Anacapa Middle

Anacapa Middle operates as a reasonably sized middle school in Ventura, California, part of Ventura Unified. Current enrollment sits at 592 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within Ventura Unified, which oversees 27 schools and 14,346 students, Anacapa Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Anacapa Middle lists that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 17% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Ventura County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

After controlling for student poverty, Anacapa Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ventura County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ventura County runs 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), of which Anacapa Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Golden Valley Charter, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Anacapa Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Anacapa Middle has decreased 36%, going from 931 students in 2018 to 592 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 63% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

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