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Enrollment
895
Elementary
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OXNARD·NCES 062922012389
Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary
3101 Dunkirk Dr., Oxnard, CA 93035 · (805) 385-1584 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL895 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of California public elementary schools
- C+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.
- CThree-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
22.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
668 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 72 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 124 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (115).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
43.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.6pp since 2014
Math
25.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.5% | 29.1% | 27.8% | 28.6% |
| Math | 8.8% | 16.3% | 29.9% | 45.0% |
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 | 43.6% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 26.5% |
| 2022-23 | 46.9% | 26.6% |
| 2021-22 | 47.8% | 22.5% |
| 2018-19 | 48.8% | 24.8% |
| 2017-18 | 45.6% | 23.3% |
| 2016-17 | 44.4% | 19.5% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary
Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary this school | 895 | 74.6% | 34.3% |
| Santiago Elementary Santa Ana | 906 | 76.8% | 31.4% |
| La Mirada Academy San Marcos | 868 | 77.4% | 25.4% |
| Sunnyslope Elementary Jurupa Valley | 819 | 78.3% | 24.4% |
| Cesar Chavez Language Academy Santa Rosa | 773 | 74.4% | 25.1% |
| Henry F. Kammann Elementary Salinas | 743 | 73.2% | 19.0% |
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 Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #3,036 of 5,151 | #69 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #3,761 of 5,172 ▼ 309 | #81 of 122 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #2,588 of 5,172 ▼ 75 | #58 of 122 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,547 of 5,116 | #38 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 895 | #172 of 5,915 | #2 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,480 of 5,352 | #67 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.9% | #4,710 of 5,354 | #94 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #2,645 of 5,625 | #44 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #2,164 of 3,837 | #57 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
895
-58 (-6%) vs 2020
+28% since 2010-11, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
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 | 895 | 40 | 22.4:1 | 75% (668) |
| 2023-24 | 885 | 39.8 | 22.2:1 | 73% (648) |
| 2022-23 | 920 | 40 | 23.0:1 | 71% (652) |
| 2020-21 | 953 | 40 | 23.8:1 | 71% (680) |
| 2017-18 | 1,040 | 42.4 | 24.5:1 | 57% (592) |
| 2015-16 | 1,036 | 39 | 26.6:1 | 62% (646) |
| 2010-11 | 697 | N/A | N/A | 71% (497) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,040 to 895); teachers down 6% (42.4 to 40).
About Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary
In Oxnard, California, part of Ventura County, Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary is an elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 895 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary is among 20 schools run by Oxnard, which serves 13,003 students.
Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary is 92% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining shares are 3% White and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Ventura County's population at about 44%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary scores 15%.
Its staff includes 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 22.4 students per teacher. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 75% of students at Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Ventura County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary lands at C, ahead of 33% 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 Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary, the prediction is 35.8% and the result is 34.3%.
Ventura County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $109,797, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 238 public schools in the county, enrolling about 147,841, Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary among them.
Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Christa McAuliffe Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 28.3% on proficiency, and Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary is above that at 34.3%.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% decrease, from 953 to 895. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.8:1 to 22.4:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Juan Lagunas Soria ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary?
Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary enrolls approximately 895 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary serve?
Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary?
Student demographics at Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary are roughly 3% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary in?
Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary is part of Oxnard.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.