Rio Rosales

Rio Rosales operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Oxnard, California, one of the schools within Rio Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 557 students spanning grades K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Rio Rosales lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Other groups include 10% Asian, 4% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Rio Rosales reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rio Rosales tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.3%.

In the surrounding community, Ventura County reports that median household earnings sit near $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 Rosales is one.

Del Sol High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 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 Rosales at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 25.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Rio Rosales's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 563 (now 557). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

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