How does Westlake Hills Elementary compare to other elementary schools in Westlake Village?

Westlake Hills Elementary has a SchoolScope composite score of 64.5/100, placing it at the 89th percentile statewide. 45% of students exceed standard, with a total of 774 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Westlake Hills Elementary?

45.1% of students at Westlake Hills Elementary exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 70.5% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Westlake Hills Elementary improving or declining?

Westlake Hills Elementary's proficiency rate decreases by 5.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is not sustaining early academic gains.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Westlake Hills Elementary?

6.2% of students at Westlake Hills Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Westlake Hills Elementary

Conejo Valley Unified Westlake Village Ventura County 91362

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

774 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

410 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

20:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

20%

Teachers

21 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 24.4%

White 60.2%

Asian 5.8%

Black 1.0%

Other 8.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Westlake Hills Elementary
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	45.1%
Met Standard	25.4%
Below Standard	29.5%

Exceeded

45.1%

Met

25.4%

Below

29.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "71% proficient" for Westlake Hills Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

45.1% of students exceeded standard while 25.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 24.2 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 10.3 points above the Conejo Valley Unified district average of 34.8%. Compared to the 4 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 20.5 points higher (vs 24.6% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 5.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 6.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.