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Enrollment
614
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT VALLEY·NCES 063099004803
Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts
1555 Kendall Ave., Camarillo, CA 93010 · (805) 383-5330 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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.
- 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.
- 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
25.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
112 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (69).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
67.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.4pp since 2014
Math
54.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.6% | 36.0% | 21.6% | 10.7% |
| Math | 28.6% | 26.0% | 26.9% | 18.4% |
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 | 67.6% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.6% | 50.8% |
| 2022-23 | 64.4% | 52.3% |
| 2021-22 | 70.5% | 50.1% |
| 2020-21 | 63.5% | 50.1% |
| 2018-19 | 71.4% | 54.2% |
| 2017-18 | 72.4% | 51.6% |
| 2016-17 | 75.5% | 51.4% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts
Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts this school | 614 | 18.2% | 59.6% |
| Woods (Harold L.) Elementary Clovis | 661 | 20.7% | 76.1% |
| Arroyo Seco Elementary Livermore | 584 | 22.4% | 49.8% |
| J. H. McGaugh Elementary Seal Beach | 721 | 18.0% | 65.4% |
| Crocker/Riverside Elementary Sacramento | 631 | 14.7% | 78.9% |
| Rossmoor Elementary Los Alamitos | 540 | 18.0% | 78.5% |
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 Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #1,136 of 5,151 | #23 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #1,331 of 5,172 ▲ 144 | #28 of 122 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #873 of 5,172 ▲ 16 | #17 of 122 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #3,085 of 5,116 | #77 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #1,273 of 5,915 | #15 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #4,666 of 5,352 | #112 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #1,088 of 5,354 | #7 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #5,205 of 5,625 | #120 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #680 of 1,139 | #17 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
614
+77 (+14%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 614 | 24.1 | 25.5:1 | 18% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 24.1 | 24.9:1 | 22% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 22.9 | 24.3:1 | 18% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 13% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 23.2 | 24.8:1 | 19% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 23 | 24.4:1 | 19% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | N/A | N/A | 17% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 26 | 20.9:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 23 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (576 to 614); teachers up 4% (23.2 to 24.1).
About Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts
Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Camarillo, California. Enrollment stands at 614 students, covering kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 32% larger than the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
The 11 schools in Pleasant Valley enroll 5,835 students altogether, Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts among them.
Of every 100 students at Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts, about 46 are White, the largest group. The school is also 32% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 9% multiracial. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 25.5:1. The school has 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 3.2 students per teacher. In all, 18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Ventura County is 59%.
Among California public elementary schools, Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts scores 59.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 68.8%.
For Ventura County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $109,797 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts, Ventura County has 238 public schools.
Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 537 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 614 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 23.4:1 to 25.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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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- University Preparation Charter School at CSU Channel Islands1.0 mi · 743
- Camarillo Heights STEM Academy1.1 mi · 353
- Rancho Campana High1.3 mi · 826
Frequently asked questions
About Los Primeros School of Sciences & ArtsHow many students attend Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts?
Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts enrolls approximately 614 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts serve?
Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts have?
Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts?
At Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts, the student body is approximately 46% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts public or private?
Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasant Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.