Summary:
ZIP code 93023 has three elementary schools in Ojai Unified: two serve kindergarten through grade 6, and one serves kindergarten only. Among the two K–6 schools with test results, Topa Topa Elementary is ahead in English language arts and science, while both schools remain below state averages in all three tested subjects.
Topa Topa stands out for ELA and science: it scored 45% in ELA versus 37% at Mira Monte Elementary, an 8-point lead, and 31% in science versus 21%, a 10-point lead. The state rates were 49% in ELA and 36% in science. Math is a close contest: Topa Topa scored 28.5% and Mira Monte 28.1%, with both below the state’s 38%. Grade-level results are mixed in math, where Mira Monte leads in grades 3 and 6, while Topa Topa leads in grades 4 and 5. Mira Monte has the lowest chronic absenteeism, at 15%, compared with 21% at Topa Topa and 22% at kindergarten-only Meiners Oaks Early Education.
Results moved in different directions: the two-school average fell 2 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 7 in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Mira Monte declined in all three subjects, while Topa Topa improved 1 point in ELA and 5 in science but slipped 1 point in math. SchoolDigger gives Topa Topa a 45th-percentile statewide rank and Mira Monte a 33rd-percentile rank; both have two stars, and Mira Monte’s rank fell 20 percentile points from the prior year. Their context measures are similar: in 2024–2025, 55% of Mira Monte students and 54% of Topa Topa students were free/reduced lunch eligible; their student-teacher ratios were 25.5 and 24.7. Meiners Oaks has 71 students and a 17.7 ratio. It serves kindergarten only and has no supplied test results, so its achievement cannot be compared with the K–6 schools.
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