Is Harrington Elementary a good school?

Harrington Elementary ranks 3609 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Harrington Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 506 students attended Harrington Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Harrington Elementary?

Students at Harrington Elementary are 98% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Harrington Elementary attend?

Students who attend Harrington Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering High : Channel Islands High

Harrington Elementary

Summary:

Harrington Elementary is a public elementary school located in Oxnard, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 540 students. The school is part of the Oxnard School District, which is ranked 1236 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harrington Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 25% of California elementary schools, with significantly lower academic performance compared to the Oxnard district and Hueneme Elementary School District. The school struggles to support its diverse student population, with particularly low rankings for special education students. Additionally, Harrington Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 4.7% in 2017-2018 to 33.6% in 2022-2023. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, at 89.26%, likely contributes to these challenges.

Compared to nearby schools in the Oxnard and Hueneme districts, such as Kamala Elementary, Fred L. Williams Elementary, and Lemonwood Elementary, Harrington Elementary's performance is significantly worse, with lower academic achievement and higher chronic absenteeism. The school's declining performance over the past 10 years suggests that the school and district need to implement targeted interventions and support systems to address these issues and provide a high-quality education for all students.

Detail:

Public K-5

451 East Olive St.
Oxnard, CA 93033-4699

(805) 385-1542

District: Oxnard

SchoolDigger Rank:
3609^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $3,973

Students who attend Harrington Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering
High:	Channel Islands High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.0

Number of students: 506

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.4%

White:

0.8%

Asian:

0.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Harrington Elementary ranks worse than 61.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 5^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Oxnard School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.78. (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 (98.4%), White (0.8%), Asian (0.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 90.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Harrington Elementary is 21. 12 elementary schools in the Oxnard School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harrington Elementary is $3,973. 8 elementary schools in the Oxnard School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Harrington Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Harrington Elementary 3609^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Harrington Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Oxnard:

SchoolDigger ranks Oxnard 1236^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Harrington Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Harrington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	19.57	3963^rd	4809	17.6%
2005	15.72	4272^nd	4822	11.4%
2006	23.97	3731^st	4818	22.6%
2007	25.88	3866^th	5113	24.4%
2008	22.08	4187^th	5113	18.1%
2009	26.03	3980^th	5193	23.4%
2010	16.59	4810^th	5314	9.5%
2011	14.35	4982^nd	5377	7.3%
2012	20.25	4634^th	5390	14.0%
2013	15.93	4998^th	5530	9.6%
2015	14.55	5142^nd	5611	8.4%
2016	10.04	5436^th	5614	3.2%
2017	12.90	5290^th	5692	7.1%
2018	13.67	5211^th	5662	8.0%
2019	21.05	4701^st	5789	18.8%
2022	20.12	4841^st	5883	17.7%
2023	25.48	4313^th	5874	26.6%
2024	33.78	3609^th	5862	38.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Harrington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.09	1997^th	3246	38.5%
2019	30.51	2453^rd	3275	25.1%
2022	42.72	1625^th	3311	50.9%
2023	54.63	989^th	3250	69.6%
2024	53.63	990^th	3160	68.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Harrington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	29.66	1662^nd	2420	31.3%
2024	16.37	2597^th	2634	1.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Harrington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.28	4581^st	5084	9.9%
2019	26.27	4144^th	5173	19.9%
2022	27.21	4065^th	5264	22.8%
2023	33.58	3600^th	5374	33.0%
2024	45.32	2720^th	5511	50.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Harrington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	13.56	352^nd	356	1.1%
2023	46.91	158^th	336	53.0%
2024	62.36	94^th	364	74.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Harrington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.64	4801^st	5413	11.3%
2019	23.04	4377^th	5492	20.3%
2022	21.33	4581^st	5635	18.7%
2023	21.73	4550^th	5617	19.0%
2024	28.16	3957^th	5605	29.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Harrington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.58	1893^rd	2128	11.0%
2019	19.97	2353^rd	2585	9.0%
2022	23.28	1848^th	2227	17.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Harrington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	12.60	5113^th	5431	5.9%
2019	20.88	4580^th	5510	16.9%
2022	19.95	4721^st	5663	16.6%
2023	28.73	3893^rd	5650	31.1%
2024	39.19	3116^th	5636	44.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Harrington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.28	4353^rd	4830	9.9%
2019	29.16	3747^th	4963	24.5%
2022	26.02	4041^st	5084	20.5%
2023	35.11	3306^th	5098	35.2%
2024	46.35	2517^th	5102	50.7%

