Parents moving to the Conejo Valley ask me this every week. The honest answer is that the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) runs more than 20 elementary schools, and a handful consistently sit at the top of the California School Dashboard for academic performance, English Learner progress, and chronic absenteeism. I'm Brian Cooper, REALTOR(R) at eXp Realty, and I track CVUSD boundary maps and Dashboard scores because they move home prices block by block. Below is the current read, plus how to verify which school your address actually feeds into.
Direct Answer
The CVUSD elementaries that score highest on the public California School Dashboard indicators (English Language Arts, Math, and Chronic Absenteeism) for 2025-2026 are Westlake Elementary, Lang Ranch Elementary, Acacia Elementary, and Wildwood Elementary. These schools consistently land in the blue or green performance bands and have for several reporting cycles.
That said, 'best' depends on what you're optimizing for. Dual-immersion language programs, gifted-and-talented options, distance from your future home, and start time all matter. The Dashboard is one data source, not the whole picture.
Why this question matters
In the Conejo Valley, the elementary boundary attached to a home meaningfully affects resale value and buyer demand. I've sold homes where two identical floor plans, half a mile apart, sat at different price points because they fed into different elementaries.
Buyers relocating from out of state often default to GreatSchools ratings. Those are useful for a first pass, but the California School Dashboard is the official state data source and includes more than test scores. I send clients to both, then we cross-check against the CVUSD enrollment boundary for the specific address.
The detail behind the answer
Here is how the top CVUSD elementaries currently look on the public Dashboard. Performance bands shift year to year, so treat this as a 2025-2026 snapshot, not a permanent ranking.
| School | City | Recent Dashboard signal |
|---|---|---|
| Westlake Elementary | Westlake Village | High ELA + Math performance |
| Lang Ranch Elementary | Thousand Oaks | High ELA + Math; low chronic absenteeism |
| Acacia Elementary | Thousand Oaks | High ELA + Math performance |
| Wildwood Elementary | Thousand Oaks | High ELA + Math performance |
| Maple Elementary | Newbury Park | Solid ELA + Math; strong attendance |
How to verify
Don't rely on a real estate listing's claim about school assignment. CVUSD boundaries get redrawn, and the address-level lookup is the only reliable source. Use the CVUSD Find My School tool on conejousd.org, type in the exact street address, and the assigned elementary, middle, and high school will return.
Then pull the school's current report on the California School Dashboard at caschooldashboard.org. Look at the color band, not just the percentile, because the bands reflect both status and growth.
- Step 1: Run the address on the CVUSD Find My School tool.
- Step 2: Pull the current CA School Dashboard report.
- Step 3: Confirm with the school office before you write an offer.
What I tell clients
If schools are a top-three reason you're moving here, tour two or three campuses before you write an offer. Public Dashboard data doesn't tell you about the principal, the room culture, or the after-school options. A 30-minute walk-through usually does.
And if your search is open to either CVUSD or Las Virgenes Unified (Calabasas/Agoura/Westlake LA side), compare both. They're different districts with different boundaries, and the Westlake Village name spans both.
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