Walnut Canyon Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Moorpark, California, Walnut Canyon Elementary works with 486 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Moorpark Unified.

Across the 10 schools in Moorpark Unified (5,599 students total), Walnut Canyon Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Walnut Canyon Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 37% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ventura County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walnut Canyon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.0%; this one delivers 71.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Ventura County shows median household earnings sit near $109,797, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Ventura County runs 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), of which Walnut Canyon Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Chaparral Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walnut Canyon Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Walnut Canyon Elementary's enrollment has expanded 14% since 2018, when it stood at 428 (now 486). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 54% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 today.

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