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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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Enrollment information for Harrington Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	125	18	18	476	0	n/a	n/a	0	637
1989	151	15	17	478	0	n/a	n/a	0	661
1990	80	5	4	494	0	n/a	n/a	0	583
1991	81	7	10	478	0	n/a	n/a	0	576
1992	55	11	11	591	1	n/a	n/a	0	669
1993	84	14	11	606	0	n/a	n/a	0	715
1994	67	9	8	647	0	n/a	n/a	0	731
1995	69	13	7	757	0	n/a	n/a	0	846
1996	69	13	7	757	0	n/a	n/a	0	846
1997	60	8	9	664	0	n/a	n/a	0	741
1998	46	7	8	672	0	n/a	n/a	0	733
1999	38	3	8	727	0	n/a	n/a	0	776
2000	29	5	7	734	1	n/a	n/a	0	776
2001	17	8	9	746	0	n/a	n/a	1	781
2002	23	4	20	723	4	n/a	n/a	1	775
2003	23	4	20	723	4	n/a	n/a	1	775
2004	18	5	11	636	7	n/a	n/a	3	680
2005	13	4	12	643	2	n/a	n/a	2	676
2006	12	6	13	606	1	n/a	n/a	1	639
2007	10	3	14	564	0	n/a	n/a	2	593
2008	7	2	14	543	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	566
2009	7	2	16	582	0	0	4	0	611
2010	5	2	10	514	0	0	0	0	531
2011	8	2	21	594	0	1	3	0	629
2012	6	2	12	536	0	0	0	0	556
2013	8	1	8	541	0	0	0	0	558
2014	6	2	15	611	0	0	0	0	634
2015	4	2	6	517	0	0	0	0	529
2016	3	1	5	495	0	0	1	0	505
2017	14	1	10	563	0	0	2	0	590
2018	13	1	9	569	0	0	3	0	595
2019	14	3	7	562	0	0	2	0	588
2020	15	2	5	542	0	0	2	0	566
2021	13	2	5	564	0	0	2	0	586
2022	10	0	5	530	0	0	3	0	548
2023	6	0	2	532	0	0	0	0	540
2024	4	1	2	498	0	0	1	0	506

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Harrington Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	637	27.5	23.1	n/a
1989	661	28.0	23.6	n/a
1990	583	23.8	24.4	n/a
1991	576	23.5	24.5	n/a
1992	669	23.9	27.9	77.4
1993	715	25.8	27.7	67.7
1994	731	25.8	28.3	72.1
1995	846	30.8	27.5	76.1
1996	846	30.8	27.5	76.1
1997	741	30.3	24.5	82.5
1998	733	30.9	23.7	87.2
1999	776	32.4	24.0	88.7
2000	776	35.4	21.9	87.2
2001	781	36.0	21.7	86.2
2002	775	35.0	22.1	86.7
2003	775	35.0	22.1	86.7
2004	680	34.0	20.0	87.6
2005	676	33.0	20.5	87.1
2006	639	32.0	20.0	86.8
2007	593	28.0	21.2	89.5
2008	566	27.0	21.0	92
2009	611	26.4	21.5	86.4
2010	531	25.0	21.2	84
2011	629	n/a	n/a	89.5
2012	556	19.5	28.5	n/a
2013	558	22.0	25.3	83.9
2014	634	24.0	26.4	91.5
2015	529	20.0	26.4	89.8
2016	505	22.0	22.9	90.9
2017	590	25.0	23.6	85.8
2018	595	25.0	23.8	91.9
2019	588	25.0	23.5	76.7
2020	566	n/a	n/a	92.9
2021	586	25.0	23.4	93.2
2022	548	24.0	22.8	88.1
2023	540	24.0	22.5	89.3
2024	506	24.0	21.0	90.7

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 Harrington Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	637	27.5	23.1	n/a
1989	661	28.0	23.6	n/a
1990	583	23.8	24.4	n/a
1991	576	23.5	24.5	n/a
1992	669	23.9	27.9	77.4
1993	715	25.8	27.7	67.7
1994	731	25.8	28.3	72.1
1995	846	30.8	27.5	76.1
1996	846	30.8	27.5	76.1
1997	741	30.3	24.5	82.5
1998	733	30.9	23.7	87.2
1999	776	32.4	24.0	88.7
2000	776	35.4	21.9	87.2
2001	781	36.0	21.7	86.2
2002	775	35.0	22.1	86.7
2003	775	35.0	22.1	86.7
2004	680	34.0	20.0	87.6
2005	676	33.0	20.5	87.1
2006	639	32.0	20.0	86.8
2007	593	28.0	21.2	89.5
2008	566	27.0	21.0	92
2009	611	26.4	21.5	86.4
2010	531	25.0	21.2	84
2011	629	n/a	n/a	89.5
2012	556	19.5	28.5	n/a
2013	558	22.0	25.3	83.9
2014	634	24.0	26.4	91.5
2015	529	20.0	26.4	89.8
2016	505	22.0	22.9	90.9
2017	590	25.0	23.6	85.8
2018	595	25.0	23.8	91.9
2019	588	25.0	23.5	76.7
2020	566	n/a	n/a	92.9
2021	586	25.0	23.4	93.2
2022	548	24.0	22.8	88.1
2023	540	24.0	22.5	89.3
2024	506	24.0	21.0	90.7

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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