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How has Arroyo West Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORPARK UNIFIED·NCES 062569010342
Arroyo West Elementary
4117 Country Hill Rd., Moorpark, CA 93021 · (805) 378-6308 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
156 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.6pp since 2014
Math
52.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.2% | 23.3% | 20.6% | 23.9% |
| Math | 25.0% | 27.8% | 23.3% | 23.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 52.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 50.3% |
| 2022-23 | 54.9% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 47.4% |
| 2020-21 | 46.4% | 45.6% |
| 2018-19 | 61.2% | 51.4% |
| 2017-18 | 64.5% | 51.6% |
| 2016-17 | 61.7% | 51.6% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 32.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arroyo West Elementary
Arroyo West Elementary's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo West Elementary this school | 385 | 40.5% | 51.8% |
| Oak View Elementary Acampo | 365 | 40.0% | 56.0% |
| Sycamore Valley Academy Visalia | 419 | 38.2% | N/A |
| Blue Oak Academy Visalia | 430 | 38.1% | N/A |
| Brandon Elementary Goleta | 429 | 42.2% | 50.6% |
| La Patera Elementary Goleta | 369 | 45.0% | 46.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arroyo West Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #1,599 of 5,151 | #35 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,419 of 5,172 ▲ 82 | #32 of 122 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,648 of 5,172 ▲ 244 | #41 of 122 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #2,003 of 5,116 | #45 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #3,865 of 5,915 | #83 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #2,176 of 5,352 | #58 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #2,272 of 5,354 | #49 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.5% | #4,316 of 5,625 | #89 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #2,188 of 3,837 | #60 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
385
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
-46% since 2000-01, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 22.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 385 | 17.5 | 22.0:1 | 41% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 18.5 | 22.1:1 | 40% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 18.1 | 24.0:1 | 30% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 18 | 22.9:1 | 36% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 21.1 | 21.1:1 | 42% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 20 | 22.9:1 | 43% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | N/A | N/A | 46% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 31 | 22.9:1 | 21% (151) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arroyo West Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (446 to 385); teachers down 17% (21.1 to 17.5).
About Arroyo West Elementary
Arroyo West Elementary is a small elementary school with its address in Moorpark, California. Enrolled students number 385 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Moorpark Unified enrolls 5,599 students, and its 10 schools include Arroyo West Elementary.
Roughly 56% of students at Arroyo West Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 36% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Ventura County residents are about 44% Hispanic. Arroyo West Elementary's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Arroyo West Elementary is 17.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 22.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Around 41% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Ventura County average 59%.
Arroyo West Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 55.8% for Arroyo West Elementary. The school posts 51.8%, 4.0 points below the prediction.
Within Ventura County, the median household income is $109,797, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Arroyo West Elementary, Ventura County has 237 other public schools.
The closest public school to Arroyo West Elementary is Moorpark High, about 0.6 miles away. Arroyo West Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Arroyo West Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Arroyo West Elementary's enrollment dropped from 413 in 2020-21 to 385 in 2024-25.
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Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moorpark Unified
- Moorpark HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Mesa Verde MiddleMiddle · 574 students
- Campus Canyon ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Chaparral MiddleMiddle · 542 students
- Walnut Canyon ElementaryElementary · 486 students
- Mountain Meadows ElementaryElementary · 424 students
Other schools in Moorpark
- Moorpark HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Mesa Verde MiddleMiddle · 574 students
- Campus Canyon ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Chaparral MiddleMiddle · 542 students
- Walnut Canyon ElementaryElementary · 486 students
- Mountain Meadows ElementaryElementary · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Moorpark High0.6 mi · 1,691
- Mountain Meadows Elementary0.8 mi · 424
- Peach Hill Academy1.7 mi · 420
- Chaparral Middle1.7 mi · 542
- Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology1.8 mi · 411
- Walnut Canyon Elementary1.9 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Arroyo West ElementaryHow many students attend Arroyo West Elementary?
Arroyo West Elementary enrolls approximately 385 students in grades KG-05.
Is Arroyo West Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arroyo West Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Arroyo West Elementary have?
Arroyo West Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Arroyo West Elementary?
Student demographics at Arroyo West Elementary are roughly 36% White, 56% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Arroyo West Elementary?
Arroyo West Elementary is overseen by Moorpark Unified in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.