Topa Topa Elementary

Topa Topa Elementary, a low-enrollment K-5 school in Ojai, California, operated by Ojai Unified, teaches 347 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Topa Topa Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Ojai Unified, a district that educates 2,008 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Topa Topa Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Topa Topa Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ventura County shows median household income runs about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Topa Topa Elementary is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

The closest other public school is Legacy High, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Topa Topa Elementary comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 388 students in 2018 compared to 347 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 64% to 59%.

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