Richard Bard Elementary

Richard Bard Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in Port Hueneme, California, one of the schools within Hueneme Elementary, with 539 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Across the 11 schools in Hueneme Elementary (6,678 students total), Richard Bard Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Richard Bard Elementary reports that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ventura County (around 59%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Richard Bard Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.8%.

Around the school, census data for Ventura County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,797 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Richard Bard Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hueneme Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Richard Bard Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Richard Bard Elementary has declined 22%, going from 693 students in 2018 to 539 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 76% to 82%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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