Rancho Rosal Elementary, Camarillo CA

Original Research by School Decision on Rancho Rosal Elementary

Rancho Rosal Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Camarillo, a suburban mixed-use city in Ventura County anchored by manufacturing, aerospace, biotech, and retail employment. The school sits in the Village at the Park neighborhood, part of the broader suburban residential fabric that has expanded in recent years with new master-planned communities like Springville.

The enrollment is small to moderate for an elementary school, with a notably balanced demographic composition. About half the enrollment is Hispanic, and just over two-fifths is white, with smaller shares of Asian and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting mixed-income families in the attendance zone. Data on special education and English learner populations were not available.

Academic performance on California's state assessments shows areas of concern. In English language arts, about half of students across the tested grades demonstrated proficiency, with third grade performing lower than fourth grade. Math performance is notably weaker, with proficiency rates declining sharply across grades, falling to just over a third of students by fifth grade. Science proficiency in fifth grade was the lowest across all subjects, with about one in four students meeting the standard. Overall, the school's proficiency index places it above the midpoint of districts in Ventura County, though this comparison involves a limited group of schools with reported data and should not be read as a broad ranking.

The state assessments measure only reading, writing, and math through fourth grade, then add science in fifth grade for California schools. Because these are the school's first available state results, trend data showing whether proficiency is rising, stable, or falling is not yet available. A parent interested in historical performance patterns or growth trajectory may want to check back after additional school years of data accumulate.

The school is a regular public school within the Pleasant Valley School District. The district underwent a significant governance change in 2022, moving from at-large board elections to a by-trustee-area system in which board members are elected by voters from their own neighborhood area. This reshapes local accountability and representation, and parents now vote for a board representative specific to their trustee area rather than the full board. Election cycles are staggered, with some areas voting every four years in one cycle and others in the next.

Housing in the 93012 zip code reflects a strong market with home values in the mid-to-high range for coastal Southern California. Rental housing is available but tight relative to income, and mortgage-to-income ratios suggest affordability pressures for families buying into the area. The community itself offers walkable Old Town retail and dining, parks including Constitution Park with free summer concerts, a renovated public library with homework support, and Metrolink transit access in Old Town, though the broader city is car-dependent. New residential construction continues, with recent communities adding both market-rate and workforce-restricted affordable units.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 356%

School 56% · District 65% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 57% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 52% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 60% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 57% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 66% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Science

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 45% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below 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-income24%Higher-income56%33 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income60%20 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income20%Higher-income64%44 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income34%Higher-income69%35 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income60%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income26%Higher-income44%18 pp gap