Newbury Park High

Newbury Park High is one of the roomy secondary schools in Newbury Park, California, one of the schools within Conejo Valley Unified, with 2,047 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 144% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Conejo Valley Unified comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 15,713 students; Newbury Park High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Newbury Park High records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Newbury Park High records 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Newbury Park High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ventura County (around 59%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Newbury Park High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.1%, the actual is 54.8%, a residual of -14.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ventura County indicate median household income runs about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Newbury Park High is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

The closest other public school is Walnut Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Newbury Park High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 64.6%.

Newbury Park High operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 2,448 students in 2018 compared to 2,047 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 61% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Newbury Park High typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.