Best Public Schools in Zip Code 93040

Summary:

The 93040 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Piru Elementary, which serves grades K-5 with 286 students. Piru Elementary is part of the Fillmore Unified School District, which is ranked 1321 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Piru Elementary has consistently low academic performance, with test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science significantly below the district and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 24.62% of Piru Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 28.01% for the Fillmore Unified School District and 47.04% for the state of California. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 24.1%, which is higher than the state average.

Piru Elementary serves a predominantly low-income community, with 84.62% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. The school's student-teacher ratio of 23.8 is slightly higher than the state average, which may indicate staffing challenges that could impact the school's ability to provide personalized attention and support to students. Overall, the data suggests that Piru Elementary is a struggling school that requires a comprehensive approach to address its academic and resource challenges.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CAST Science (2024)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)				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	CAST Science 5th 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 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 End of Course	Total
Piru Elementary	Public	K-5	3811 East Center St.	Piru	93040	Ventura County	Fillmore Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 521-1709	274	12	22.8	83.2%	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	265 (96.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22.5	4625^th of 5862 public elementary schools	21.1%		19.4	4927^th of 5874 public elementary schools	16.1%	302	12.2	12.2	33.3	6.0	39.0	24.6	38.5	12.0	19.5	22.3	$7,750

Cities Near Zip Code 93040

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Piru	0.94 mi	1	798^th
Fillmore	7.22 mi	8	784^th
Castaic	8.87 mi	8	239^th
Moorpark	9.05 mi	12	175^th
Simi Valley	9.7 mi	53	467^th

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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.

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