Is Juanamaria Elementary a good school?

Juanamaria Elementary ranks 2219 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Juanamaria Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 400 students attended Juanamaria Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Juanamaria Elementary?

Students at Juanamaria Elementary are 53% Hispanic, 38% White, 4% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Juanamaria Elementary attend?

Students who attend Juanamaria Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Balboa Middle

Juanamaria Elementary

Summary:

Juanamaria Elementary is a public elementary school located in Ventura, California, serving 413 students in grades K-5. It is part of the Ventura Unified School District, which is ranked 652 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

Juanamaria Elementary generally performs better than the district and state averages on Smarter Balanced Assessments, with 58.44% of 5th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 53.25% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 49.17% and 38.12% for the district, respectively. However, the school's Hispanic, English Language Learner, disabled, and low-income students struggle, performing below the state averages. Additionally, Juanamaria has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 4.0% in 2017-2018 to 22.6% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the district and state averages.

When compared to nearby schools in the Ventura Unified School District, Mound Elementary stands out as a high-performing school, consistently ranking among the top 15% of California elementary schools and outperforming Juanamaria across various academic measures. Portola Elementary and Poinsettia Elementary also demonstrate stronger overall academic performance compared to Juanamaria.

Detail:

Public K-5

100 South Crocker Ave.
Ventura, CA 93004-1535

(805) 672-0291

District: Ventura Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2219^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,434

Students who attend Juanamaria Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

Balboa Middle

Student/teacher ratio: 22.8

Number of students: 400

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

52.5%

White:

37.8%

Two or more races:

4.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Juanamaria Elementary ranks better than 62.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 7^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Ventura Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 56.34. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (52.5%), White (37.8%), two or more races (4.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 50% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Juanamaria Elementary is 22.8, which is the 6^th best among 17 elementary schools in the Ventura Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Juanamaria Elementary employs 17.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Juanamaria Elementary is $8,434, which is the 4^th highest among 17 elementary schools in the Ventura Unified School District.

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Juanamaria Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Juanamaria Elementary 2219^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Juanamaria Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Ventura Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Ventura Unified 652^nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Juanamaria Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Juanamaria Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	79.78	899^th	4809	81.3%
2005	78.29	1001^st	4822	79.2%
2006	81.51	896^th	4818	81.4%
2007	81.19	931^st	5113	81.8%
2008	78.45	1044^th	5113	79.6%
2009	69.20	1479^th	5193	71.5%
2010	67.52	1595^th	5314	70.0%
2011	64.41	1781^st	5377	66.9%
2012	75.92	1226^th	5390	77.3%
2013	72.58	1449^th	5530	73.8%
2015	77.26	1223^rd	5611	78.2%
2016	81.74	1059^th	5614	81.1%
2017	76.77	1258^th	5692	77.9%
2018	71.98	1481^st	5662	73.8%
2019	65.87	1797^th	5789	69.0%
2021	62.21	483^rd	1417	65.9%
2022	60.02	2024^th	5883	65.6%
2023	53.83	2347^th	5874	60.0%
2024	56.34	2219^th	5862	62.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Juanamaria Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	73.45	472^nd	3246	85.5%
2019	60.29	816^th	3275	75.1%
2021	33.02	435^th	602	27.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Juanamaria Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	37.12	1323^rd	2420	45.3%
2024	34.26	1599^th	2634	39.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Juanamaria Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	60.14	1739^th	5084	65.8%
2019	43.05	2896^th	5173	44.0%
2021	48.39	503^rd	1110	54.7%
2022	48.02	2399^th	5264	54.4%
2023	37.81	3245^th	5374	39.6%
2024	44.07	2804^th	5511	49.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Juanamaria Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	74.29	1320^th	5413	75.6%
2019	63.92	1800^th	5492	67.2%
2021	60.47	438^th	1267	65.4%
2022	69.36	1547^th	5635	72.5%
2023	60.13	1938^th	5617	65.5%
2024	65.29	1693^rd	5605	69.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Juanamaria Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.00	1264^th	2128	40.6%
2019	46.12	1097^th	2585	57.6%
2022	18.67	2063^rd	2227	7.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Juanamaria Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	66.12	1664^th	5431	69.4%
2019	64.72	1738^th	5510	68.5%
2021	60.96	441^st	1272	65.3%
2022	48.64	2519^th	5663	55.5%
2023	45.50	2710^th	5650	52.0%
2024	45.83	2705^th	5636	52.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Juanamaria Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	59.90	1632^nd	4830	66.2%
2019	48.90	2360^th	4963	52.4%
2022	36.68	3169^th	5084	37.7%
2023	40.36	2878^th	5098	43.5%
2024	39.30	3015^th	5102	40.9%

