Cabrillo Middle

As a mid-sized junior high in Ventura, California, Cabrillo Middle educates 936 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Ventura Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 42% bigger than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Cabrillo Middle lists that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to Ventura County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 29.4:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Cabrillo Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ventura County put median household income runs about $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. Cabrillo Middle is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cabrillo Middle comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

Cabrillo Middle operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 927 students in 2018 compared to 936 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 56% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 29.4:1 today.

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