Lemonwood Elementary

Lemonwood Elementary sits in Oxnard's working-class southside, a tight-knit community close to the coast where many families have deep roots in the area's agricultural and service industries. The school serves a predominantly Latino student population and, like much of the surrounding neighborhood, is still working to close some academic gaps — particularly in math, where scores land in the bottom tenth percentile statewide. Families who are engaged and looking to be active partners in their child's education will find that involvement matters here, as schools in communities like this one tend to thrive when parents and teachers are pulling in the same direction.