Buena High

Buena High operates as a heavily attended secondary school in Ventura, California, run under Ventura Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,585 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Buena High sits 89% bigger than that benchmark.

Ventura Unified comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 14,346 students; Buena High is among them.

On demographics, Buena High shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 30% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Buena High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Buena High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Ventura County put median household income runs about $109,797, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Buena High is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

The closest other public school is Balboa Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buena High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buena High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Buena High's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,890 (now 1,585). White enrollment moved from 39% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

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