Nordhoff Jr. High

Located at 1401 Maricopa Hwy, in Ojai, California, Nordhoff Jr. High is a low-enrollment junior high that instructs 271 students (grades 7 through 8), part of Ojai Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 59% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Across the 7 schools in Ojai Unified (2,008 students total), Nordhoff Jr. High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Nordhoff Jr. High reports that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 43% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Nordhoff Jr. High has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.2:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nordhoff Jr. High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.9%; this one comes in at 28.9%, -19.0 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ventura County) records that the typical household earns roughly $109,797 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Nordhoff Jr. High is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

Nordhoff High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Nordhoff Jr. High comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nordhoff Jr. High has edged down 34%, going from 411 students in 2018 to 271 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 32% to 43% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.

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