Is Sierra Linda Elementary a good school?

Sierra Linda Elementary ranks 4264 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Sierra Linda Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 523 students attended Sierra Linda Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Sierra Linda Elementary?

Students at Sierra Linda Elementary are 92% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Asian, 1% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Sierra Linda Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sierra Linda Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Fremont Academy of Environmental Science & Innovative Design

Sierra Linda Elementary

Summary:

Sierra Linda Elementary is a public elementary school in Oxnard, California, serving 523 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Oxnard School District, which is ranked 1236 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sierra Linda Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 25% of California elementary schools, with significantly lower academic performance compared to the district and state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 26.85% of Sierra Linda students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 30.14% in Oxnard and 47.04% statewide. The school also struggles to support its diverse student population, with lower rankings for subgroups like female students, male students, and Hispanic students. However, Sierra Linda performs relatively better for English Language Learners and Special Education students, suggesting the school may have effective strategies in place for these subgroups.

Nearby Norman R. Brekke Elementary and Ramona Elementary generally perform better than Sierra Linda on academic measures, but they also struggle with high rates of chronic absenteeism and high percentages of students from low-income families, similar to Sierra Linda. The significant increase in chronic absenteeism at Sierra Linda, from 8.6% in 2018-2019 to 36.6% in 2021-2022, may be a contributing factor to the school's academic challenges, as regular attendance is crucial for student success.

Detail:

Public K-5

2201 Jasmine St.
Oxnard, CA 93036-2304

(805) 385-1581

District: Oxnard

SchoolDigger Rank:
4264^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $4,066

Students who attend Sierra Linda Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

Fremont Academy of Environmental Science & Innovative Design

Student/teacher ratio: 19.7

Number of students: 523

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.0%

White:

3.3%

Asian:

1.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sierra Linda Elementary ranks worse than 72.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 7^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Oxnard School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.24. (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 (92%), White (3.3%), Asian (1.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 90.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sierra Linda Elementary is 19.7, which is the 2^nd best among 17 elementary schools in the Oxnard School District. (See more...)

Compare Sierra Linda Elementary employs 26.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sierra Linda Elementary is $4,066, which is the 7^th highest among 17 elementary schools in the Oxnard School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sierra Linda Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sierra Linda Elementary 4264^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Sierra Linda Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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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 Sierra Linda Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sierra Linda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	11.01	4618^th	4809	4.0%
2005	10.60	4625^th	4822	4.1%
2006	14.00	4410^th	4818	8.5%
2007	19.12	4364^th	5113	14.6%
2008	24.03	4048^th	5113	20.8%
2009	28.65	3799^th	5193	26.8%
2010	32.73	3644^th	5314	31.4%
2011	35.07	3613^th	5377	32.8%
2012	37.96	3396^th	5390	37.0%
2013	33.21	3798^th	5530	31.3%
2015	12.88	5290^th	5611	5.7%
2016	11.94	5308^th	5614	5.5%
2017	11.26	5416^th	5692	4.8%
2018	7.69	5550^th	5662	2.0%
2019	14.01	5309^th	5789	8.3%
2022	15.09	5357^th	5883	8.9%
2023	20.97	4759^th	5874	19.0%
2024	26.24	4264^th	5862	27.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sierra Linda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.37	2372^nd	3246	26.9%
2019	28.67	2592^nd	3275	20.9%
2022	34.38	2255^th	3311	31.9%
2023	46.98	1349^th	3250	58.5%
2024	56.98	839^th	3160	73.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sierra Linda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	26.31	1833^rd	2420	24.3%
2024	25.82	2070^th	2634	21.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sierra Linda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	8.76	4998^th	5084	1.7%
2019	18.88	4636^th	5173	10.4%
2022	20.83	4587^th	5264	12.9%
2023	26.05	4229^th	5374	21.3%
2024	32.89	3707^th	5511	32.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Sierra Linda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	8.98	5274^th	5413	2.6%
2019	14.93	5031^st	5492	8.4%
2022	16.25	5062^nd	5635	10.2%
2023	21.07	4601^st	5617	18.1%
2024	30.18	3780^th	5605	32.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Sierra Linda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.05	1864^th	2128	12.4%
2019	25.74	2018^th	2585	21.9%
2022	25.75	1703^rd	2227	23.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Sierra Linda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	7.87	5360^th	5431	1.3%
2019	14.81	5069^th	5510	8.0%
2022	15.12	5203^rd	5663	8.1%
2023	22.15	4527^th	5650	19.9%
2024	23.97	4364^th	5636	22.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sierra Linda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	8.98	4754^th	4830	1.6%
2019	18.87	4449^th	4963	10.4%
2022	18.95	4582^nd	5084	9.9%
2023	25.89	4035^th	5098	20.9%
2024	32.19	3555^th	5102	30.3%

