Is Ohlone Elementary a good school?

Ohlone Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Ohlone Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 452 students attended Ohlone Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Ohlone Elementary?

Students at Ohlone Elementary are 97% Hispanic, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Ohlone Elementary attend?

Students who attend Ohlone Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Pajaro Middle High : Watsonville High

Ohlone Elementary

Summary:

Ohlone Elementary is a public elementary school in Watsonville, California, serving 389 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 1237 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ohlone Elementary faces several key challenges. The school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.7% in 2017-2018 to 41.6% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than nearby schools like Starlight Elementary (39.4%), H.A. Hyde Elementary (37.3%), and Radcliff Elementary (36.6%). Academically, Ohlone consistently underperforms the district and state in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics, with only 17.24% of students proficient or better in ELA and 11.65% in Mathematics, compared to the district's 24.98% and 17.54%, and the state's 47.04% and 35.54%, respectively. Additionally, Ohlone has an exceptionally high rate of free and reduced lunch recipients, reaching 96.14% in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the nearby schools.

While Ohlone Elementary faces these challenges, some nearby schools, such as Watsonville Prep and Linscott Charter, demonstrate stronger academic performance, suggesting that there may be opportunities to learn from their practices and strategies. However, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District as a whole appears to face significant challenges, with most of the nearby schools performing below the state average on academic assessments.

Detail:

Public K-6

21 Bay Farms Rd.
Watsonville, CA 95076-5442

(831) 728-6977

District: Pajaro Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5544^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Ohlone Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Pajaro Middle
High:	Watsonville High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.2

Number of students: 452

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

96.7%

White:

2.0%

Two or more races:

0.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 94.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ohlone Elementary ranks worse than 94.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 12^th among 19 ranked elementary schools in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.11. (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 (96.7%), White (2%), two or more races (0.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 94.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ohlone Elementary is 22.2. 14 elementary schools in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ohlone Elementary employs 20.2 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ohlone Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Ohlone Elementary 5544^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Ohlone Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Pajaro Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Pajaro Valley Unified 1237^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ohlone Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Ohlone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	9.60	4690^th	4809	2.5%
2005	6.34	4782^nd	4822	0.8%
2006	4.19	4796^th	4818	0.5%
2007	5.20	5083^rd	5113	0.6%
2008	6.72	5050^th	5113	1.2%
2009	12.03	4908^th	5193	5.5%
2010	16.28	4832^nd	5314	9.1%
2011	14.77	4961^st	5377	7.7%
2012	8.54	5245^th	5390	2.7%
2013	12.01	5206^th	5530	5.9%
2015	34.16	3384^th	5611	39.7%
2016	21.08	4519^th	5614	19.5%
2017	21.31	4574^th	5692	19.6%
2018	23.85	4336^th	5662	23.4%
2019	22.65	4570^th	5789	21.1%
2022	21.93	4655^th	5883	20.9%
2023	17.99	5056^th	5874	13.9%
2024	12.11	5544^th	5862	5.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ohlone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	51.68	1171^st	3246	63.9%
2019	56.86	935^th	3275	71.5%
2022	42.52	1640^th	3311	50.5%
2023	43.85	1564^th	3250	51.9%
2024	27.87	2693^rd	3160	14.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ohlone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	22.23	2084^th	2420	13.9%
2024	25.73	2075^th	2634	21.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ohlone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.26	3453^rd	5084	32.1%
2019	31.58	3749^th	5173	27.5%
2022	30.01	3841^st	5264	27.0%
2023	22.87	4466^th	5374	16.9%
2024	14.11	5197^th	5511	5.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ohlone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	37.58	226^th	356	36.5%
2023	23.07	302^nd	336	10.1%
2024	23.88	313^th	364	14.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Ohlone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.25	3894^th	5413	28.1%
2019	21.48	4501^st	5492	18.0%
2022	22.80	4429^th	5635	21.4%
2023	20.34	4671^st	5617	16.8%
2024	11.89	5364^th	5605	4.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Ohlone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.92	1345^th	2128	36.8%
2019	39.69	1310^th	2585	49.3%
2022	18.72	2060^th	2227	7.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Ohlone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.19	4559^th	5431	16.1%
2019	24.71	4214^th	5510	23.5%
2022	21.73	4540^th	5663	19.8%
2023	18.10	4901^st	5650	13.3%
2024	14.07	5223^rd	5636	7.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ohlone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.39	3248^th	4830	32.8%
2019	33.89	3393^rd	4963	31.6%
2022	30.24	3680^th	5084	27.6%
2023	23.88	4195^th	5098	17.7%
2024	15.12	4753^rd	5102	6.8%

