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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Sequoia Middle this year?
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Enrollment
798
Middle
DISTRICT 736 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060964001023
Sequoia Middle
2855 Borchard Rd., Newbury Park, CA 91320 · (805) 498-3617 · Ventura County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL798 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of California public middle 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.
- FThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
247 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 244 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 265 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 289 | 36% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
49.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.0pp since 2014
Math
42.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 11 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 | 16.9% | 32.0% | 25.7% | 25.4% |
| Math | 25.1% | 17.7% | 25.4% | 31.9% |
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 | 49.0% | 42.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.9% | 45.5% |
| 2022-23 | 60.5% | 45.1% |
| 2021-22 | 63.4% | 45.9% |
| 2018-19 | 62.2% | 48.6% |
| 2017-18 | 51.8% | 51.1% |
| 2016-17 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Sequoia Middle
Sequoia Middle's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Middle this school | 798 | 31.0% | 48.5% |
| Rosedale Middle Bakersfield | 810 | 29.6% | 49.0% |
| Martinez Junior High Martinez | 843 | 32.7% | 51.0% |
| Las Colinas Middle Camarillo | 819 | 30.0% | 53.7% |
| Rincon Valley Middle Santa Rosa | 725 | 34.1% | 47.5% |
| Colina Middle Thousand Oaks | 832 | 26.2% | 54.3% |
Matched among California middle 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 Sequoia Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #367 of 1,224 | #7 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #364 of 1,227 ▼ 48 | #7 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #517 of 1,227 ▼ 179 | #10 of 28 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.8pp | #14 of 1,214 | #1 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 798 | #443 of 1,377 | #13 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #419 of 1,279 | #7 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #318 of 1,278 | #6 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #1,138 of 1,329 | #23 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #277 of 930 | #15 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
798
-122 (-13%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 753
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 | 798 | 40.6 | 19.6:1 | 31% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 843 | 40.5 | 20.8:1 | 32% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 40.3 | 21.1:1 | 31% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 920 | N/A | N/A | 29% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 1,027 | 43.2 | 23.8:1 | 33% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 1,130 | 45 | 25.1:1 | 26% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 1,131 | N/A | N/A | 24% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 1,002 | 42 | 23.9:1 | 16% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 753 | 33 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoia Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,027 to 798); teachers down 6% (43.2 to 40.6).
About Sequoia Middle
Federal records list Sequoia Middle as a middle school in Newbury Park, California. Total enrollment is 798 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
Conejo Valley Unified is made up of 26 schools with 15,713 students in all.
At Sequoia Middle, White students make up the biggest share, 45%. Smaller groups are 38% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 6% multiracial. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Sequoia Middle are from different groups.
There are 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sequoia Middle, giving a ratio of 19.6:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1. A total of 247 students, or 31%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County is 28 points.
Among California public middle schools, Sequoia Middle outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Sequoia Middle is 12.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
In Ventura County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $109,797 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sequoia Middle, Ventura County has 238 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Sequoia Middle is closest to Env Acad of Research Tech and Earth Scis, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sequoia Middle at 7th of 8.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% decline, from 920 to 798.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Sequoia Middle. 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 Conejo Valley Unified
- Newbury Park HighHigh · 2,047 students
- Westlake HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Thousand Oaks HighHigh · 1,703 students
- Sycamore CanyonElementary · 937 students
- Colina MiddleMiddle · 832 students
- Los Cerritos MiddleMiddle · 725 students
Other schools in Newbury Park
- Newbury Park HighHigh · 2,047 students
- Sycamore CanyonElementary · 937 students
- Env Acad of Research Tech and Earth ScisElementary · 539 students
- Banyan ElementaryElementary · 416 students
- Cypress ElementaryElementary · 325 students
- Walnut ElementaryElementary · 259 students
Other Sequoia Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 1 state are named Sequoia Middle. Sequoia Middle is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Sequoia MiddlePleasant Hill, CA · 882 students
- Sequoia MiddleFresno, CA · 829 students
- Sequoia MiddleFontana, CA · 791 students
- Sequoia MiddlePorterville, CA · 532 students
- Sequoia MiddleRedding, CA · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Env Acad of Research Tech and Earth Scis0.3 mi · 539
- Walnut Elementary0.7 mi · 259
- Newbury Park High0.9 mi · 2,047
- Maple Elementary1.0 mi · 181
- Cypress Elementary1.7 mi · 325
- Banyan Elementary1.8 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About Sequoia MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Sequoia Middle?
Sequoia Middle enrolls approximately 798 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sequoia Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sequoia Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Sequoia Middle have?
Sequoia Middle employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Sequoia Middle?
Student demographics at Sequoia Middle are roughly 45% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Sequoia Middle?
Sequoia Middle is overseen by Conejo Valley Unified in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.