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Enrollment
832
Middle
DISTRICT 736 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060964001007
Colina Middle
1500 East Hillcrest Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 · (805) 495-7429 · Ventura County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL832 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
218 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 313 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 252 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 32% |
Student demographics
62%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
59.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.9pp since 2014
Math
48.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.6% | 33.5% | 21.3% | 19.7% |
| Math | 26.7% | 21.3% | 20.4% | 31.5% |
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 | 59.1% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 49.1% |
| 2022-23 | 60.9% | 48.6% |
| 2021-22 | 64.6% | 50.2% |
| 2018-19 | 64.4% | 54.4% |
| 2017-18 | 62.5% | 54.4% |
| 2016-17 | 61.1% | 54.7% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Colina Middle
Colina Middle's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colina Middle this school | 832 | 26.2% | 54.3% |
| Temecula Middle Temecula | 1,012 | 26.2% | 60.5% |
| Rosedale Middle Bakersfield | 810 | 29.6% | 49.0% |
| Sequoia Middle Newbury Park | 798 | 31.0% | 48.5% |
| Martinez Junior High Martinez | 843 | 32.7% | 51.0% |
| Los Cerritos Middle Thousand Oaks | 725 | 20.0% | 64.0% |
Matched among California middle 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 Colina Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #289 of 1,224 | #4 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #294 of 1,227 ▼ 28 | #4 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #339 of 1,227 ▼ 57 | #5 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.8pp | #111 of 1,214 | #5 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 832 | #395 of 1,377 | #10 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #759 of 1,279 | #13 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #362 of 1,278 | #8 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.2% | #1,172 of 1,329 | #26 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #457 of 930 | #18 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
832
-46 (-5%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 30.3:1
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 | 832 | 38.3 | 21.7:1 | 26% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 796 | 38.1 | 20.9:1 | 27% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 812 | 38.5 | 21.1:1 | 30% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 878 | 29 | 30.3:1 | 29% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 996 | 41.9 | 23.8:1 | 32% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 971 | 42 | 23.1:1 | 30% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 1,099 | N/A | N/A | 24% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 1,004 | 39 | 25.7:1 | 9% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 26 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colina Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (996 to 832); teachers down 8% (41.9 to 38.3).
About Colina Middle
Colina Middle is a mid-sized middle school in California, located in Thousand Oaks. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 832 students. That compares with an average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Conejo Valley Unified operates 26 schools. Combined enrollment is 15,713 students.
At Colina Middle, White students make up the biggest share, 49%. Smaller groups are 35% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Ventura County residents are about 52% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
Its ratio of 21.7:1 is based on 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 26% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Ventura County report 59%.
Among California public middle schools, Colina Middle outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Colina Middle would be expected to post about 64.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.3%.
In the wider Ventura County area, the median household earns about $109,797 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Colina Middle shares Ventura County with 237 other public schools.
Conejo Academy of Leadership and Language Immersion is the nearest public school to Colina Middle, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 54.3% is above the 47.2% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Colina Middle inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 5%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 30.3 to 21.7 over 4 years.
Colina Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Sequoia MiddleMiddle · 798 students
- Los Cerritos MiddleMiddle · 725 students
Other schools in Thousand Oaks
- Thousand Oaks HighHigh · 1,703 students
- Compass Charter Schools of Los AngelesCombined · 1,032 students
- Compass Charter Schools of San DiegoCombined · 842 students
- Los Cerritos MiddleMiddle · 725 students
- Lang RanchElementary · 723 students
- Redwood MiddleMiddle · 589 students
Nearby schools
- Conejo Academy of Leadership and Language Immersion0.6 mi · 258
- Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary0.9 mi · 397
- Conejo Valley High (Continuation)1.2 mi · 75
- Glenwood Elementary1.2 mi · 218
- Westlake Hills Elementary1.7 mi · 375
- Acacia Magnet School for Enriched Learning1.8 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Colina MiddleHow large is Colina Middle?
Colina Middle enrolls approximately 832 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Colina Middle serve?
Colina Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Colina Middle?
Approximately 21.7:1 students per teacher at Colina Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Colina Middle?
At Colina Middle, the student body is approximately 49% White, 35% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Colina Middle public or private?
Colina Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Conejo Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.