MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES

MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is one of the cozy elementary campuss in Thousand Oaks, California, part of Conejo Valley Unified, with 245 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Conejo Valley Unified runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 15,713 students. MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 40% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 41.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ventura County put the typical household earns roughly $109,797 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

Nearest neighbor: Redwood Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 42%: 423 students in 2018 compared to 245 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 39% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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