Moorpark High

Moorpark High is a big high school in Moorpark, California, operated by Moorpark Unified. The school hosts 1,691 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Moorpark High sits 102% larger than that benchmark.

Within Moorpark Unified, which oversees 10 schools and 5,599 students, Moorpark High is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Moorpark High reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 33% White, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, Moorpark High reports 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.1:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Moorpark High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 57.7%; this one comes in at 41.0%, -16.7 points off the demographic line.

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

Mountain Meadows Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Moorpark High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

Moorpark High operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Moorpark High's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,927 (now 1,691). Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 54% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the Moorpark High community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.