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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Portola Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VENTURA UNIFIED·NCES 064098006763
Portola Elementary
6700 Eagle St., Ventura, CA 93003 · (805) 289-1734 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
26.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
312 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
59%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
56.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
53.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.4% | 25.9% | 20.6% | 23.1% |
| Math | 24.3% | 29.6% | 23.9% | 22.3% |
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 | 56.3% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 52.8% |
| 2022-23 | 54.2% | 53.4% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 48.5% |
| 2020-21 | 62.2% | 49.8% |
| 2018-19 | 70.6% | 72.3% |
| 2017-18 | 71.2% | 66.2% |
| 2016-17 | 66.3% | 68.2% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 62.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 Portola Elementary
Portola Elementary's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portola Elementary this school | 444 | 70.3% | 55.0% |
| Donald Graham Elementary Wildomar | 470 | 69.8% | 41.9% |
| Sherwood Elementary Modesto | 489 | 68.9% | 36.0% |
| Lomarena Elementary Laguna Hills | 487 | 69.0% | 46.5% |
| Standiford Elementary Modesto | 433 | 71.1% | 39.6% |
| Killybrooke Elementary Costa Mesa | 473 | 71.0% | 57.6% |
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 Portola Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,401 of 5,151 | #30 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #1,365 of 5,172 ▼ 4 | #31 of 122 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #1,595 of 5,172 ▼ 164 | #38 of 122 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #2,049 of 5,116 | #47 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #3,110 of 5,915 | #63 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #4,895 of 5,352 | #119 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #1,958 of 5,354 | #34 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #2,944 of 5,625 | #51 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #1,223 of 3,837 | #32 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
444
-125 (-22%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
was 27.1:1
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 | 444 | 17 | 26.1:1 | 70% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 18.6 | 27.0:1 | 65% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 531 | 21 | 25.3:1 | 61% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 21 | 27.1:1 | 64% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 22 | 25.8:1 | 69% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 24 | 25.3:1 | 64% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | N/A | N/A | 58% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 26 | 21.6:1 | 31% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 16 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Portola Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (568 to 444); teachers down 23% (22 to 17).
About Portola Elementary
Portola Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Ventura, California. The school has 444 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
Ventura Unified (27 schools, 14,346 students) runs Portola Elementary.
The student body at Portola Elementary is 58% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 27% White, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among all residents of Ventura County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
The school had 17 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 26.1:1. The school's 26.1:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 70%. That is 11 points above the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County.
Portola Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of California public elementary schools.
Portola Elementary is a top-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.4% with an actual 55.0%.
In the surrounding county, Ventura County, median household income comes to about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Ventura County has 238 public schools with about 147,841 students, including Portola Elementary.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Montalvo Elementary, is the closest to Portola Elementary. Portola Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 43.8%, lower than Portola Elementary's 55.0%.
Locale data from NCES put Portola Elementary inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 125 students, from 569 to 444.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. 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
Other Portola Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Portola Elementary. Portola Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Portola ElementarySan Bruno, CA · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Montalvo Elementary0.7 mi · 397
- Mound Elementary0.7 mi · 490
- Balboa Middle0.9 mi · 845
- Buena High1.2 mi · 1,585
- Juanamaria Elementary1.3 mi · 397
- Elmhurst Elementary1.5 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Portola ElementaryHow many students attend Portola Elementary?
Portola Elementary enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-05.
Is Portola Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Portola Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Portola Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Portola Elementary is approximately 26.1:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Portola Elementary?
At Portola Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 58% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Portola Elementary in?
Portola Elementary is part of Ventura Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.