Enrollment
245
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060964001016
MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
612 Camino Manzanas, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 · (805) 498-6102 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
115 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 48 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
57%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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.4pp since 2014
Math
48.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.8% | 27.8% | 23.0% | 29.4% |
| Math | 15.6% | 32.8% | 19.5% | 32.0% |
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 | 47.6% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 41.7% |
| 2022-23 | 42.4% | 40.4% |
| 2021-22 | 55.7% | 45.3% |
| 2018-19 | 58.3% | 58.0% |
| 2017-18 | 54.6% | 53.0% |
| 2016-17 | 57.4% | 57.6% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES this school | 245 | 46.9% | 45.1% |
| New Jerusalem Tracy | 217 | 48.4% | 18.1% |
| Crestview Elementary Simi Valley | 248 | 51.2% | 48.4% |
| Hope Elementary Santa Barbara | 279 | 42.3% | 62.3% |
| Richfield Elementary Corning | 253 | 52.2% | 40.5% |
| Benjamin Foxen Elementary Santa Maria | 210 | 44.8% | 41.5% |
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 MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #2,061 of 5,151 | #50 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #1,691 of 5,172 ▲ 366 | #39 of 122 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #2,225 of 5,172 ▲ 283 | #53 of 122 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #1,093 of 5,116 | #26 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #5,147 of 5,915 | #120 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #33 of 5,352 | #1 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #2,154 of 5,354 | #44 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.9% | #4,048 of 5,625 | #81 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.1% | #107 of 3,837 | #2 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
245
-63 (-20%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 245 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 47% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 15 | 17.4:1 | 51% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 16 | 16.5:1 | 50% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 14 | 22.0:1 | 43% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 23 | 18.4:1 | 35% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 23 | 20.2:1 | 29% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | N/A | N/A | 17% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 35 | 21.9:1 | 3% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 17 | 28.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (423 to 245); teachers down 30% (23 to 16).
About MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is a small elementary school with its address in Thousand Oaks, California. Enrollment totals 245 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 47% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Conejo Valley Unified (26 schools, 15,713 students) runs MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES.
The student body at MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is 52% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 40% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.3 students per teacher. The school's 15.3:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 47% of the student body. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County is 12 points.
MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of California public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is 52.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.1%.
The school is in Ventura County, where median household income comes to about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Ventura County counts 238 public schools with about 147,841 students.
Among nearby public schools, Redwood Middle is closest at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 245, from 308 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.0:1 to 15.3:1 over the same years.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCESHow large is MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES?
MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES enrolls approximately 245 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES serve?
MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is approximately 15.3:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES?
Student demographics at MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES are roughly 40% White, 52% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES public or private?
MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES 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.