Rio del Valle Middle

Rio del Valle Middle is an intermediate school of moderately sized scale in Oxnard, California, overseen by Rio Elementary, teacheing 569 students in grades 6 through 8.

Rio del Valle Middle is one of 9 schools operated by Rio Elementary, a district that educates 5,250 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Rio del Valle Middle records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). The remainder looks like 4% Asian, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

After controlling for student poverty, Rio del Valle Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.9%.

Across the wider county, Ventura County reports that median household income runs about $109,797, 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 Valle Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rio Real Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rio del Valle Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 28.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rio del Valle Middle has edged down 24%, going from 752 students in 2018 to 569 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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