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What advice would you give to incoming students at Mesa Elementary?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
597
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062472003705
Mesa Elementary
3901 North Mesa School Rd., Somis, CA 93066 · (805) 485-1411 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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.
- 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
20.4:1
29 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
242 students
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 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 33% larger than its 8th grade class (64).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
54.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.4pp since 2014
Math
40.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.7% | 31.7% | 25.9% | 19.8% |
| Math | 19.3% | 20.8% | 26.6% | 33.3% |
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 | 54.4% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 36.3% |
| 2022-23 | 43.4% | 35.7% |
| 2021-22 | 49.3% | 37.2% |
| 2018-19 | 60.1% | 50.1% |
| 2017-18 | 59.7% | 49.4% |
| 2016-17 | 55.5% | 50.6% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Mesa Elementary
Mesa Elementary's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Elementary this school | 597 | 40.5% | 46.2% |
| University Preparation Charter School at CSU Channel Islands Camarillo | 743 | 41.5% | N/A |
| Hollister Prep Hollister | 538 | 47.2% | N/A |
| Stanton Elementary Glendora | 551 | 40.8% | 40.4% |
| Murphy Ranch Elementary Whittier | 466 | 40.6% | 71.0% |
| Clear View Chula Vista | 513 | 38.4% | 58.0% |
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 Mesa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,988 of 5,151 | #47 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #2,285 of 5,172 ▲ 190 | #54 of 122 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #1,722 of 5,172 ▼ 3 | #43 of 122 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #1,972 of 5,116 | #44 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #1,431 of 5,915 | #17 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,130 of 5,352 | #34 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #3,828 of 5,354 | #77 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.5% | #4,315 of 5,625 | #88 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #3,515 of 3,837 | #91 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
597
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
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 | 597 | 29.3 | 20.4:1 | 41% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 27.9 | 20.8:1 | 39% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 27.8 | 20.3:1 | 36% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 27 | 21.6:1 | 43% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 27.3 | 22.6:1 | 40% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 25 | 24.2:1 | 35% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | N/A | N/A | 30% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 24 | 23.1:1 | 26% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 365 | 12 | 30.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mesa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (617 to 597); teachers up 7% (27.3 to 29.3).
About Mesa Elementary
This page covers Mesa Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Somis, California. It serves 597 students in kindergarten through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Mesa Union Elementary is responsible for Mesa Elementary.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Mesa Elementary, with 81% of enrollment. Next come 12% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Ventura County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Mesa Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
Its 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 20.4:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 41%. On average, public schools in Ventura County report 59%.
Mesa Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Mesa Elementary scores 46.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.8%.
In the county around the school, Ventura County, median household income is about $109,797, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 238 public schools operate in Ventura County, serving about 147,841 students.
The shortest distance from Mesa Elementary to another public school is about 2.9 miles, to Las Posas Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Mesa Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Mesa Elementary in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Mesa Elementary enrolled 584; in 2024-25, 597. The number of students per teacher fell from 21.6 to 20.4 over 4 years.
Threads on this page can be about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 Mesa Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mesa Elementary. Mesa Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 9.
- Mesa ElementaryWest Covina, CA · 753 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolFOUNTAIN, CO · 668 students
- MESA ELEMENTARYCLOVIS, NM · 389 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolCORTEZ, CO · 359 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolWESTMINSTER, CO · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Las Posas Elementary2.9 mi · 455
- Rio Mesa High2.9 mi · 1,951
- Camarillo Heights STEM Academy3.1 mi · 353
- Camarillo Academy of Progressive Education3.2 mi · 590
- Monte Vista Middle3.4 mi · 576
- University Preparation Charter School at CSU Channel Islands3.6 mi · 743
Frequently asked questions
About Mesa ElementaryHow large is Mesa Elementary?
Mesa Elementary enrolls approximately 597 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Mesa Elementary serve?
Mesa Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Mesa Elementary have?
Mesa Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Mesa Elementary?
Student demographics at Mesa Elementary are roughly 12% White, 81% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Mesa Elementary public or private?
Mesa Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mesa Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.