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Wildwood Elementary

620 West Velarde Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 · (805) 492-3531 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% 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.
  • B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • DThree-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

Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
78 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten9224%
Grade 17018%
Grade 25414%
Grade 36416%
Grade 45514%
Grade 55514%

This year's kindergarten class (92) is 67% larger than its 5th grade class (55).

Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
19951%
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
10627%
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
62%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
349%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
4111%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
20051%
Female
19049%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
77.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.3pp since 2014
Math
70.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.5pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts49.4%27.8%17.6%5.1%
Math40.9%29.6%19.9%9.7%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2577.3%70.5%
2023-2482.7%71.1%
2022-2374.0%71.4%
2021-2281.5%75.4%
2018-1975.6%67.7%
2017-1872.3%67.9%
2016-1773.0%66.0%
2015-1681.0%75.0%
2014-1572.0%69.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Wildwood Elementary

Wildwood Elementary's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Wildwood Elementary this school39020.0%75.3%
Foothill Elementary
Santa Barbara
41317.7%73.2%
Vallecito Elementary
San Rafael
40819.6%63.5%
Foskett Ranch Elementary
Lincoln
41523.9%48.2%
Westlake Hills Elementary
Westlake Village
37519.5%68.3%
Breen Elementary
Rocklin
42422.6%63.2%
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 Wildwood Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Ventura County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
75.3%#418 of 5,151#7 of 121
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
70.5%#583 of 5,172
▼ 33
#8 of 122
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
77.3%#386 of 5,172
▼ 236
#8 of 122
▼ 7
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-4.6pp#632 of 5,116#15 of 121
Enrollment
ranked largest first
390#3,806 of 5,915#82 of 130
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
20.5:1#1,227 of 5,352#36 of 124
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
64.7%#1,296 of 5,354#11 of 124
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
20.0%#5,146 of 5,625#113 of 127
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.6%#2,984 of 3,837#80 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 2024-25
Enrollment
390
+16 (+4%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 22.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253901920.5:120% (78)
2023-243791821.0:117% (66)
2022-233851821.4:115% (57)
2020-213741722.0:113% (50)
2017-184221823.4:115% (63)
2015-164161823.1:114% (58)
2010-11409N/AN/A11% (47)
2000-015002420.8:15% (23)
1990-915131632.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wildwood Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 8% (422 to 390); teachers up 6% (18 to 19).

About Wildwood Elementary

At 620 West Velarde Dr. in Thousand Oaks, California, Wildwood Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 390 students.

Conejo Valley Unified is responsible for 26 schools, Wildwood Elementary included, with 15,713 students in all.

The share of White students at Wildwood Elementary is 51%, a majority. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 9% Asian. Census estimates put Ventura County at about 52% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Wildwood Elementary are from different groups.

Wildwood Elementary reports a ratio of 20.5 students per teacher, from 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.8 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Wildwood Elementary, 20% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 59% average for public schools in Ventura County is 39 points higher.

Among California public elementary schools, Wildwood Elementary outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.

Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 67.8%. Wildwood Elementary scores 75.3%.

In Ventura County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $109,797, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 238 public schools in the county, enrolling about 147,841, Wildwood Elementary among them.

Of the public schools around it, Wildwood Elementary is closest to Century Academy, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wildwood Elementary at 1st of 8.

Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 4%, from 374 to 390. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 20.5:1, from 22.0:1.

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Ventura County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Wildwood Elementary
District
Conejo Valley Unified
Address
620 West Velarde Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Phone
(805) 492-3531
County
Ventura County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
390
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
20.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
78 (20%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
060964001033
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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14 other US public schools in 12 states are named Wildwood Elementary. Wildwood Elementary is the 11th largest of the 15.

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Frequently asked questions

About Wildwood Elementary
How large is Wildwood Elementary?
Wildwood Elementary enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wildwood Elementary serve?
Wildwood Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Wildwood Elementary have?
Wildwood Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Wildwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Wildwood Elementary are roughly 51% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Wildwood Elementary public or private?
Wildwood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Conejo Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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