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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT VALLEY·NCES 063099004798
Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts
700 Temple Ave., Camarillo, CA 93010 · (805) 383-5340 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools
- B-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
18.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
329 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 58% larger than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
45.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.6pp since 2014
Math
29.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.2% | 28.4% | 22.8% | 31.6% |
| Math | 13.0% | 16.7% | 26.8% | 43.5% |
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 | 45.6% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 27.5% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 26.8% |
| 2021-22 | 50.5% | 32.8% |
| 2020-21 | 42.5% | 29.1% |
| 2018-19 | 61.0% | 45.7% |
| 2017-18 | 54.5% | 39.0% |
| 2016-17 | 47.1% | 28.9% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts
Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts this school | 540 | 60.9% | 37.1% |
| Scott Avenue Elementary Whittier | 494 | 58.5% | 48.3% |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary Visalia | 627 | 59.8% | 38.3% |
| Meadow Green Elementary Whittier | 470 | 58.3% | 62.3% |
| El Portal Elementary La Habra | 469 | 62.7% | 56.2% |
| Valle Vista Elementary Rancho Cucamonga | 471 | 60.9% | 48.0% |
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 Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #2,744 of 5,151 | #63 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #3,252 of 5,172 ▲ 88 | #72 of 122 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #2,402 of 5,172 ▼ 262 | #54 of 122 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #738 of 5,116 | #19 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #1,984 of 5,915 | #31 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #453 of 5,352 | #14 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #2,997 of 5,354 | #66 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #3,441 of 5,625 | #61 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.5% | #263 of 1,139 | #7 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
540
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 540 | 28.8 | 18.7:1 | 61% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 24.9 | 21.2:1 | 60% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 25.3 | 21.2:1 | 57% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 23 | 23.2:1 | 53% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 22.9 | 19.8:1 | 60% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 62% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | N/A | N/A | 62% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 27% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 19 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (452 to 540); teachers up 26% (22.9 to 28.8).
About Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts
Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts is a mid-sized elementary school found in Camarillo, California. The school enrolls 540 students in kindergarten through 8.
Pleasant Valley is the district for Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts. It has 11 schools and 5,835 students.
More than half of the students at Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts are Hispanic (71%). The remaining shares are 16% White, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Ventura County's population at about 44%. The diversity index for Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts, there are about 18.7 students; the school has 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 329 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 61% of enrollment. The figure for public schools in Ventura County is close, at 59%.
Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts is 43.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.1%.
Looking at the county, Ventura County, the median household earns about $109,797 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts, Ventura County has 238 public schools.
Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts is about 0.6 miles from Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts is 7th among 7 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Enrollment went from 533 in 2020-21 to 540 in 2024-25, a change of 7 students. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 23.2:1 to 18.7:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts. 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 Pleasant Valley
- Las Colinas MiddleMiddle · 819 students
- Los Primeros School of Sciences & ArtsElementary · 614 students
- La MariposaElementary · 601 students
- Rancho Rosal ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- Monte Vista MiddleMiddle · 576 students
- Tierra Linda ElementaryElementary · 502 students
Other schools in Camarillo
- Adolfo Camarillo HighHigh · 1,969 students
- Rancho Campana HighHigh · 826 students
- Peak Prep Pleasant ValleyCombined · 820 students
- Las Colinas MiddleMiddle · 819 students
- University Preparation Charter School at CSU Channel IslandsElementary · 743 students
- Los Primeros School of Sciences & ArtsElementary · 614 students
Nearby schools
- Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts0.6 mi · 614
- Peak Prep Pleasant Valley0.7 mi · 820
- Rancho Rosal Elementary1.0 mi · 588
- University Preparation Charter School at CSU Channel Islands1.1 mi · 743
- Dos Caminos Elementary1.1 mi · 337
- Adolfo Camarillo High1.3 mi · 1,969
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and ArtsWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts?
Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts enrolls approximately 540 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts serve?
Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts is approximately 18.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts?
Student demographics at Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts are roughly 16% White, 71% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts public or private?
Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasant Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.