Thousand Oaks, commonly referred to as “T.O.” by residents, is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California. It was named after the many oak trees that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned
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Thousand Oaks is served by the Conejo Valley Unified School District. It includes numerous elementary schools, Colina Middle School, Redwood Middle School, Los Cerritos Middle School. The high schools of the area include Thousand Oaks High School, Newbury Park High School, and Westlake High School. Also part of the school district is Sequoia Middle School, located in Newbury Park. Oaks Christian High School, while located immediately outside of Ventura County, matriculates numerous students from the county. La Reina High School is a private Roman Catholic, all-girls junior/senior high school. California Lutheran University is located in Thousand Oaks.
Thousand Oaks is among the safest large cities in the nation. The city consistently ranks as the first or second safest large city (population between 100,000 and 499,999) in the United States.
It is located in the northwestern area of the Greater Los Angeles Area. The city was in 2006 named one of Money magazine’s Best Places to Live.
