Mound Elementary

Located at 455 South Hill Rd., in Ventura, California, Mound Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that enrolls 490 students (grades K through 5), operated by Ventura Unified.

Across the 27 schools in Ventura Unified (14,346 students total), Mound Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Mound Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 36% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Ventura County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ventura County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mound Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.8%.

Zooming out to the 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 roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Mound Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Balboa Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mound Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mound Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 576 students in 2018 compared to 490 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 58% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 in 2025.

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