Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VENTURA UNIFIED·NCES 064098006761
Pierpont Elementary
1254 Marthas Vineyard Ct., Ventura, CA 93001 · (805) 641-5470 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
26.4:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
106 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
64.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.4pp since 2014
Math
57.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.6pp 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.3% | 24.3% | 19.4% | 16.0% |
| Math | 33.3% | 24.3% | 29.2% | 13.2% |
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 | 64.6% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 57.6% |
| 2022-23 | 52.9% | 51.5% |
| 2021-22 | 53.7% | 54.9% |
| 2020-21 | 58.0% | 46.1% |
| 2018-19 | 68.7% | 63.9% |
| 2017-18 | 67.4% | 56.8% |
| 2016-17 | 65.1% | 67.5% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Pierpont Elementary
Pierpont Elementary's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierpont Elementary this school | 304 | 34.9% | 60.7% |
| Santa Margarita Elementary Santa Margarita | 297 | 33.7% | 53.2% |
| Green Oaks Fundamental Elementary Orangevale | 307 | 37.1% | 61.1% |
| Alta Sierra Elementary Grass Valley | 338 | 34.3% | 52.0% |
| Golden Valley Orchard Orangevale | 292 | 31.5% | N/A |
| Sebastopol Independent Charter Sebastopol | 286 | 36.7% | N/A |
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 Pierpont Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #1,082 of 5,151 | #21 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #1,166 of 5,172 ▼ 50 | #24 of 122 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #1,047 of 5,172 ▼ 87 | #22 of 122 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #1,187 of 5,116 | #26 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #4,733 of 5,915 | #105 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #4,995 of 5,352 | #120 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #2,949 of 5,354 | #64 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #4,568 of 5,625 | #101 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.6% | #344 of 1,139 | #8 of 21 |
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
304
+51 (+20%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 261
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 304 | 11.5 | 26.4:1 | 35% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 11 | 26.6:1 | 33% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 11 | 26.3:1 | 35% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 11 | 23.0:1 | 43% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 10.2 | 25.8:1 | 33% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 254 | 11 | 23.1:1 | 25% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | N/A | N/A | 20% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 13 | 22.4:1 | 19% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 261 | 10 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pierpont Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (263 to 304); teachers up 13% (10.2 to 11.5).
About Pierpont Elementary
In Ventura, California, part of Ventura County, Pierpont Elementary is an elementary school. Its enrollment is 304 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 35% below that mark.
District-wide, Ventura Unified has 27 schools and 14,346 students.
More than half of the students at Pierpont Elementary are White (70%). The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Ventura County's population at about 52%. The diversity index for Pierpont Elementary is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 11.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 26.4:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 4.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%. The 59% average for public schools in Ventura County is 24 points higher.
Pierpont Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 75% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.1% for Pierpont Elementary. The school posts 60.7%, 1.6 points above the prediction.
Census data for Ventura County show the median household earns about $109,797 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Ventura County number 238, with about 147,841 students.
Pierpont Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Will Rogers Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Pierpont Elementary at 1st of 7.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count rose 20% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 23.0:1 to 26.4:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Pierpont Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Ventura Unified
- Ventura HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Buena HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Foothill Technology HighHigh · 951 students
- Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 936 students
- Balboa MiddleMiddle · 845 students
- Anacapa MiddleMiddle · 592 students
Other schools in Ventura
- Ventura HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Buena HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Foothill Technology HighHigh · 951 students
- Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 936 students
- Balboa MiddleMiddle · 845 students
- Anacapa MiddleMiddle · 592 students
Nearby schools
- Will Rogers Elementary1.0 mi · 426
- Lemon Grove1.0 mi · 299
- Ventura High1.3 mi · 1,939
- Cabrillo Middle1.4 mi · 936
- Golden Valley Charter1.6 mi · 574
- Anacapa Middle1.6 mi · 592
Frequently asked questions
About Pierpont ElementaryHow large is Pierpont Elementary?
Pierpont Elementary enrolls approximately 304 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Pierpont Elementary serve?
Pierpont Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Pierpont Elementary have?
Pierpont Elementary employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.4:1.
How diverse is Pierpont Elementary?
Pierpont Elementary reports a student body of 70% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Pierpont Elementary?
Pierpont Elementary is overseen by Ventura Unified in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.