Is Julien Hathaway Elementary a good school?

Julien Hathaway Elementary ranks in the bottom 16.7% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Julien Hathaway Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 466 students attended Julien Hathaway Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Julien Hathaway Elementary?

Students at Julien Hathaway Elementary are 96% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Julien Hathaway Elementary attend?

Students who attend Julien Hathaway Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Charles Blackstock Junior High High : Hueneme High

Julien Hathaway Elementary

Summary:

Julien Hathaway Elementary is a public elementary school in Oxnard, California, serving 464 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Hueneme Elementary School District, which is ranked 1354 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Julien Hathaway Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of California elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on standardized tests. In 2023-2024, only 26.5% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 47.04% statewide and 25.55% in the Hueneme Elementary District. In Mathematics, only 21.4% of students were proficient or better, compared to 35.54% statewide and 16.5% in the district. The school's performance is particularly low for English Language Learner and Special Education students. Additionally, Julien Hathaway Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 4.6% in 2017-2018 to 25.8% in 2022-2023, much higher than the state and district averages.

Compared to other elementary schools in the region, such as Kamala Elementary and Fred L. Williams Elementary, Julien Hathaway Elementary lags behind in academic performance and attendance. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, at 90.3%, likely contributes to its challenges, but some nearby schools with similar demographics have managed to outperform Julien Hathaway Elementary, suggesting that socioeconomic status alone does not fully explain the school's issues. Overall, Julien Hathaway Elementary faces significant obstacles in improving educational outcomes for its students.

Detail:

Public K-5

405 East Dollie St.
Oxnard, CA 93033-7621

(805) 488-2217

District: Hueneme Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
4884^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,925

Students who attend Julien Hathaway Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Charles Blackstock Junior High
High:	Hueneme High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.9

Number of students: 466

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.7%

Two or more races:

2.1%

Asian:

1.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 91.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Julien Hathaway Elementary ranks worse than 83.3% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 5^th among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Hueneme Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.75. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (95.7%), two or more races (2.1%), Asian (1.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 91.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Julien Hathaway Elementary is 22.9. 7 elementary schools in the Hueneme Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Julien Hathaway Elementary employs 20.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Julien Hathaway Elementary is $11,925, which is the 2^nd highest among 9 elementary schools in the Hueneme Elementary School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Julien Hathaway Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Julien Hathaway Elementary 4884^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Julien Hathaway Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Hueneme Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Hueneme Elementary 1354^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Julien Hathaway Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Julien Hathaway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	19.07	4009^th	4809	16.6%
2005	15.00	4337^th	4822	10.1%
2006	20.37	3977^th	4818	17.5%
2007	25.55	3889^th	5113	23.9%
2008	28.37	3719^th	5113	27.3%
2009	9.93	5005^th	5193	3.6%
2010	8.13	5216^th	5314	1.8%
2011	11.88	5133^rd	5377	4.5%
2012	15.87	4904^th	5390	9.0%
2013	19.37	4782^nd	5530	13.5%
2015	18.34	4801^st	5611	14.4%
2016	12.00	5305^th	5614	5.5%
2017	12.48	5324^th	5692	6.5%
2018	15.02	5097^th	5662	10.0%
2019	11.77	5468^th	5789	5.5%
2022	14.46	5407^th	5883	8.1%
2023	17.27	5129^th	5874	12.7%
2024	19.75	4884^th	5862	16.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Julien Hathaway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.32	3084^th	3246	5.0%
2019	18.09	3248^th	3275	0.8%
2022	20.03	3199^th	3311	3.4%
2023	18.90	3181^st	3250	2.1%
2024	24.11	2889^th	3160	8.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Julien Hathaway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	23.78	2176^th	2634	17.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Julien Hathaway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.53	4514^th	5084	11.2%
2019	13.96	4892^nd	5173	5.4%
2022	17.02	4837^th	5264	8.1%
2023	22.64	4486^th	5374	16.5%
2024	24.07	4445^th	5511	19.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Julien Hathaway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	34.00	235^th	336	30.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Julien Hathaway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.67	4800^th	5413	11.3%
2019	12.04	5195^th	5492	5.4%
2022	16.13	5077^th	5635	9.9%
2023	17.87	4904^th	5617	12.7%
2024	17.70	4906^th	5605	12.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Julien Hathaway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	33.50	1283^rd	2128	39.7%
2019	39.79	1304^th	2585	49.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Julien Hathaway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.58	4920^th	5431	9.4%
2019	13.29	5163^rd	5510	6.3%
2022	14.47	5256^th	5663	7.2%
2023	17.95	4915^th	5650	13.0%
2024	22.77	4467^th	5636	20.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Julien Hathaway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.11	4362^nd	4830	9.7%
2019	15.03	4659^th	4963	6.1%
2022	15.95	4750^th	5084	6.6%
2023	19.63	4525^th	5098	11.2%
2024	26.44	3995^th	5102	21.7%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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by a parent
Saturday, May 17, 2014

