Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy posts 41% meeting the standard and 17.6% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44 | 18% | 41% | -8.4 | 14.8% | 1.7% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy scores 44 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 55th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “41% proficient” and call it done. Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy deserves a closer read. The school sits in Ventura, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 55th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 41% meet the standard today, versus 47% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 55% | 54% | 39% | 44% | 44% |
| Grade 4 | 55% | 38% | 54% | 44% | 50% |
| Grade 5 | 56% | 47% | 49% | 56% | 37% |
| Grade 6 | — | — | 68% | 54% | 52% |
| Grade 7 | — | — | — | 67% | 55% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 45% | 44% | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 35% | 37% | 43% | 44% | 52% |
| Grade 5 | 33% | 31% | 32% | 42% | 26% |
| Grade 6 | — | — | 52% | 39% | 48% |
| Grade 7 | — | — | — | 50% | 41% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 17.5pp across grades; the floor slips 7.0pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy in Ventura, 35.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 36.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy trails its district average for low-income students by 1.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (25.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (37.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 25.3 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 166 students tested.
6 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 7.3pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +7.6pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 7–8 students (21.2% vs 4.8%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1,269 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 27% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 59 | 29% | 15% | 15% | 41% | 44% | +1 |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 21% | 29% | 19% | 31% | 50% | +5 |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 11% | 26% | 34% | 29% | 37% | −11 |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 19% | 33% | 41% | 7% | 52% | +5 |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 17% | 38% | 31% | 14% | 55% | +7 |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 28% | 38% | 19% | 16% | 66% | +20 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 59 | 8% | 27% | 19% | 46% | 36% | −10 |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 21% | 31% | 20% | 28% | 52% | +11 |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% | 11% | 35% | 39% | 26% | −9 |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 22% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 48% | +13 |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 28% | 14% | 34% | 24% | 41% | +7 |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 34% | 16% | 22% | 28% | 50% | +18 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 94 | 7% | 19% | 62% | 12% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 166 | 35.7% | −1 | −2 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 177 | 37.9% | −0 | −1 |
| White | 81 | 73.8% | +10 | +12 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy ← | — | 44 | 17.6% | 40.8% | −8.4 | 1.7% |
| Junipero Serra Elementary | 1.4 mi | 47 | 19.3% | 47.2% | −9.9 | 1.2% |
| Juanamaria Elementary | 1.8 mi | 40 | 15.2% | 37.0% | +7.0 | 1.2% |
| Citrus Glen Elementary | 0.8 mi | 34 | 14.0% | 33.3% | −10.3 | 1.8% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 43 | 52 | #2656 | 19.7% | 46.6% | 6.2% | 1.0% | -5.5pp |
| 2022 | 34 | 45 | #3149 | 20.6% | 41.9% | 37.7% | 0.0% | -9.7pp |
| 2023 | 45 | 65 | #2000 | 18.3% | 42.0% | 29.3% | 2.0% | +3.8pp |
| 2024 | 43 | 53 | #2723 | 18.4% | 44.5% | 17.5% | 3.0% | +8.4pp |
| 2025 | 44 | 55 | #2610 | 17.6% | 40.8% | 14.8% | 1.7% | -8.4pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 6.8% | 15.1% | +8.3pp |
| Male | 5.6% | 14.2% | +8.6pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.6% | 15.2% | +8.6pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 11.8% | +11.8pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 17.1% | 16.5% | -0.6pp |
| English Learners | 5.0% | 12.2% | +7.2pp |
| Homeless | 20.0% | 18.2% | -1.8pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 7.8% | 18.6% | +10.8pp |
| All Students | 6.1% | 14.6% | +8.5pp |
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