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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060964001006
Banyan Elementary
1120 Knollwood Dr., Newbury Park, CA 91320 · (805) 498-6641 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
18.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
121 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 110 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 72% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
77.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +23.5pp since 2014
Math
69.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.7% | 30.8% | 10.4% | 12.1% |
| Math | 37.0% | 32.0% | 19.9% | 11.1% |
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 | 77.5% | 69.1% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 73.6% |
| 2022-23 | 70.7% | 67.9% |
| 2021-22 | 73.0% | 66.7% |
| 2018-19 | 69.5% | 56.0% |
| 2017-18 | 63.0% | 56.0% |
| 2016-17 | 65.5% | 60.3% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Banyan Elementary
Banyan Elementary's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banyan Elementary this school | 416 | 29.1% | 74.6% |
| Loma Portal Elementary San Diego | 392 | 30.4% | 61.6% |
| Red Hill Elementary Santa Ana | 436 | 28.9% | 75.2% |
| Peach Hill Academy Moorpark | 420 | 26.2% | 62.3% |
| Monterey Bay Charter Pacific Grove | 475 | 31.2% | N/A |
| Weathersfield Elementary Thousand Oaks | 433 | 23.6% | 70.7% |
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 Banyan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #442 of 5,151 | #8 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #641 of 5,172 ▼ 182 | #9 of 122 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #381 of 5,172 ▼ 75 | #6 of 122 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #2,146 of 5,116 | #51 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #3,480 of 5,915 | #74 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #488 of 5,352 | #15 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #2,071 of 5,354 | #42 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.1% | #4,794 of 5,625 | #107 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #2,713 of 3,837 | #73 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
416
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 416 | 22.1 | 18.9:1 | 29% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 26% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 19 | 21.2:1 | 26% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 17 | 23.8:1 | 22% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 19 | 24.3:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 19 | 24.0:1 | 25% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | N/A | N/A | 28% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 30 | 21.8:1 | 2% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 20 | 28.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Banyan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (461 to 416); teachers up 16% (19 to 22.1).
About Banyan Elementary
At 1120 Knollwood Dr. in Newbury Park, California, Banyan Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 416 students across kindergarten through 5.
Banyan Elementary reports to Conejo Valley Unified, which has 26 schools and 15,713 students.
By race and ethnicity, Banyan Elementary is 56% White. Other reported shares: 33% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The White share in Ventura County as a whole is similar, at about 52%. By the diversity index, Banyan Elementary comes in at 58%.
With 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Banyan Elementary was 18.9:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 29%. It compares with 59% for public schools in Ventura County.
allk12 grades Banyan Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Banyan Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 74.6% actual against 62.5% predicted.
Across Ventura County, median household income is about $109,797, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Ventura County number 238 and enroll about 147,841.
The shortest distance from Banyan Elementary to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Cypress Elementary. The five-mile area around Banyan Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 59.5% proficiency; Banyan Elementary posts 74.6%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Federal counts put enrollment at 404 in 2020-21 and 416 in 2024-25, a 3% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.9:1.
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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 Conejo Valley Unified
- Newbury Park HighHigh · 2,047 students
- Westlake HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Thousand Oaks HighHigh · 1,703 students
- Sycamore CanyonElementary · 937 students
- Colina MiddleMiddle · 832 students
- Sequoia MiddleMiddle · 798 students
Other schools in Newbury Park
- Newbury Park HighHigh · 2,047 students
- Sycamore CanyonElementary · 937 students
- Sequoia MiddleMiddle · 798 students
- Env Acad of Research Tech and Earth ScisElementary · 539 students
- Cypress ElementaryElementary · 325 students
- Walnut ElementaryElementary · 259 students
Other Banyan Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Banyan Elementary. Banyan Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Banyan ElementaryAlta Loma, CA · 572 students
- BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUNRISE, FL · 427 students
- BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Cypress Elementary1.0 mi · 325
- Maple Elementary1.1 mi · 181
- Sycamore Canyon1.6 mi · 937
- Sequoia Middle1.8 mi · 798
- Newbury Park High1.8 mi · 2,047
- Walnut Elementary2.0 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Banyan ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Banyan Elementary?
Banyan Elementary enrolls approximately 416 students in grades KG-05.
Is Banyan Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Banyan Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Banyan Elementary?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Banyan Elementary.
How diverse is Banyan Elementary?
Banyan Elementary reports a student body of 56% White, 33% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Banyan Elementary?
Banyan Elementary is overseen by Conejo Valley Unified in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.