Pacifica High

Pacifica High, a sizable secondary school in Oxnard, California, run under Oxnard Union High, teaches 2,675 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Pacifica High sits 219% above that benchmark.

Oxnard Union High comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 16,014 students; Pacifica High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pacifica High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest comes out to 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Pacifica High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pacifica High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.4%.

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

Nearest neighbor: Norman R. Brekke Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pacifica High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pacifica High at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.9%.

Pacifica High operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Pacifica High's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 3,153 (now 2,675). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.7:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

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