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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORPARK UNIFIED·NCES 062569007785
Peach Hill Academy
13400 Christian Barrett Dr., Moorpark, CA 93021 · (805) 378-6307 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- DThree-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
21.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
110 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 90 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
65.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.0pp since 2014
Math
58.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.6% | 30.4% | 16.8% | 18.2% |
| Math | 31.8% | 26.6% | 21.5% | 20.1% |
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 | 65.0% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 59.7% |
| 2022-23 | 68.9% | 61.2% |
| 2021-22 | 71.1% | 61.6% |
| 2020-21 | 65.6% | 52.9% |
| 2018-19 | 68.4% | 54.8% |
| 2017-18 | 72.4% | 54.1% |
| 2016-17 | 73.6% | 60.8% |
| 2015-16 | 81.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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%.
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 Peach Hill Academy
Peach Hill Academy's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Hill Academy this school | 420 | 26.2% | 62.3% |
| Red Hill Elementary Santa Ana | 436 | 28.9% | 75.2% |
| North Park Elementary Valencia | 441 | 25.4% | 68.5% |
| Kellogg Elementary Goleta | 369 | 24.9% | 60.6% |
| Mary E. Silveira Elementary San Rafael | 412 | 26.0% | 53.4% |
| Weston Elementary Ripon | 464 | 26.1% | 58.6% |
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 Peach Hill Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #1,008 of 5,151 | #19 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #1,136 of 5,172 ▼ 100 | #23 of 122 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,024 of 5,172 ▼ 130 | #21 of 122 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.7pp | #618 of 5,116 | #14 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #3,428 of 5,915 | #72 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,506 of 5,352 | #42 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #1,613 of 5,354 | #21 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.2% | #4,920 of 5,625 | #110 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #2,331 of 3,837 | #64 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
420
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 420 | 20 | 21.0:1 | 26% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 28% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 21.1 | 21.1:1 | 26% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 21 | 20.3:1 | 23% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 21.1 | 22.8:1 | 33% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 20 | 24.4:1 | 31% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | N/A | N/A | 33% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 38% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 757 | 30 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peach Hill Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (481 to 420); teachers down 5% (21.1 to 20).
About Peach Hill Academy
Peach Hill Academy runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Moorpark, California. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 420 students in 2024-25.
Moorpark Unified has 10 schools and 5,599 students, and Peach Hill Academy is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Peach Hill Academy are White (50%). Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. That is in line with Ventura County, where about 52% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
The school's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County.
Peach Hill Academy holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of California public elementary schools.
Peach Hill Academy's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (62.3%) and its predicted rate (64.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
The school's county is Ventura County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $109,797 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Ventura County number 238, with about 147,841 students.
Mesa Verde Middle, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Peach Hill Academy places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Peach Hill Academy is Suburb: Mid-size.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (426) to 2024-25 (420).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Peach Hill Academy. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 schools in Moorpark Unified
- Moorpark HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Mesa Verde MiddleMiddle · 574 students
- Campus Canyon ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Chaparral MiddleMiddle · 542 students
- Walnut Canyon ElementaryElementary · 486 students
- Mountain Meadows ElementaryElementary · 424 students
Other schools in Moorpark
- Moorpark HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Mesa Verde MiddleMiddle · 574 students
- Campus Canyon ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Chaparral MiddleMiddle · 542 students
- Walnut Canyon ElementaryElementary · 486 students
- Mountain Meadows ElementaryElementary · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Mesa Verde Middle0.7 mi · 574
- Mountain Meadows Elementary0.9 mi · 424
- Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology0.9 mi · 411
- Chaparral Middle1.2 mi · 542
- Moorpark High1.3 mi · 1,691
- Walnut Canyon Elementary1.5 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Peach Hill AcademyHow large is Peach Hill Academy?
Peach Hill Academy enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
Is Peach Hill Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Peach Hill Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Peach Hill Academy?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Peach Hill Academy.
How diverse is Peach Hill Academy?
Peach Hill Academy reports a student body of 50% White, 34% Hispanic, 0% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Peach Hill Academy?
Peach Hill Academy is overseen by Moorpark Unified in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.