Hathaway is a multi-year underperforming school. To deal with that a visionless District imposed a rigid curriculum of endless test prep. It failed further but lost arts, creativity and rewarded those teachers that stood for nothing but high stakes testing models that fail with EL kids. It has great kids that are not seen as deserving of happiness in learning how to learn. Staff has operated in a sick culture mode for decades. Those with talent-resented and sabotaged. What stands now is a group serving personal needs saying exactly the opposite. The current leader is so over their head-lacks insight, curricular design, delegates even the most fundamental tasks. Her work, above all, undermines true learning. She doesn't really know. The school is clean. Technology is so slow on arriving as to fully stop these kids from getting to a future where they must use it. No math nights, no literature nights. All school wide activity-almost none-seems directed by a library clerk. The school is failing. One thing that would help-creativity, the arts. Specifically science fairs, other signs of intelligent life. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Julien Hathaway Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	168	40	117	229	4	n/a	n/a	0	558
1989	198	56	131	247	5	n/a	n/a	0	637
1990	178	56	144	254	7	n/a	n/a	0	639
1991	164	61	150	293	4	n/a	n/a	0	672
1992	140	65	144	310	8	n/a	n/a	0	667
1993	119	55	154	372	8	n/a	n/a	0	708
1994	88	54	138	408	8	n/a	n/a	0	696
1995	76	44	129	432	6	n/a	n/a	0	687
1996	76	44	129	432	6	n/a	n/a	0	687
1997	77	46	128	452	9	n/a	n/a	0	712
1998	69	40	108	497	8	n/a	n/a	0	722
1999	64	38	122	532	5	n/a	n/a	0	761
2000	49	32	103	542	4	n/a	n/a	0	730
2001	41	25	98	565	4	n/a	n/a	0	733
2002	34	28	95	543	1	n/a	n/a	0	701
2003	34	28	95	543	1	n/a	n/a	0	701
2004	38	21	89	549	0	n/a	n/a	0	697
2005	27	14	82	555	0	n/a	n/a	0	678
2006	23	15	78	570	0	n/a	n/a	0	686
2007	23	17	61	535	0	n/a	n/a	6	642
2008	26	21	55	556	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	658
2009	12	14	41	530	0	5	4	0	606
2010	12	12	44	523	0	4	1	0	596
2011	10	7	43	504	0	2	3	0	569
2012	8	2	34	515	0	1	3	0	563
2013	5	4	36	520	0	0	13	0	578
2014	2	6	30	548	0	0	12	0	598
2015	0	4	33	601	1	0	6	0	645
2016	4	6	34	558	1	0	6	0	609
2017	4	5	30	540	0	0	4	0	583
2018	5	6	27	506	0	0	10	0	554
2019	6	10	20	498	0	0	10	0	544
2020	5	8	19	474	0	0	15	0	521
2021	5	8	16	446	0	0	13	0	488
2022	0	6	8	441	0	2	16	0	473
2023	1	3	7	434	0	2	17	0	464
2024	1	2	7	446	0	0	10	0	466

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Julien Hathaway Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	558	23.0	24.2	n/a
1989	637	24.0	26.5	n/a
1990	639	25.0	25.5	n/a
1991	672	27.0	24.8	n/a
1992	667	27.4	24.3	51.1
1993	708	28.0	25.3	59.6
1994	696	27.5	25.3	60.8
1995	687	26.0	26.4	73.5
1996	687	26.0	26.4	73.5
1997	712	26.0	27.4	72.9
1998	722	31.9	22.6	76.7
1999	761	34.9	21.8	77.8
2000	730	35.0	20.9	78.6
2001	733	36.3	20.2	75.6
2002	701	35.7	19.6	76.6
2003	701	35.7	19.6	76.6
2004	697	34.3	20.3	76.9
2005	678	32.3	21.0	76.5
2006	686	32.3	21.2	78.6
2007	642	34.3	18.7	79.1
2008	658	36.0	18.3	73.7
2009	606	32.0	17.3	73.4
2010	596	31.0	19.2	74
2011	569	n/a	n/a	73.8
2012	563	28.5	19.7	n/a
2013	578	28.0	20.6	99.5
2014	598	29.0	20.6	80.8
2015	645	30.0	21.5	80.2
2016	609	25.0	24.3	76.5
2017	583	24.0	24.2	94.7
2018	554	22.9	24.1	94.2
2019	544	22.8	23.8	89.9
2020	521	n/a	n/a	75
2021	488	19.6	24.8	89.5
2022	473	19.0	24.8	88.2
2023	464	19.1	24.2	90.3
2024	466	20.3	22.9	91.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Julien Hathaway Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	558	23.0	24.2	n/a
1989	637	24.0	26.5	n/a
1990	639	25.0	25.5	n/a
1991	672	27.0	24.8	n/a
1992	667	27.4	24.3	51.1
1993	708	28.0	25.3	59.6
1994	696	27.5	25.3	60.8
1995	687	26.0	26.4	73.5
1996	687	26.0	26.4	73.5
1997	712	26.0	27.4	72.9
1998	722	31.9	22.6	76.7
1999	761	34.9	21.8	77.8
2000	730	35.0	20.9	78.6
2001	733	36.3	20.2	75.6
2002	701	35.7	19.6	76.6
2003	701	35.7	19.6	76.6
2004	697	34.3	20.3	76.9
2005	678	32.3	21.0	76.5
2006	686	32.3	21.2	78.6
2007	642	34.3	18.7	79.1
2008	658	36.0	18.3	73.7
2009	606	32.0	17.3	73.4
2010	596	31.0	19.2	74
2011	569	n/a	n/a	73.8
2012	563	28.5	19.7	n/a
2013	578	28.0	20.6	99.5
2014	598	29.0	20.6	80.8
2015	645	30.0	21.5	80.2
2016	609	25.0	24.3	76.5
2017	583	24.0	24.2	94.7
2018	554	22.9	24.1	94.2
2019	544	22.8	23.8	89.9
2020	521	n/a	n/a	75
2021	488	19.6	24.8	89.5
2022	473	19.0	24.8	88.2
2023	464	19.1	24.2	90.3
2024	466	20.3	22.9	91.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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