Tutoring for Ladera STARS Academy Students

About Ladera

Ladera STARS Academy teaches about 319 students from TK through 5th grade on Calle Almendro in Thousand Oaks (Ed-Data). STARS stands for Science, Technology, Arts and Rigorous Scholarship. The school describes itself as a nationally certified STEM campus, and the state's school directory lists it as a magnet school (Ladera, CDE). Uniforms are required for all students.

Each week, students go through Creation Rotations in visual and performing arts, technology and digital design. The school also lists GATE, music, library, P.E. and Target Time among its programs, and in its STEAM curriculum students use "voice and choice" to plan, design and create projects that show what they understand (Ladera).

Target Time is Ladera's Multi-Tiered System of Support for language arts: students at both the advanced and at-risk ends of each grade work in leveled groups for an hour a day, four days a week, in two 30-minute blocks. Teachers regroup them after each eight-to-ten-week assessment period, and no one is pulled out of core instruction (Target Time). The school's behavior framework, the Dragon Code, asks students to choose character, own their learning, demonstrate respect and envision success (Dragon Code).

In 2026–27, grades 1–5 start at 8:15 am and end at 2:40 pm, except on Tuesdays, when they leave at 1:30 pm; TK and kindergarten end at 1:30 pm. Conference week, October 12–16, and the last day, June 10, are minimum days with 12:30 pm dismissal (bell schedule). Ladera addresses feed Los Cerritos Middle School in CVUSD's street index.

Ladera STARS Academy at a glance

Grades	TK–5
District	Conejo Valley Unified
Address	1211 Calle Almendro, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Programs	STEAM-focused STARS curriculum; weekly Creation Rotations in arts, technology and digital design; GATE; music; library; Target Time
Bell times, 2026–27	8:15 am to 2:40 pm for grades 1–5; TK and kindergarten end at 1:30 pm
Early release	Tuesdays at 1:30 pm for grades 1–5
Minimum days	October 12–16, 2026 and June 10, 2027, with 12:30 pm dismissal
Feeds into	Los Cerritos Middle School, in CVUSD's street index (updated 2016)
Uniforms	Required for all students
Enrollment	319 students in 2025–26 (Ed-Data)
CAASPP 2025–26	60% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 44% in math (CVUSD: 66% and 56%; California: 49% and 38%)
School website	ladera.conejousd.org

Sources, opened October 13, 2026: Ladera STARS Academy (opened October 18, 2026); Ladera: Target Time (opened October 18, 2026); Ladera: Dragon Code (opened October 18, 2026); Ladera bell schedule page; Ladera STARS Academy 2026–27 bell schedule (PDF); Ed-Data: Ladera STARS Academy; CDE School Directory: Ladera STARS Academy; CVUSD street index: Ladera Elementary (updated 2016); CVUSD 2026–27 school calendar; CVUSD 2026 Math 6 and Challenge Exam letter; CVUSD Middle School Education; CAASPP results, Ladera STARS Academy, 2025–26 (opened October 15, 2026); CAASPP results, Ladera STARS Academy, 2024–25; CAST science results, Ladera STARS Academy, 2025–26 (opened October 15, 2026).

Thousand Acorns Tutoring is not affiliated with Ladera STARS Academy or Conejo Valley Unified School District.

Ladera test scores

The table shows the share of students who scored Proficient or Advanced on the CAASPP tests, in all tested grades; 125 Ladera students took the English test in 2025–26 (CAASPP results). District and state rows include grades 3–8 and 11.

Results	English	Math	Science
Ladera STARS Academy, 2025–26	60.00%	44.00%	47.91%
Ladera STARS Academy, 2024–25	64.06%	56.15%	54.35%
Conejo Valley Unified, 2025–26	66.47%	56.34%	53.93%
California, 2025–26	49.26%	38.35%	35.99%

Science is the California Science Test, taken in 5th and 8th grade. The score report guide explains the levels, and the test scores page compares every school here.

Subjects that fit Ladera students

STARS ends in "Rigorous Scholarship," and the science and technology work at Ladera rests on reading and math. Elementary math sessions cover the arithmetic, fractions and measurement of the K–5 standards that Creation Rotations and science projects use, while reading and phonics and writing sessions build the literacy side.

Elementary math (K–5)Reading and phonics (K–5)Writing (K–8)

Prices for Ladera families

Tutoring is $80 an hour in your home or online, or $50 an hour per child in a small group of 2 to 4, and the first consultation is free. All prices and terms.