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What's the most underrated thing about Westlake Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060964001030
Westlake Elementary
1571 East Potrero Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91361 · (805) 374-2150 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of California public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- C-Three-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
22.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
57 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 112 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
50%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
73.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.0pp since 2014
Math
66.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 48.1% | 24.9% | 14.9% | 12.0% |
| Math | 38.6% | 28.2% | 24.5% | 8.7% |
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 | 73.0% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.9% | 69.7% |
| 2022-23 | 74.7% | 65.3% |
| 2021-22 | 77.6% | 66.7% |
| 2018-19 | 78.8% | 74.3% |
| 2017-18 | 72.4% | 71.3% |
| 2016-17 | 75.5% | 71.6% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Westlake Elementary
Westlake Elementary's state test result (70.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake Elementary this school | 512 | 11.1% | 70.6% |
| Loomis Basin Charter Loomis | 505 | 9.3% | 73.8% |
| Brook Knoll Elementary Santa Cruz | 498 | 13.9% | 68.9% |
| Jackson Elementary El Dorado Hills | 521 | 11.5% | 76.9% |
| Roscomare Road Elementary Los Angeles | 438 | 11.0% | 84.7% |
| Warner Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 12.8% | 82.2% |
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 Westlake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #628 of 5,151 | #13 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #739 of 5,172 ▼ 121 | #12 of 122 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #591 of 5,172 ▼ 74 | #15 of 122 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #1,149 of 5,116 | #28 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #2,277 of 5,915 | #42 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,310 of 5,352 | #62 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #2,764 of 5,354 | #61 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #5,443 of 5,625 | #124 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #3,044 of 3,837 | #81 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
512
+46 (+10%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 512 | 23.1 | 22.2:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 23.1 | 22.9:1 | 13% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 23 | 22.0:1 | 12% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 22 | 21.2:1 | 10% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 23 | 24.0:1 | 15% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 11% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | N/A | N/A | 8% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 635 | 31 | 20.5:1 | 4% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 20 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westlake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (551 to 512); teachers unchanged (23 to 23.1).
About Westlake Elementary
Westlake Elementary is one of the public schools in Westlake Village, California. It is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 512 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
The Conejo Valley Unified system has 26 schools and 15,713 students.
At Westlake Elementary, White students make up 68% of the student body. The next largest groups are 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The school's White share is 16 points above the 52% share among Ventura County residents. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 22.2 students per teacher and 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 11%. That is 48 points below the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County.
The allk12 Grade for Westlake Elementary is B. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 73.0% at Westlake Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Ventura County show that the median household income is $109,797, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westlake Elementary is one of 238 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Compass Charter Schools of Los Angeles, about 1.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Westlake Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Westlake Elementary is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, Westlake Elementary's enrollment climbed 10%, to 512.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Westlake Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Sequoia MiddleMiddle · 798 students
Other schools in Westlake Village
- Westlake HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Westlake Hills ElementaryElementary · 375 students
- White Oak ElementaryElementary · 365 students
- River Oaks AcademyCombined · 331 students
Other Westlake Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Westlake Elementary. Westlake Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Westlake ElementarySanta Cruz, CA · 453 students
- Westlake ElementaryDaly City, CA · 321 students
- Westlake Elementary SchoolWestlake, OH · 1,215 students
- Westlake Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 736 students
- Westlake Elementary SchoolBATTLE CREEK, MI · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Compass Charter Schools of Los Angeles1.4 mi · 1,032
- Compass Charter School of Yolo1.4 mi · 389
- Compass Charter Schools of San Diego1.4 mi · 842
- River Oaks Academy1.4 mi · 331
- White Oak Elementary2.1 mi · 365
- Westlake Hills Elementary2.1 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Westlake ElementaryHow many students attend Westlake Elementary?
Westlake Elementary enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Westlake Elementary serve?
Westlake Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Westlake Elementary?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at Westlake Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westlake Elementary?
At Westlake Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Westlake Elementary?
Westlake Elementary 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.