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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORPARK UNIFIED·NCES 062569007783
Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology
240 Flory Ave., Moorpark, CA 93021 · (805) 378-6303 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
22.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
247 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
36%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
48.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
38.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -17.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.6% | 28.9% | 23.2% | 28.4% |
| Math | 17.9% | 20.0% | 30.3% | 31.8% |
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 | 48.5% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 41.4% |
| 2022-23 | 49.2% | 43.5% |
| 2021-22 | 43.5% | 42.5% |
| 2020-21 | 47.9% | 38.0% |
| 2018-19 | 49.8% | 53.7% |
| 2017-18 | 52.6% | 54.4% |
| 2016-17 | 50.0% | 57.3% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology
Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology this school | 411 | 60.1% | 44.2% |
| Olita Elementary La Habra | 425 | 59.3% | 42.4% |
| Fiesta Gardens International Elementary San Mateo | 418 | 56.0% | 28.6% |
| Scott Avenue Elementary Whittier | 494 | 58.5% | 48.3% |
| Montalvo Elementary Ventura | 397 | 66.5% | 40.2% |
| Laurel Wood Elementary Salinas | 417 | 60.2% | 23.6% |
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 Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #2,141 of 5,151 | #52 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #2,441 of 5,172 ▼ 360 | #56 of 122 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #2,162 of 5,172 ▼ 61 | #50 of 122 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #3,274 of 5,116 | #79 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #3,546 of 5,915 | #75 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,855 of 5,352 | #80 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #3,671 of 5,354 | #72 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #3,476 of 5,625 | #62 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #2,279 of 3,837 | #63 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
411
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 411 | 18 | 22.8:1 | 60% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 18 | 22.4:1 | 49% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 17 | 24.6:1 | 41% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 20 | 21.9:1 | 40% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 22 | 21.5:1 | 47% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 45% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | N/A | N/A | 32% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 19 | 25.9:1 | 61% (299) |
| 1990-91 | 870 | 31 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (473 to 411); teachers down 18% (22 to 18).
About Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology
Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology is an elementary school in Moorpark, California, according to federal school records. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 411 students in 2024-25.
The 10 schools in Moorpark Unified enroll 5,599 students altogether, Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology among them.
Hispanic students are 78% of those enrolled at Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology. The rest of enrollment is 16% White and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Ventura County's population at about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 22.8 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 60% of the student body. Public schools in Ventura County average a similar 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology lands at B-, ahead of 49% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology, the prediction is 44.3% and the result is 44.2%.
Ventura County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $109,797 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology shares Ventura County with 237 other public schools.
Chaparral Middle is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 44.2% against a local average of 52.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 411, down from 439 in 2020-21.
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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
- Chaparral Middle0.3 mi · 542
- Walnut Canyon Elementary0.6 mi · 486
- Peach Hill Academy0.9 mi · 420
- Mountain Meadows Elementary1.1 mi · 424
- Mesa Verde Middle1.1 mi · 574
- Moorpark High1.2 mi · 1,691
Frequently asked questions
About Flory Academy of Sciences and TechnologyHow large is Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology?
Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology enrolls approximately 411 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology serve?
Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology is approximately 22.8:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology?
At Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology, the student body is approximately 16% White, 78% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology public or private?
Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology is a public K-12 school, overseen by Moorpark Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.