Rio del Sol

Rio del Sol, a well-populated elementary-level community in Oxnard, California, one of the schools within Rio Elementary, serves 839 students, covering grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Rio del Sol sits 80% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Rio Elementary, which oversees 9 schools and 5,250 students, Rio del Sol is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rio del Sol logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%; the rest reads as 12% White, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Rio del Sol records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rio del Sol tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ventura County shows median household income runs about $109,797, 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), Rio del Sol is one campus in the mix.

Rio Vista Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rio del Sol at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 28.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

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