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Peach Hill Academy
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Peach Hill Academy
Set in Moorpark, California, Peach Hill Academy is an average-sized elementary campus, operated by Moorpark Unified. It enrolls 420 students across grades K through 5.
Across the 10 schools in Moorpark Unified (5,599 students total), Peach Hill Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Peach Hill Academy reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 34% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Peach Hill Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ventura County (around 59%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Peach Hill Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.9%; this one delivers 63.2%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ventura County put the typical household earns roughly $109,797 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Ventura County runs 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), of which Peach Hill Academy is one.
Nearest neighbor: Mesa Verde Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Peach Hill Academy ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.1%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Looking at the recent track record. Peach Hill Academy's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 420). Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the feed for Peach Hill Academy typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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