Summary
Monte Vista Middle in Camarillo serves 576 students in grades 6–8 and ranks among the stronger schools in its nearby comparison group. In 2025–2026, it placed third among 11 nearby schools in English language arts (ELA), math, and science proficiency. The most important takeaway is that it performs well against most nearby schools but trails Pleasant Valley in all three subjects, especially math.
Science is Monte Vista’s strongest subject relative to the state, while math is its weakest. In 2025–2026, science proficiency was 39%, about 3 percentage points above California’s 36%; ELA was 48%, 1 point below the state’s 49%; and math was 32%, 7 points below the state’s 38%. Compared with nearby-school averages, Monte Vista was ahead by 13 points in science, 10 in ELA, and 6 in math. Its results were 45% in science, 60% in ELA, and 49% in math at the district level, leaving Monte Vista behind by 6, 11, and 17 points, respectively.
Results have changed unevenly: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, science proficiency rose 6 points and math rose 1, while ELA fell 3 points. The school’s ELA edge over the state shifted from 5 points above to 1 below; its math shortfall widened from 4 to 7 points, while science remained about 3 points above. SchoolDigger ranked Monte Vista at the 57th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, behind two nearby schools. Its student-teacher ratio was 21.4 in 2024–2025, higher than 7 of 10 nearby schools, and 45.5% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s student-group rankings also show notable differences: English Language Learner Students ranked at the 87th percentile in 2023–2024, compared with the school’s overall 62nd percentile; Special Education Students’ ranking fell from the 72nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 40th in 2025–2026, versus 57th overall.
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