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Golden Oak Elementary

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Golden Oak Elementary ranks 3819 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

3819^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 35% of California elementary schools

Summary

Golden Oak Elementary is a public elementary school in Visalia, California, serving 644 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Visalia Unified School District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Golden Oak Elementary has higher per-student spending compared to the district and state averages, the school has consistently underperformed in key areas. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 20.4% is significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, only 38.66% of Golden Oak students were proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to 46.34% for the district and 48.81% for the state. The school also has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 73.58% to 76.27% over the past few years.

When comparing Golden Oak Elementary to other nearby schools within the Visalia Unified School District, it becomes evident that the school's performance is generally lower than its counterparts, particularly in areas such as test scores and student subgroup performance. Addressing the underlying issues of chronic absenteeism and socioeconomic challenges could be crucial in improving student outcomes at Golden Oak Elementary.

631

Students ?

21.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,892

Per pupil spending ?

76.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1700 North Lovers Ln.
Visalia, CA 93292-8013

(559) 730-7851

District: Visalia Unified

Students who attend Golden Oak Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Valley Oak Middle
High:	Golden West High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

70.7%

White:

13.8%

Two or more races:

8.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 26th percentile in 2013 → 35th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (31% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Science scores 15 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg36%

California avg41%

3,819^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 35%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 43% (2015) to bottom 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

17^th of 28Elementary Schools in the Visalia Unified

878^th of 1,543Visalia Unified 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	31.7	3819 of 5857	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.1	3365 of 5869	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.6	4688 of 5859	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	4709 of 5883	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	4378 of 5789	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.1	3747 of 5662	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	25.2	4244 of 5692	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	30.8	3706 of 5614	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2015	36.6	3225 of 5611	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	29.2	4115 of 5530	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	28.5	4046 of 5390	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	26.5	4222 of 5377	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	27.4	4054 of 5314	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	25.3	4040 of 5193	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	36.4	3173 of 5113	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	33.3	3347 of 5113	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2006	35.8	2953 of 4818	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2005	36.7	2913 of 4822	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2004	35.5	2914 of 4809	39.4%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	26.7	1654 of 2227	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.8	1636 of 2585	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.2	845 of 2128	60.3%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	53.9	982 of 3162	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	35.7	2102 of 3245	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.6	1994 of 3311	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.7	1624 of 3275	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	33.3	2167 of 3246	33.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.4	3825 of 5597	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.5	2952 of 5612	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.8	4346 of 5609	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.8	3858 of 5635	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.1	4459 of 5492	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.8	3494 of 5413	35.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.8	3321 of 5107	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.0	2762 of 5107	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.4	4076 of 5087	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	4264 of 5084	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.2	3744 of 4963	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.0	3147 of 4830	34.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.6	3378 of 5460	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.8	2695 of 5517	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	26.1	4221 of 5363	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.1	4157 of 5264	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.3	3908 of 5173	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.3	3217 of 5084	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.5	3583 of 5628	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.3	3536 of 5643	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	20.5	4656 of 5638	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.3	5094 of 5663	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.4	3909 of 5510	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.8	3715 of 5431	31.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.9	1948 of 2847	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.8	1666 of 2635	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	20.6	2168 of 2420	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.8	1880 of 2598	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.8	1786 of 2651	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	15.6	2329 of 2661	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.4	2357 of 2726	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.9	2442 of 2834	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.2	2294 of 2737	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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)69th percentile+26 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)38th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)36th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)35th percentile~ school

Female (2025)32nd percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)32nd percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)28th percentile-7 vs school

Disabled (2022)26th percentile+6 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy39%-10 vs state

