Tierra Linda Elementary, Camarillo CA

Original Research by School Decision on Tierra Linda Elementary

Tierra Linda Elementary is a kindergarten through fifth-grade school in Camarillo serving just over five hundred students in a mixed residential and business community on Ventura County's coastal plain. The school draws students from the surrounding suburban neighborhoods, with a student body that is majority white, about a third Hispanic, with smaller shares of Asian students and other groups. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academic performance across the school sits in the top quartile among Ventura County districts when looking at overall proficiency. In the most recent state testing, English language arts showed the strongest result in fifth grade, with a majority of students proficient. Third and fourth grades performed similarly in both ELA and math, with results hovering in the mid-range. Fifth-grade math proficiency and science proficiency came in noticeably lower. The pattern across grades suggests that while the school reaches many students, proficiency in the upper elementary grades, particularly in math and science, is an area where instruction might warrant closer attention.

Camarillo itself is a family-oriented suburban city with a business presence spanning manufacturing, aerospace, biotech, and retail anchored by the Premium Outlets. Old Town Camarillo, the historic core along Ventura Boulevard south of Highway 101, offers genuine walkability with pedestrian storefronts, dining, and a farmers market, though the broader city is car-dependent. New residential master-planned communities such as Springville have been built in recent years, bringing families and workforce housing to the area. Housing values are substantial and rental costs are high relative to income, placing the area in an upper-middle to upper income bracket. Metrolink service connects the city to wider Ventura County, and parks, the public library on Las Posas Road, and civic institutions center around City Hall and Old Town rather than being distributed throughout neighborhoods.

The school is part of Pleasant Valley School District, which in 2022 transitioned from at-large board elections to a by-trustee-area system dividing the district into five geographic areas. Under that system, each family's vote now determines which board member represents their specific neighborhood rather than electing district-wide. This is a structural change that shapes how parent voices reach the board and how accountability flows.

State assessment data was available only for the most recent school year, so multi-year trends cannot be drawn. Data on chronic absenteeism, English learner enrollment, special education enrollment, and other demographic details were not available from the sources accessed. A parent considering Tierra Linda may want to reach out to the school directly about these areas and about specific support services, classroom composition by language background, and school-level initiatives in math and science instruction.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 364%

School 64% · District 65% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 57% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 52% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 362%

School 62% · District 60% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 462%

School 62% · District 57% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 579%

School 79% · District 66% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Science

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 45% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

This schoolPleasant Valley, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income71%34 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income60%Higher-income63%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income85%Higher-income78%6 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income74%37 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income77%27 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income62%Higher-income62%1 pp gap