39.3	68.9	60.9	51.0	36.5	39.3	50.8	47.8	43.8	97%	0%	$16,069	$14,790	$1,279

Frequently Asked Questions about Golden Oak Community

What district is Golden Oak Community in?

Sulphur Springs Union

What is the racial makeup of Golden Oak Community?

Students at Golden Oak Community are 37% Hispanic, 24% White, 18% Asian, 12% Two or more races, 8% African American.

Is Golden Oak Community a good school?

Golden Oak Community ranks 1426^th of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Golden Oak Community?

In the 2024-25 school year, 533 students attended Golden Oak Community.

What schools do graduates of Golden Oak Community attend?

Students who attend Golden Oak Community usually go on to attend:

Middle : La Mesa Junior High
High : Academy of the Canyons
High : Golden Valley High

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