Summary:
Zip code 93440 has one elementary school, Olga L. Reed Elementary, which serves kindergarten through grade 8 and enrolls 170 students. Its 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 24.1:1. The clearest concern is English language arts: in 2025–2026, 28% of students met the proficiency standard, compared with 49% statewide.
Olga L. Reed Elementary is the only school in the area list, so there is no local top or bottom school to compare it with. Its all-grades results were below both the state and Orcutt Union Elementary district in every reported subject: ELA was 21 percentage points below the state and 19 below the district; math was 8 points below the state and 10 below the district; and science was 9 points below the state and 15 below the district. Results also differed by grade: grade 4 ELA was 6%, versus 46% statewide, while grade 8 ELA was 44%, closer to the state’s 49%. The school is below the state in every reported grade for ELA and math.
Over the two years reported, school results fell 13 percentage points in ELA, from 41% to 28%, while math rose 2 points, from 28% to 30%, and science rose 13 points, from 14% to 27%. State results changed little in ELA and rose in math and science; the school’s ELA gap widened, while its math and science gaps narrowed. SchoolDigger placed the school at the 22nd percentile statewide in 2025–2026, down from the 31st percentile in 2024–2025 and the 25th percentile in 2023–2024. As context, 96% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and chronic absenteeism was 20% in 2025–2026, above the state’s 18% and the district’s 14%. With only one school listed, these data cannot show how it compares with other local schools.
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