Rio del Norte

Rio del Norte is a reasonably sized K-5 school in Oxnard, California, one of the schools within Rio Elementary. The school caters to 495 students in grades K through 5.

Rio Elementary runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,250 students. Rio del Norte is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Rio del Norte records that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% White, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Rio del Norte lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ventura County (around 59%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rio del Norte sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.9%; this one delivers 27.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Ventura County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,797 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Ventura County runs 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), of which Rio del Norte is one.

The closest other public school is Sierra Linda Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rio del Norte. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rio del Norte at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

Rio del Norte operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Rio del Norte's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 595 (now 495). Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

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