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Enrollment
2,452
High
DISTRICT 1,335 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OXNARD UNION HIGH·NCES 062927004520
Oxnard High
3400 West Gonzales Rd., Oxnard, CA 93036 · (805) 278-2907 · Ventura County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,452 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
108 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
1,866 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 626 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 587 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 601 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 638 | 26% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
48.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
20.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.3% | 29.1% | 24.2% | 27.4% |
| Math | 6.1% | 14.6% | 22.8% | 56.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.4% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 42.2% | 12.6% |
| 2021-22 | 46.8% | 14.6% |
| 2020-21 | 51.7% | 25.9% |
| 2018-19 | 38.4% | 18.5% |
| 2017-18 | 41.3% | 22.7% |
| 2016-17 | 47.3% | 24.4% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 15.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Oxnard High
Oxnard High's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxnard High this school | 2,452 | 76.1% | 33.5% |
| Patriot High Jurupa Valley | 2,399 | 74.4% | 32.4% |
| Norwalk High Norwalk | 2,075 | 77.9% | 43.6% |
| Dinuba High Dinuba | 2,115 | 76.5% | 43.6% |
| San Ysidro High San Diego | 1,941 | 78.3% | 29.4% |
| Santa Fe High Santa Fe Springs | 1,865 | 77.6% | 56.0% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Oxnard High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #696 of 1,052 | #16 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #652 of 1,056 ▲ 75 | #16 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #737 of 1,056 ▼ 57 | #18 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #409 of 1,044 | #9 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,452 | #114 of 2,093 | #2 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #965 of 1,352 | #15 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #1,055 of 1,351 | #20 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #720 of 1,575 | #12 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #391 of 802 | #13 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,452
-371 (-13%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 2,278
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 26.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,452 | 107.7 | 22.8:1 | 76% (1,866) |
| 2023-24 | 2,593 | 113.1 | 22.9:1 | 68% (1,774) |
| 2022-23 | 2,786 | 111.7 | 24.9:1 | 63% (1,744) |
| 2020-21 | 2,823 | 107 | 26.4:1 | 70% (1,978) |
| 2017-18 | 2,788 | 104.4 | 26.7:1 | 63% (1,750) |
| 2015-16 | 2,786 | 100 | 27.9:1 | 53% (1,464) |
| 2010-11 | 2,998 | N/A | N/A | 42% (1,268) |
| 2000-01 | 3,166 | 124 | 25.5:1 | 26% (832) |
| 1990-91 | 2,278 | 99 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oxnard High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (2,788 to 2,452); teachers up 3% (104.4 to 107.7).
About Oxnard High
Oxnard High is a high-enrollment high school in Oxnard Union High, located in Oxnard, California. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 2,452 students. Statewide, high schools in California average about 838 students each.
The district for Oxnard High is Oxnard Union High, with 12 schools and 16,014 students.
Oxnard High enrolls a student body that is 87% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 5% White, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Ventura County is about 44% Hispanic. Oxnard High has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 107.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 22.8 students per teacher. The 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County is 17 points.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Oxnard High is 1.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 33.5% actual, 35.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Census Bureau estimates for Ventura County show that median household income is about $109,797, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Oxnard High is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County, which together enroll about 147,841 students.
Thurgood Marshall Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Oxnard High is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Oxnard High went from 2,823 students to 2,452. The ratio was 26.4:1 in 2020-21 and 22.8:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Oxnard Union High
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- Rio Mesa HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Hueneme HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Rancho Campana HighHigh · 826 students
Other schools in Oxnard
- Pacifica HighHigh · 2,675 students
- Channel Islands HighHigh · 2,380 students
- Rio Mesa HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Hueneme HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Vista Real Charter HighHigh · 1,271 students
- Charles Blackstock Junior HighMiddle · 1,239 students
Nearby schools
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary0.4 mi · 702
- Emilie Ritchen Elementary0.7 mi · 445
- Fremont Academy of Environmental Science & Innovative Design1.3 mi · 617
- Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary1.4 mi · 895
- Sierra Linda Elementary1.5 mi · 455
- Curren Elementary1.6 mi · 817
Frequently asked questions
About Oxnard HighHow large is Oxnard High?
Oxnard High enrolls approximately 2,452 students in grades 09-12.
Is Oxnard High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oxnard High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Oxnard High have?
Oxnard High employs 108 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
How diverse is Oxnard High?
Oxnard High reports a student body of 5% White, 87% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Oxnard High in?
Oxnard High is part of Oxnard Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.