Summary
Redwood Middle serves 589 students in grades 6–8 in Thousand Oaks, California. In 2025–26, 63% of students were proficient in English Language Arts (ELA), 49% in math and 50% in science. Redwood exceeded California’s proficiency rates in all three subjects, but fell below Conejo Valley Unified in each. The most important takeaway is that Redwood is above state levels overall, while math—especially in eighth grade—is its clearest academic pressure point.
Compared with 10 nearby middle schools, Redwood scored above the group average in all three subjects, but its advantages were small in ELA and math: it was 2 points above the nearby ELA average and 0.5 points above the math average (49.1% versus 48.7%); in science, it was 3 points above the average. Redwood ranked fourth in ELA, sixth in math and fourth in science among those schools. Its 2025–26 results were 14 points above California in ELA, 11 in math and 14 in science, but below district rates by 3, 7 and 4 points, respectively. Within Redwood, seventh-grade ELA was 58%, 7 points below the district’s grade-level rate; eighth-grade math was 44%, 11 points below the district. By contrast, Redwood’s sixth-grade math rate was among the nearby group’s strongest.
Results have shifted over time: ELA proficiency fell 4 points from 2022–23 to 2025–26, while math rose 2 points and science rose 9 points overall, despite a sharp science dip in 2024–25 before its rebound. SchoolDigger ranks Redwood 507th of 2,703 California schools, in the 81st percentile, with 4 stars; the district is in the 82nd percentile. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well Redwood serves students receiving special education was at the 61st percentile in 2025–26, down from the 82nd percentile in 2023–24. Its ranking for how well it serves students with low socioeconomic status was at the 53rd percentile, also below the schoolwide ranking. Redwood’s student–teacher ratio was 22.3 in 2024–25, close to the nearby average of 22.7. In 2024–25, 28% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a nearby-school average of 33%.
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