Best Elementary Schools in Ventura, CA

Summary:

The city of Ventura, California is home to 18 elementary schools, serving students from kindergarten through 5th or 8th grade. These schools are a mix of public and public charter institutions, providing educational opportunities for the local community. Based on the data analysis, a few schools stand out as top performers, including Mound Elementary, Loma Vista Elementary, and Pierpont Elementary.

These standout schools rank among the top 15-20% of elementary schools in California, with high proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. They also maintain low chronic absenteeism rates, indicating a strong commitment to student engagement and attendance. In contrast, some schools in the area, such as Sheridan Way Elementary, E.P. Foster Elementary, and Lincoln Elementary, have lower proficiency rates and higher chronic absenteeism, suggesting room for improvement.

The data also reveals a potential correlation between a school's academic performance and the socioeconomic status of its student population, as measured by free and reduced-price lunch rates. Schools with higher percentages of students from low-income families tend to have lower proficiency rates and higher chronic absenteeism. This finding highlights the importance of addressing equity and access to high-quality education for all students within the Ventura Unified School District and the Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education District.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts (2024)		CAST Science (2024)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2024)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts End of Course	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% DTP KG	Total
Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education	Public, Charter	K-8	2060 Cameron St.	Ventura	93001	Ventura County	Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 648-5503	449	21	21.2	29.8%	231 (51.4%)	0 (0.0%)	156 (34.7%)	10 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.9%)	60.6	2039^th of 5862 public elementary schools	65.2%		64.9	1803^rd of 5874 public elementary schools	69.3%	236			46.7	32.3	40.8	45.3	60.4	50.0	40.0	61.0	38.7	49.6	45.3	42.6	39.6	40.0	56.1	35.5	43.3	96.2		96.2
Lemon Grove	Public	K-8	450 Valmore Ave.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-1817	304	15	20.2	64.1%	128 (42.1%)	9 (3.0%)	139 (45.7%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.6%)	42.8	3008^th of 5862 public elementary schools	48.7%		41.5	3038^th of 5874 public elementary schools	48.3%	30			24.2	43.5	32.1	31.7	50.0	45.5	19.2	50.0	47.8	39.9	43.9	51.6	30.3	19.2	35.0	47.8	38.5				$10,870
E. P. Foster Elementary	Public	K-5	20 Pleasant Pl.	Ventura	93001	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 641-5420	308	12	25.6	91.2%	20 (6.5%)	1 (0.3%)	278 (90.3%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	16.4	5167^th of 5862 public elementary schools	11.9%		20.4	4814^th of 5874 public elementary schools	18.0%	353			15.5		15.5	15.8	24.5	25.9				22.0	14.0	20.4	17.2				17.1	96.2	96.2	96.2	$6,985
Elmhurst Elementary	Public	K-5	5080 Elmhurst St.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-1860	364	17	21.4	73.6%	98 (26.9%)	8 (2.2%)	234 (64.3%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	37.2	3348^th of 5862 public elementary schools	42.9%		32.7	3675^th of 5874 public elementary schools	37.4%	327			22.0		22.0	38.9	29.8	39.0				35.5	50.0	29.8	19.5				34.2	95.9	97.3	95.9	$8,109
Juanamaria Elementary	Public	K-5	100 South Crocker Ave.	Ventura	93004	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 672-0291	400	18	22.8	50.0%	151 (37.8%)	3 (0.8%)	210 (52.5%)	15 (3.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.3%)	56.3	2219^th of 5862 public elementary schools	62.1%		53.8	2347^th of 5874 public elementary schools	60.0%	128			42.9		42.9	44.4	31.4	58.4				44.3	41.3	36.1	53.3				43.4	96.4		96.4	$8,434
Loma Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	300 Lynn Dr.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 641-5443	404	18	22.2	32.4%	258 (63.9%)	5 (1.2%)	110 (27.2%)	8 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (5.2%)	80.9	1116^th of 5862 public elementary schools	81.0%		74.8	1380^th of 5874 public elementary schools	76.5%	264			43.6		43.6	66.0	63.2	57.1				62.1	71.7	68.4	46.4				62.1	95.4	96.5	96.5	$9,726
Montalvo Elementary	Public	K-5	2050 Grand Ave.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-1872	374	16	23.3	62.6%	66 (17.6%)	1 (0.3%)	290 (77.5%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	48.8	2618^th of 5862 public elementary schools	55.3%		50.1	2531^st of 5874 public elementary schools	56.9%	87	3.0	3.0	38.3		38.3	29.1	32.6	54.2				38.1	45.7	34.9	40.0				41.3				$6,999