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Rank History for White students at Juanamaria Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	66.22	957^th	2737	65.0%
2019	66.29	967^th	2834	65.9%
2022	61.06	1120^th	2726	58.9%
2023	44.65	1580^th	2662	40.6%
2024	57.40	1203^rd	2647	54.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Juanamaria Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	300	2	9	207	3	n/a	n/a	0	521
1989	308	4	9	207	1	n/a	n/a	0	529
1990	281	5	6	232	1	n/a	n/a	0	525
1991	264	7	6	256	3	n/a	n/a	0	536
1992	294	12	9	246	2	n/a	n/a	0	563
1993	277	15	10	256	4	n/a	n/a	0	562
1994	257	15	9	272	3	n/a	n/a	0	556
1995	264	12	12	305	2	n/a	n/a	0	595
1996	264	12	12	305	2	n/a	n/a	0	595
1997	246	11	9	278	2	n/a	n/a	0	546
1998	248	13	9	265	2	n/a	n/a	0	537
1999	245	11	10	256	2	n/a	n/a	5	529
2000	255	10	11	238	5	n/a	n/a	7	526
2001	264	8	12	228	6	n/a	n/a	5	523
2002	273	6	17	195	3	n/a	n/a	0	494
2003	273	6	17	195	3	n/a	n/a	0	494
2004	255	2	19	209	4	n/a	n/a	23	512
2005	240	2	11	192	2	n/a	n/a	30	477
2006	240	1	12	186	3	n/a	n/a	33	475
2007	228	0	12	184	4	n/a	n/a	35	463
2008	212	1	13	178	5	n/a	n/a	0	409
2009	215	3	16	173	3	1	40	0	451
2010	243	7	15	212	3	1	17	0	498
2011	243	5	12	198	1	2	22	0	483
2012	243	5	18	197	0	2	18	0	483
2013	229	4	23	171	0	2	18	0	447
2014	221	3	19	194	0	0	23	0	460
2015	221	3	15	198	1	2	19	0	459
2016	205	2	16	203	0	1	13	0	440
2017	200	3	20	202	0	0	15	0	440
2018	214	2	21	210	0	0	17	0	464
2019	217	1	17	210	1	0	22	0	468
2020	228	1	17	214	1	0	21	0	482
2021	173	1	16	204	1	1	21	0	417
2022	176	1	15	202	1	2	20	0	417
2023	167	1	15	207	3	1	19	0	413
2024	151	3	15	210	3	1	17	0	400

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Juanamaria Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	521	23.5	22.1	n/a
1989	529	22.5	23.5	n/a
1990	525	22.9	22.9	n/a
1991	536	22.5	23.8	n/a
1992	563	22.9	24.5	35.9
1993	562	22.5	25.0	41.5
1994	556	24.1	23.1	48.2
1995	595	23.5	25.3	48.1
1996	595	23.5	25.3	48.1
1997	546	23.8	22.9	44.9
1998	537	26.5	20.3	45.6
1999	529	26.5	20.0	43.1
2000	526	24.5	21.5	40.1
2001	523	24.0	21.8	35.5
2002	494	23.5	21.0	33.4
2003	494	23.5	21.0	33.4
2004	512	24.0	21.3	36.4
2005	477	23.0	20.7	43.6
2006	475	23.0	20.7	40.7
2007	463	24.0	19.3	40.4
2008	409	24.0	17.0	44.3
2009	451	21.2	20.3	40.4
2010	498	23.8	20.9	43.2
2011	483	n/a	n/a	42.9
2012	483	20.0	24.1	n/a
2013	447	20.1	22.2	41.4
2014	460	18.5	24.8	42
2015	459	20.0	22.9	43.8
2016	440	19.0	23.1	37.3
2017	440	20.0	22.0	43.4
2018	464	20.1	23.0	45.5
2019	468	20.5	22.8	43.8
2020	482	n/a	n/a	43.2
2021	417	17.6	23.6	41.5
2022	417	18.6	22.4	44.4
2023	413	18.8	21.9	43.6
2024	400	17.5	22.8	50

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Juanamaria Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	521	23.5	22.1	n/a
1989	529	22.5	23.5	n/a
1990	525	22.9	22.9	n/a
1991	536	22.5	23.8	n/a
1992	563	22.9	24.5	35.9
1993	562	22.5	25.0	41.5
1994	556	24.1	23.1	48.2
1995	595	23.5	25.3	48.1
1996	595	23.5	25.3	48.1
1997	546	23.8	22.9	44.9
1998	537	26.5	20.3	45.6
1999	529	26.5	20.0	43.1
2000	526	24.5	21.5	40.1
2001	523	24.0	21.8	35.5
2002	494	23.5	21.0	33.4
2003	494	23.5	21.0	33.4
2004	512	24.0	21.3	36.4
2005	477	23.0	20.7	43.6
2006	475	23.0	20.7	40.7
2007	463	24.0	19.3	40.4
2008	409	24.0	17.0	44.3
2009	451	21.2	20.3	40.4
2010	498	23.8	20.9	43.2
2011	483	n/a	n/a	42.9
2012	483	20.0	24.1	n/a
2013	447	20.1	22.2	41.4
2014	460	18.5	24.8	42
2015	459	20.0	22.9	43.8
2016	440	19.0	23.1	37.3
2017	440	20.0	22.0	43.4
2018	464	20.1	23.0	45.5
2019	468	20.5	22.8	43.8
2020	482	n/a	n/a	43.2
2021	417	17.6	23.6	41.5
2022	417	18.6	22.4	44.4
2023	413	18.8	21.9	43.6
2024	400	17.5	22.8	50

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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