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Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy
Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Ventura, California, run under Ventura Unified. Current enrollment sits at 461 students spanning grades K through 8.
Ventura Unified comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 14,346 students; Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy is among them.
In terms of who attends, Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest consists of 31% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 47.5%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ventura County put the typical household earns roughly $109,797 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Citrus Glen Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.0%.
Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy operates from a metropolitan location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 20%: 384 students in 2018 compared to 461 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 27% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 25.3:1 in 2025.
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