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Enrollment
723
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060964007933
Lang Ranch
2450 Whitechapel Pl., Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 · (805) 241-4417 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL723 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
22.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
135 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 | 187 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (187) is 76% larger than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
61%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
85.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.1pp since 2014
Math
82.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 60.8% | 24.3% | 11.6% | 3.3% |
| Math | 49.7% | 33.1% | 14.4% | 2.8% |
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 | 85.1% | 82.8% |
| 2023-24 | 81.1% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.4% | 75.8% |
| 2021-22 | 83.8% | 77.6% |
| 2018-19 | 80.8% | 77.3% |
| 2017-18 | 77.9% | 73.5% |
| 2016-17 | 79.4% | 77.0% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 78.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
80.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Lang Ranch
Lang Ranch's state test result (80.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lang Ranch this school | 723 | 18.7% | 80.1% |
| Jerabek Elementary San Diego | 718 | 16.3% | 84.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Burbank | 758 | 22.7% | 59.9% |
| Mt. Diablo Elementary Clayton | 739 | 21.0% | 69.5% |
| Charter Montessori Valley View Campus El Dorado Hills | 692 | 14.5% | 69.7% |
| Valhalla Elementary Pleasant Hill | 721 | 20.2% | 59.9% |
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 Lang Ranch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #220 of 5,151 | #2 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #148 of 5,172 ▲ 407 | #1 of 122 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #104 of 5,172 ▲ 101 | #1 of 122 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #2,177 of 5,116 | #52 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 723 | #647 of 5,915 | #12 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,380 of 5,352 | #64 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #1,683 of 5,354 | #22 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.7% | #5,193 of 5,625 | #119 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #563 of 1,139 | #14 of 21 |
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
723
+57 (+9%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 774
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 723 | 32.5 | 22.3:1 | 19% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 29.6 | 22.9:1 | 15% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 675 | 31 | 21.8:1 | 13% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 30 | 22.2:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 27 | 24.7:1 | 9% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 29 | 22.9:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | N/A | N/A | 5% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 774 | 38 | 20.4:1 | 2% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lang Ranch.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (666 to 723); teachers up 20% (27 to 32.5).
About Lang Ranch
Lang Ranch is a large elementary school with its address in Thousand Oaks, California. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 723 students. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Lang Ranch is one of 26 schools in Conejo Valley Unified, which enrolls 15,713 students in total.
Lang Ranch is 57% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 17% Asian, 14% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 22.3:1. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 19%. Public schools in Ventura County average 59%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Lang Ranch receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lang Ranch falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 80.1% actual against 68.6% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Ventura County, the median household income is $109,797, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. There are 238 public schools in Ventura County, enrolling about 147,841 students in all.
Nearest public school: Los Cerritos Middle, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.4%; Lang Ranch's is 80.1%, ranking 1st of 6.
In the federal locale system, Lang Ranch is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 723, a 9% rise from 666 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Lang Ranch. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 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
- Colina MiddleMiddle · 832 students
- Los Cerritos MiddleMiddle · 725 students
- Redwood MiddleMiddle · 589 students
Nearby schools
- Los Cerritos Middle1.0 mi · 725
- BRIDGES Charter1.4 mi · 420
- Ladera STARS Academy1.4 mi · 312
- Wood Ranch Elementary1.6 mi · 452
- Conejo Valley High (Continuation)1.8 mi · 75
- Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary1.9 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Lang RanchWhat is the total enrollment at Lang Ranch?
Lang Ranch enrolls approximately 723 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lang Ranch serve?
Lang Ranch serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lang Ranch?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lang Ranch is approximately 22.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lang Ranch?
At Lang Ranch, the student body is approximately 57% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Lang Ranch public or private?
Lang Ranch 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.