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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 Ohlone Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1990	9	0	3	409	0	n/a	n/a	421
1991	12	0	1	432	0	n/a	n/a	445
1992	35	0	3	539	0	n/a	n/a	577
1993	50	0	8	500	0	n/a	n/a	558
1994	33	0	8	514	1	n/a	n/a	556
1995	23	0	4	490	1	n/a	n/a	518
1996	23	0	4	490	1	n/a	n/a	518
1997	18	0	2	521	1	n/a	n/a	542
1998	18	1	5	499	1	n/a	n/a	524
1999	14	1	9	543	0	n/a	n/a	567
2000	12	1	7	617	0	n/a	n/a	637
2001	19	1	4	603	2	n/a	n/a	629
2002	16	0	3	551	1	n/a	n/a	571
2003	16	0	3	551	1	n/a	n/a	571
2004	18	2	3	549	0	n/a	n/a	572
2005	16	0	4	514	1	n/a	n/a	535
2006	16	2	9	445	1	n/a	n/a	473
2007	9	2	7	418	1	n/a	n/a	437
2008	9	2	6	434	2	n/a	n/a	453
2009	6	3	4	446	0	0	1	460
2010	4	2	4	459	0	0	3	472
2011	4	2	5	469	0	0	6	486
2012	6	1	4	491	0	0	2	504
2013	6	0	5	511	1	0	0	523
2014	4	0	8	495	2	0	0	509
2015	4	0	9	515	2	0	1	531
2016	6	1	4	530	1	0	1	543
2017	6	2	4	530	0	0	0	542
2018	7	2	4	514	0	0	1	528
2019	5	1	6	479	0	0	1	492
2020	2	1	4	450	0	0	2	459
2021	2	1	2	424	0	0	2	431
2022	3	0	2	395	0	0	2	402
2023	3	0	2	381	0	1	2	389
2024	9	0	2	437	0	1	3	452

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 Ohlone Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	421	19.0	22.1	n/a
1991	445	20.0	22.2	n/a
1992	577	20.3	28.4	90.6
1993	558	25.0	22.3	86.9
1994	556	22.0	25.3	88.7
1995	518	23.0	22.5	90.7
1996	518	23.0	22.5	90.7
1997	542	25.0	21.7	94.8
1998	524	28.0	18.7	94.3
1999	567	31.0	18.3	86.4
2000	637	33.5	19.0	93.7
2001	629	36.6	17.2	83.6
2002	571	42.8	13.3	82.5
2003	571	42.8	13.3	82.5
2004	572	31.2	18.3	85.7
2005	535	28.2	19.0	93.6
2006	473	27.0	17.5	87.5
2007	437	23.0	19.0	87.4
2008	453	22.0	20.6	91.6
2009	460	16.0	25.6	89.1
2010	472	13.1	36.0	92.2
2011	486	n/a	n/a	92.4
2012	504	24.0	21.0	n/a
2013	523	21.0	24.9	93.7
2014	509	26.0	19.5	95.5
2015	531	26.0	20.4	93.6
2016	543	23.0	23.6	93.7
2017	542	23.5	23.0	56.8
2018	528	24.0	22.0	87.3
2019	492	23.0	21.3	90
2020	459	n/a	n/a	94.1
2021	431	19.8	21.7	91
2022	402	17.0	23.6	94.5
2023	389	18.8	20.6	96.1
2024	452	20.2	22.2	94.7

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 Ohlone Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	421	19.0	22.1	n/a
1991	445	20.0	22.2	n/a
1992	577	20.3	28.4	90.6
1993	558	25.0	22.3	86.9
1994	556	22.0	25.3	88.7
1995	518	23.0	22.5	90.7
1996	518	23.0	22.5	90.7
1997	542	25.0	21.7	94.8
1998	524	28.0	18.7	94.3
1999	567	31.0	18.3	86.4
2000	637	33.5	19.0	93.7
2001	629	36.6	17.2	83.6
2002	571	42.8	13.3	82.5
2003	571	42.8	13.3	82.5
2004	572	31.2	18.3	85.7
2005	535	28.2	19.0	93.6
2006	473	27.0	17.5	87.5
2007	437	23.0	19.0	87.4
2008	453	22.0	20.6	91.6
2009	460	16.0	25.6	89.1
2010	472	13.1	36.0	92.2
2011	486	n/a	n/a	92.4
2012	504	24.0	21.0	n/a
2013	523	21.0	24.9	93.7
2014	509	26.0	19.5	95.5
2015	531	26.0	20.4	93.6
2016	543	23.0	23.6	93.7
2017	542	23.5	23.0	56.8
2018	528	24.0	22.0	87.3
2019	492	23.0	21.3	90
2020	459	n/a	n/a	94.1
2021	431	19.8	21.7	91
2022	402	17.0	23.6	94.5
2023	389	18.8	20.6	96.1
2024	452	20.2	22.2	94.7

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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