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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 Sierra Linda Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	126	48	27	461	0	n/a	n/a	0	662
1989	164	51	36	476	0	n/a	n/a	0	727
1990	135	45	37	430	1	n/a	n/a	0	648
1991	161	46	41	423	1	n/a	n/a	0	672
1992	225	56	62	469	3	n/a	n/a	0	815
1993	133	57	19	606	1	n/a	n/a	0	816
1994	137	44	25	603	4	n/a	n/a	0	813
1995	106	41	12	628	4	n/a	n/a	0	791
1996	106	41	12	628	4	n/a	n/a	0	791
1997	95	46	15	695	4	n/a	n/a	0	855
1998	94	42	20	611	2	n/a	n/a	0	769
1999	121	39	18	708	3	n/a	n/a	7	896
2000	107	37	22	688	1	n/a	n/a	15	870
2001	92	27	22	682	3	n/a	n/a	19	845
2002	82	34	20	685	5	n/a	n/a	13	839
2003	82	34	20	685	5	n/a	n/a	13	839
2004	69	25	13	597	5	n/a	n/a	7	716
2005	62	25	10	650	4	n/a	n/a	7	758
2006	58	27	10	669	5	n/a	n/a	7	776
2007	51	34	9	588	5	n/a	n/a	4	691
2008	51	33	12	561	3	n/a	n/a	0	660
2009	44	29	6	545	2	2	14	0	642
2010	37	27	14	582	0	1	6	0	667
2011	40	28	13	596	5	2	5	0	689
2012	34	32	12	582	4	2	4	0	670
2013	29	26	12	584	0	1	3	0	655
2014	30	18	9	554	0	1	2	0	614
2015	33	14	7	617	0	1	5	0	677
2016	32	14	11	698	1	2	9	0	767
2017	44	13	5	665	1	1	4	0	733
2018	38	10	5	640	1	0	3	0	697
2019	29	4	2	621	0	1	4	0	661
2020	30	4	4	560	0	1	6	0	605
2021	28	7	7	517	0	1	10	0	570
2022	20	4	5	494	1	2	6	0	532
2023	17	7	10	481	1	1	6	0	523

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 Sierra Linda Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	662	26.0	25.4	n/a
1989	727	28.0	25.9	n/a
1990	648	26.0	24.9	n/a
1991	672	27.0	24.8	n/a
1992	815	27.4	29.7	54
1993	816	31.0	26.3	73.7
1994	813	30.5	26.7	67.8
1995	791	30.0	26.4	87.1
1996	791	30.0	26.4	87.1
1997	855	35.0	24.4	85.4
1998	769	36.0	21.4	77.4
1999	896	39.0	23.0	78.7
2000	870	42.0	20.7	79.2
2001	845	41.0	20.6	75.7
2002	839	40.0	21.0	78.1
2003	839	40.0	21.0	78.1
2004	716	34.0	21.1	79.8
2005	758	36.0	21.1	75.9
2006	776	37.5	20.7	75
2007	691	33.0	20.9	77.9
2008	660	34.0	19.4	80.3
2009	642	34.0	17.8	77.9
2010	667	35.0	19.0	79
2011	689	n/a	n/a	83.3
2012	670	33.0	20.3	n/a
2013	655	32.0	20.4	79.1
2014	614	31.0	19.8	88.9
2015	677	28.0	24.1	86.1
2016	767	32.0	23.9	87.9
2017	733	32.0	22.9	85.4
2018	697	30.0	23.2	86.4
2019	661	29.0	22.7	73.2
2020	605	n/a	n/a	89.3
2021	570	26.0	21.9	90.7
2022	532	24.0	22.1	90.2
2023	523	26.5	19.7	90.8

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 Sierra Linda Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	662	26.0	25.4	n/a
1989	727	28.0	25.9	n/a
1990	648	26.0	24.9	n/a
1991	672	27.0	24.8	n/a
1992	815	27.4	29.7	54
1993	816	31.0	26.3	73.7
1994	813	30.5	26.7	67.8
1995	791	30.0	26.4	87.1
1996	791	30.0	26.4	87.1
1997	855	35.0	24.4	85.4
1998	769	36.0	21.4	77.4
1999	896	39.0	23.0	78.7
2000	870	42.0	20.7	79.2
2001	845	41.0	20.6	75.7
2002	839	40.0	21.0	78.1
2003	839	40.0	21.0	78.1
2004	716	34.0	21.1	79.8
2005	758	36.0	21.1	75.9
2006	776	37.5	20.7	75
2007	691	33.0	20.9	77.9
2008	660	34.0	19.4	80.3
2009	642	34.0	17.8	77.9
2010	667	35.0	19.0	79
2011	689	n/a	n/a	83.3
2012	670	33.0	20.3	n/a
2013	655	32.0	20.4	79.1
2014	614	31.0	19.8	88.9
2015	677	28.0	24.1	86.1
2016	767	32.0	23.9	87.9
2017	733	32.0	22.9	85.4
2018	697	30.0	23.2	86.4
2019	661	29.0	22.7	73.2
2020	605	n/a	n/a	89.3
2021	570	26.0	21.9	90.7
2022	532	24.0	22.1	90.2
2023	523	26.5	19.7	90.8

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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