Charles Blackstock Junior High

Charles Blackstock Junior High, a big 6-8 campus in Oxnard, California, part of Hueneme Elementary, enrolls 1,239 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 88% above the state mean of about 659.

Charles Blackstock Junior High is one of 11 schools operated by Hueneme Elementary, a district that hosts 6,678 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Charles Blackstock Junior High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%); the rest is composed of 6% White, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Charles Blackstock Junior High records 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 90% of students at Charles Blackstock Junior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

After controlling for student poverty, Charles Blackstock Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.1%; this one delivers 20.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Ventura County reports that median household income runs about $109,797, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Charles Blackstock Junior High is one.

Julien Hathaway Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles Blackstock Junior High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Charles Blackstock Junior High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 22.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Charles Blackstock Junior High's enrollment has ticked down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,391 (now 1,239). The White share of enrollment increased from 2% to 6% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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