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Las Virgenes Independent · Calabasas

Las Virgenes Independent: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Las Virgenes Independent is an elementary school in Calabasas. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

Alternative school — serves students who benefit from a non-traditional educational setting. Scores are not directly comparable to comprehensive schools.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. With 19 students total, this school likely falls below that threshold in most tested grades. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
Elementary
Las Virgenes Independent
No score
This school

Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 19:1, district 25:119:1
Teaching staff2 teachers
Avg. experience14.0 years
Fully credentialed41%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$57,555 – $124,070
Principal salary$148,818 – $178,832
Superintendent salary$346,516

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $15,101, CA average $14,815$15,101 · spent at this school

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

Federal share$968 per student

$968 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,070 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction61%
Instruction support11%
Student services9%
Administration8%
Buildings & maintenance10%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$11,876 per pupil
2019$11,367 per pupil
2018$11,420 per pupil
2017$11,125 per pupil
2016$10,218 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

White57.9%
District 65.4% · CA 19.9%
Other21.1%
District 12.6% · CA 9.0%
Black15.8%
District 1.9% · CA 4.8%
Asian5.3%
District 4.9% · CA 10.2%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 26.3% (37pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$186K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.72M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+72% · CA 35%
ZIP population25,569
Median age45 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

At 19 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


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