Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEAN VIEW·NCES 062817004352
Laguna Vista Elementary
5084 Etting Rd., Oxnard, CA 93033 · (805) 488-3638 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- 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
20.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
252 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
32.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.8pp since 2014
Math
24.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.9% | 22.8% | 25.1% | 42.1% |
| Math | 8.8% | 15.8% | 37.4% | 38.0% |
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 | 32.8% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 25.7% |
| 2022-23 | 25.4% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.3% | 25.8% |
| 2018-19 | 26.8% | 23.6% |
| 2017-18 | 30.9% | 22.0% |
| 2016-17 | 22.1% | 19.3% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Laguna Vista Elementary
Laguna Vista Elementary's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Vista Elementary this school | 351 | 71.8% | 27.9% |
| Highlands Elementary Spring Valley | 357 | 73.9% | 35.2% |
| Gibson Elementary Woodland | 344 | 70.9% | 27.0% |
| Conyer Elementary Visalia | 377 | 74.3% | 32.7% |
| Adams Elementary San Diego | 290 | 70.7% | 34.5% |
| Casa de Oro Elementary Spring Valley | 320 | 73.8% | 28.4% |
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 Laguna Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #3,759 of 5,151 | #86 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #3,820 of 5,172 ▼ 273 | #84 of 122 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #3,701 of 5,172 ▲ 226 | #85 of 122 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #2,245 of 5,116 | #54 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #4,271 of 5,915 | #92 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #964 of 5,352 | #32 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #2,584 of 5,354 | #57 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #2,852 of 5,625 | #48 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.8% | #561 of 3,837 | #10 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
351
-81 (-19%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 351 | 17.5 | 20.1:1 | 72% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 17.5 | 20.0:1 | 64% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 18.5 | 20.5:1 | 66% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 20 | 21.6:1 | 71% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 21 | 23.8:1 | 77% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 25 | 22.6:1 | 77% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | N/A | N/A | 67% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 61% (314) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 25 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laguna Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (500 to 351); teachers down 17% (21 to 17.5).
About Laguna Vista Elementary
In Oxnard, California, part of Ventura County, Laguna Vista Elementary is an elementary school. It has an enrollment of 351 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 25% below average.
Ocean View has 2,075 students spread across 4 schools.
About 65% of the student body at Laguna Vista Elementary is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 21% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among people living in Ventura County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
With 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.1:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Laguna Vista Elementary, 72% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Ventura County average 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Laguna Vista Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 21% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Laguna Vista Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 27.9% actual against 37.5% predicted.
Looking at the county, Ventura County, the median household earns about $109,797 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Laguna Vista Elementary, Ventura County has 238 public schools.
Mar Vista Elementary is about 3.0 miles from Laguna Vista Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Laguna Vista Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Laguna Vista Elementary enrolled 432 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 351. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.1:1.
Laguna Vista Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
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Other schools in Oxnard
- Pacifica HighHigh · 2,675 students
- Oxnard HighHigh · 2,452 students
- Channel Islands HighHigh · 2,380 students
- Rio Mesa HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Hueneme HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Vista Real Charter HighHigh · 1,271 students
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- Mar Vista Elementary3.0 mi · 464
- Ocean View Junior High3.1 mi · 700
- Frontier High3.3 mi · 260
- Architecture Construction & Engineering Charter High (ACE)3.3 mi · 266
- Phoenix3.4 mi · 76
- Gateway Community3.4 mi · 69
Frequently asked questions
About Laguna Vista ElementaryHow many students attend Laguna Vista Elementary?
Laguna Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 351 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Laguna Vista Elementary serve?
Laguna Vista Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Laguna Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Laguna Vista Elementary is approximately 20.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Laguna Vista Elementary?
At Laguna Vista Elementary, the student body is approximately 21% White, 65% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Laguna Vista Elementary public or private?
Laguna Vista Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ocean View.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.