Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences

Located at 647 West Hill St., in Oxnard, California, Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences is a middle-of-the-pack middle school that serves 696 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Oxnard.

Within Oxnard, which oversees 20 schools and 13,003 students, Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences logs that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ventura County) reports that median household earnings sit near $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. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Driffill Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 23.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences's enrollment has fell 27% since 2018, when it stood at 949 (now 696). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.