The school services all of Newbury Park except the Dos Vientos Ranch. Most students who graduate from Sequoia Middle School attend Newbury Park High School. Sequoia was the only middle school awarded the California Distinguished School status in 2011 in Ventura County. Sequoia Middle School also participates annually in the national Odyssey of the Mind competition. Teams representing the school have placed in the top three in the region and gone on to compete in the state championship competition every year since 2009. Sequoia has been represented for four years at the State Geography Bee and the Scripps National Spelling Bee at the County and State levels. In 2008, a Sequoia student was second in the California State Geography Bee. Sequoia has also been represented at the State Science Fair for multiple years running. Sequoia Middle School has a Statewide Ranking of "9" and a Base API score in 2010 of 868. Sequoia's 2010-2011 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) may be viewed on the California Department of Education website.