How does Colina Middle compare to other middle schools in Thousand Oaks?

Colina Middle has a Scope Score of 65.4/100, ranked #487 among California middle schools. 26% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,526 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Colina Middle?

26.1% of students at Colina Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 53.6% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Colina Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Colina Middle's proficiency rate increases by 1.5 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Colina Middle?

18.6% of students at Colina Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in the Scope Score.

Colina Middle

Middle School

Conejo Valley Unified Thousand OaksVentura County91362

📍 1500 East Hillcrest Drive

Scope Score

out of 100

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Scope Scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

796 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

21:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

27%

Teachers

38 full-time

Dashboard indicators

How this school's scores changed from last year to this year

ELA Year-over-Year

Maintained

+0.8 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Declined

-5.9 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

25.0%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 80 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic35.8%

White47.0%

Asian6.7%

Black1.8%

Other8.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Colina Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	26.1%
Met Standard	27.5%
Below Standard	46.4%

Score Factors

Helping

✓Exceeded standard: 26.1%

8.7pp above state avg (state avg 17.3%)

30% weight

✓Met or exceeded: 53.6%

14.1pp above state avg (state avg 39.5%)

20% weight

✓Growth (G6→G8): +1.5pp

Scores improve across grades (state avg +0.8pp)

15% weight

✓Chronic absenteeism: 18.6%

0.7pp below state avg (state avg 19.3%)

15% weight

✓Baseline proficiency: 53.6%

Above state baseline (state avg 39.5%)

10% weight

✓Suspension rate: 3.2%

0.9pp below state avg (state avg 4.1%)

10% weight

Unlike traditional school ratings, we show our work. Every factor, its weight, and how this school compares to the state average — so you can decide what matters most to your family. The middle school Scope Score is weighted across 6 dimensions. See full methodology →

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "54% proficient" for Colina Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

26.1% of students exceeded standard while 27.5% met it. That exceeded rate is 8.7 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 6.6 points below the Conejo Valley Unified district average of 32.6%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 35.1% exceeded — 9.1 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 1.5 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance maintained and Math declined year-over-year. 25.0% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 18.6%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

26.1%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

53.6%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+1.5pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

18.6%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

3.2%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,526

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

How proficiency compares across grade levels this year (different students, same test year)

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	282	30.1%	26.6%	24.5%	18.8%	56.7%
7th	235	25.5%	36.2%	19.6%	18.7%	61.7%
8th	245	20.4%	38.8%	19.2%	21.6%	59.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	284	25.7%	23.6%	22.2%	28.5%	49.3%
7th	235	25.1%	19.6%	20.0%	35.3%	44.7%
8th	245	29.4%	20.4%	18.8%	31.4%	49.8%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Westlake Elementary

82.7# in state

Westlake Hills Elementary

82.0# in state

Also serves area

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Glenwood Elementary

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28.1# in state

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Middle

Colina Middle

65.4# in state

This school

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High School

Westlake High

86.0# in state

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.