Oxnard High

Oxnard High is a high school of sizable scale in Oxnard, California, operated by Oxnard Union High, instructing 2,452 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 193% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Within Oxnard Union High, which oversees 12 schools and 16,014 students, Oxnard High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Oxnard High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%); the rest is composed of 5% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Ventura County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Oxnard High lists 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 76% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Oxnard High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.2%; this one delivers 32.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ventura County put median household income runs about $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), Oxnard High is one campus in the mix.

Thurgood Marshall Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oxnard High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oxnard High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Oxnard High's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 2,788 (now 2,452). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.7:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

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