Pierpont Elementary	Public	K-5	1254 Marthas Vineyard Ct.	Ventura	93001	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 641-5470	293	11	26.6	32.8%	194 (66.2%)	4 (1.4%)	59 (20.1%)	13 (4.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.2%)	81.1	1106^th of 5862 public elementary schools	81.1%		69	1618^th of 5874 public elementary schools	72.5%	512			46.5		46.5	66.1	66.0	61.9				64.9	56.5	59.6	57.1				57.6				$6,846
Poinsettia Elementary	Public	K-5	350 North Victoria Ave.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-7971	359	15	23.9	35.4%	202 (56.3%)	3 (0.8%)	124 (34.5%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.8%)	57.9	2151^st of 5862 public elementary schools	63.3%		70	1579^th of 5874 public elementary schools	73.1%	572			53.7		53.7	31.8	50.0	54.7				45.0	39.1	41.5	47.2				42.3				$9,072
Portola Elementary	Public	K-5	6700 Eagle St.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-1734	501	19	27.0	64.7%	133 (26.5%)	9 (1.8%)	299 (59.7%)	30 (6.0%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.0%)	22 (4.4%)	70.4	1573^rd of 5862 public elementary schools	73.2%		70.1	1572^nd of 5874 public elementary schools	73.2%	1			33.7		33.7	56.5	55.8	58.4				57.0	62.4	57.5	40.6				52.8				$6,693
Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy	Public	K-7	760 Jazmin Ave.	Ventura	93004	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 672-2701	424	16	27.3	55.9%	128 (30.2%)	4 (0.9%)	267 (63.0%)	8 (1.9%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.1%)	57.2	2183^rd of 5862 public elementary schools	62.8%		54	2336^th of 5874 public elementary schools	60.2%	153			35.9		35.9	43.9	44.3	55.6	53.6	66.7		50.8	36.9	44.3	42.2	39.3	50.0		41.9				$6,823
Junipero Serra Elementary	Public	K-5	8880 Halifax St.	Ventura	93004	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 672-2717	448	17	26.3	50.7%	175 (39.1%)	9 (2.0%)	229 (51.1%)	10 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.1%)	45.3	2841^st of 5862 public elementary schools	51.5%		52.4	2412^th of 5874 public elementary schools	58.9%	429			27.3		27.3	47.6	34.4	36.4				38.7	55.6	40.5	26.0				39.7				$6,813
Sheridan Way Elementary	Public	K-5	573 Sheridan Way	Ventura	93001	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 641-5491	355	15	24.4	93.5%	17 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	334 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	10.8	5631^st of 5862 public elementary schools	3.9%		11.7	5601^st of 5874 public elementary schools	4.6%	30	8.3	8.3	13.4		13.4	13.0	14.3	18.2				15.4	10.9	14.0	9.0				11.1				$7,399
Will Rogers Elementary	Public	K-5	316 Howard St.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 641-5496	404	16	25.2	59.2%	92 (22.8%)	0 (0.0%)	299 (74.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	45.4	2832^nd of 5862 public elementary schools	51.7%		37.7	3299^th of 5874 public elementary schools	43.8%	467	9.0	9.0	29.0		29.0	41.3	31.8	41.9				38.5	55.0	32.4	29.0				40.0				$6,677
Homestead (Alternative)	Public	K-8	150 Day Rd.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-7955	49	3	15.9	53.1%	19 (38.8%)	2 (4.1%)	26 (53.1%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)								(n/a)				17.7	32.0						35.3	51.1						11.8	28.9				$5,822
Citrus Glen Elementary	Public	K-5	9655 Darling Rd.	Ventura	93004	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 672-0220	469	17	27.5	57.8%	156 (33.3%)	5 (1.1%)	268 (57.1%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.9%)	26 (5.5%)	37	3363^rd of 5862 public elementary schools	42.6%		41.6	3030^th of 5874 public elementary schools	48.4%	333			24.6		24.6	35.7	22.1	38.6				31.8	46.5	32.4	29.8				36.7	98.3		98.3	$6,767
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	1107 East Santa Clara St.	Ventura	93001	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 641-5438	202	8	25.2	76.7%	73 (36.1%)	6 (3.0%)	113 (55.9%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	29.1	3996^th of 5862 public elementary schools	31.8%		29.4	3950^th of 5874 public elementary schools	32.8%	46			28.1		28.1	16.7	32.4	39.4				30.0	20.0	27.0	27.3				25.0				$7,801
Mound Elementary	Public	K-5	455 South Hill Rd.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-1886	525	24	22.3	29.5%	224 (42.7%)	6 (1.1%)	196 (37.3%)	61 (11.6%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (6.3%)	87.3	844^th of 5862 public elementary schools	85.6%		90.9	645^th of 5874 public elementary schools	89.0%	199			59.1		59.1	54.4	71.4	74.5				66.8	61.5	66.7	72.0				66.8				$6,431

Cities Near Ventura

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Oak View	6.61 mi	1	398^th
Oxnard	7.02 mi	54	710^th
Santa Paula	8.87 mi	14	688^th
Ojai	9.56 mi	10	660^th
Port Hueneme	10.34 mi	4	783^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.