Los Olivos Elementary: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
Los Olivos posts 64% meeting the standard, and 31.3% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47 | 31% | 64% | -1.1 | 10.8% | 2.2% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Los Olivos Elementary scores 47 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 62nd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “64% proficient” and call it done. Los Olivos deserves a closer read. It sits at the 62nd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 62nd percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 64% meet the standard today, versus 70% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 75% | 50% | 85% | 69% | 64% |
| Grade 4 | 76% | 75% | — | 71% | 69% |
| Grade 5 | 70% | 65% | 53% | — | 67% |
| Grade 6 | 70% | 38% | 61% | 31% | — |
| Grade 7 | 63% | 62% | 85% | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 8 | 75% | 74% | 62% | 85% | 83% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 83% | 83% | 67% | 50% | 64% |
| Grade 4 | 67% | 56% | — | 57% | 63% |
| Grade 5 | 48% | 40% | 47% | — | 58% |
| Grade 6 | 55% | 46% | 28% | 46% | — |
| Grade 7 | 58% | 52% | 69% | 37% | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 69% | 79% | 38% | 23% | 33% |
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Los Olivos Elementary in Los Olivos, 70.3% of white students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 70.3% district-wide and 61.8% statewide. Los Olivos Elementary outperforms its district average for white students by 0.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: White students (59.5% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 37 students tested.
8 of 12 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 7–8 students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (12.8% vs 6.8%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$189 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 159 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 53% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 22 | 55% | 9% | 23% | 14% | 64% | +20 |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 19% | 50% | 25% | 6% | 69% | +24 |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 33% | 33% | 25% | 8% | 67% | +19 |
| Grade 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 24% | 41% | 29% | 6% | 65% | +17 |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 44% | 39% | 6% | 11% | 83% | +37 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 22 | 45% | 18% | 9% | 27% | 64% | +18 |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 19% | 44% | 25% | 13% | 63% | +21 |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 17% | 42% | 25% | 17% | 58% | +23 |
| Grade 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 24% | 29% | 35% | 12% | 53% | +19 |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 17% | 17% | 39% | 28% | 33% | +1 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 30 | 23% | 30% | 43% | 3% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 37 | 70.3% | +0 | +8 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Olivos Elementary ← | — | 47 | 31.3% | 63.9% | −1.1 | 2.2% |
| Ballard Elementary | 1.9 mi | 55 | 33.4% | 68.0% | +1.8 | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 52 | 69 | #1687 | 42.7% | 69.8% | 4.1% | 0.6% | -20.5pp |
| 2022 | 47 | 72 | #1592 | 35.4% | 61.6% | 9.6% | 2.4% | -14.2pp |
| 2023 | 44 | 63 | #2145 | 35.4% | 62.8% | 18.3% | 1.8% | -25.6pp |
| 2024 | 63 | 85 | #852 | 35.5% | 61.8% | 11.3% | 1.8% | — |
| 2025 | 47 | 62 | #2188 | 31.3% | 63.9% | 10.8% | 2.2% | -1.1pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 2.4% | 7.2% | +4.8pp |
| Male | 5.4% | 10.0% | +4.6pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2.9% | 7.1% | +4.2pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 10.0% | 14.8% | +4.8pp |
| English Learners | 6.7% | — | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 8.9% | 22.2% | +13.3pp |
| All Students | 3.8% | 8.6% | +4.8pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 18.2% | — |
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