Summary:
ZIP code 93445 has one listed school, Oceano Elementary, serving kindergarten through sixth grade and enrolling 377 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 42% in English language arts, 33% in math and 28% in science, below state results in all three subjects. It was also below Lucia Mar Unified by 13 points in ELA, 5 in math and 9 in science. The most important finding is that the school’s broadest state-level shortfall was in science: 8 points below the state, compared with 7 in ELA and 5 in math.
Within Oceano Elementary, third-grade math stands out as the strongest reported grade-subject result: 49% proficient, 2 points above the state’s 47%. Fifth-grade math is the clearest concern, at 19% versus 37% statewide—a 17-point gap and the school’s weakest reported grade-subject result. ELA was below the state in each reported grade, while math varied more sharply: third grade was above the state, but fourth, fifth and sixth grades were below it. Since this is the only school listed, there are no other schools in the ZIP code to compare.
Recent results show improvement in math, but not consistent gains across subjects. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Oceano Elementary gained 3 points in math, while ELA fell by 1 point and science by 1; its math gap with the state narrowed by 2 points, while its ELA and science gaps widened by 1 and 5 points. SchoolDigger gave the school 2 stars in each of the past three years; its ranking moved from the 45th percentile to the 46th and back to the 45th. The student-teacher ratio was 17.6 in 2024–2025, and 91% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these are context, not explanations for test results.
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