Mathematics26%-12 vs state

Science18%-15 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)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (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	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Golden Oak Elementary	Public	K-6	1700 North Lovers Ln.	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7851	631	30	21.0	76.1%	87 (13.8%)	16 (2.5%)	446 (70.7%)	27 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (8.6%)	31.7	3819^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.8%		37.1	3365^th of 5869 public elementary schools	42.7%	454	17.8		17.8	29.0	48.4	32.0	45.2			38.7	30.1	31.9	16.0	26.0			25.8					$16,892	$2,510	$14,382
Mineral King Elementary	Public	K-6	3333 East Kaweah Ave.	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7779	569	25	23.1	75.2%	56 (9.8%)	6 (1.1%)	456 (80.1%)	22 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.1%)	38.4	3321^st of 5857 public elementary schools	43.3%		34	3601^st of 5869 public elementary schools	38.6%	280	34.6		34.6	36.0	48.3	57.7	32.6			43.2	29.2	26.4	30.4	16.9			25.6	96.4				$17,639	$2,503	$15,136
Four Creeks Elementary	Public	K-6	1844 North Burke St.	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 622-3115	654	30	21.4	84.7%	53 (8.1%)	6 (0.9%)	560 (85.6%)	16 (2.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.3%)	30.9	3887^th of 5857 public elementary schools	33.6%		27.2	4185^th of 5869 public elementary schools	28.7%	298	25.8		25.8	27.5	34.6	33.3	36.7			33.3	24.6	25.6	25.8	34.4			27.9					$17,669	$2,787	$14,882
Pinkham Elementary	Public	K-6	2200 East Tulare Ave.	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7853	476	23	20.7	74.6%	64 (13.4%)	18 (3.8%)	364 (76.5%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.8%)	28.8	4067^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.6%		21.8	4693^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	20.0%	626	16.7		16.7	44.1	30.5	23.4	46.7			36.9	33.9	22.0	8.3	23.3			22.6					$17,386	$2,485	$14,901
Crowley Elementary	Public	K-6	214 East Ferguson St.	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7758	413	19	21.7	88.1%	5 (1.2%)	5 (1.2%)	336 (81.4%)	54 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.9%)	17.1	5097^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.0%		22.4	4637^th of 5869 public elementary schools	21.0%	460	9.8		9.8	22.5	27.1	27.9	31.2			27.4	20.4	23.7	9.8	16.4			17.4	93.2	96.6	93.2	96.6	$18,322	$2,793	$15,529
Washington Elementary	Public	K-8	500 South Garden	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7795	294	15	20.1	89.5%	26 (8.8%)	7 (2.4%)	240 (81.6%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.8%)	20.4	4798^th of 5857 public elementary schools	18.1%		13.1	5473^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	6.7%	675	17.5		17.5	27.9	25.0	35.9	36.4			30.9	27.9	7.7	5.1	22.7			15.7					$18,371	$2,490	$15,881
Highland Elementary	Public	K-6	701 North Stevenson St.	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7769	438	24	18.2	87.2%	13 (3.0%)	2 (0.5%)	393 (89.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.9%)	21.6	4700^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.8%		22	4678^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.3%	22	17.2		17.2	23.9	20.8	21.7	42.6			26.7	17.4	14.8	14.1	38.0			20.6					$18,306	$2,533	$15,773
Annie R. Mitchell	Public	K-6	2121 East Laura Ave.	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 622-3195	789	33	23.9	67.8%	97 (12.3%)	9 (1.1%)	592 (75.0%)	41 (5.2%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.0%)	39 (4.9%)	41	3151^st of 5857 public elementary schools	46.2%		46.9	2736^th of 5869 public elementary schools	53.4%	415	22.3		22.3	47.1	27.5	44.6	50.9			42.8	42.6	27.5	24.1	35.7			32.3	97.5		97.5		$17,261	$2,485	$14,776
Houston Elementary	Public	K-6	1200 North Giddings St.	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7772	523	23	22.6	87.0%	11 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	459 (87.8%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.4%)	20.2	4811^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.9%		22.1	4669^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.4%	142	19.1		19.1	33.3	23.6	36.4	29.2			30.6	23.3	20.8	14.7	8.2			17.1					$19,044	$2,526	$16,518
Global Learning Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1051 Robin Dr.	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7788	438	21	20.6	81.1%	33 (7.5%)	5 (1.1%)	380 (86.8%)	9 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	19.7	4849^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.2%		24.8	4387^th of 5869 public elementary schools	25.3%	462	12.8	13.5	13.1	32.1	21.3	28.3	22.5	35.3	35.1	28.6	28.3	25.5	23.4	12.5	26.5	13.5	21.8					$26,091	$3,527	$22,564

Frequently Asked Questions about Golden Oak Elementary

What schools do graduates of Golden Oak Elementary attend?

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

Middle : Valley Oak Middle
High : Golden West High

What is the racial makeup of Golden Oak Elementary?

Students at Golden Oak Elementary are 71% Hispanic, 14% White, 9% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 3% African American.

How many students attend Golden Oak Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 631 students attended Golden Oak Elementary.

Is Golden Oak Elementary a good school?

Golden Oak Elementary ranks 3819^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Golden Oak Elementary in?

Visalia Unified

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