Summit

Summit is a rural-scale all-grades campus in Ojai, California, part of Ojai Unified. The school instructs 183 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so Summit sits 70% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Ojai Unified, which oversees 7 schools and 2,008 students, Summit is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Summit logs that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

On the resource side, The school lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 30.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

In the broader community, census data for Ventura County shows median household earnings sit near $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), Summit is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Topa Topa Elementary, around 1.7 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Summit operates from a rural location. Summit delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

On this page, members of the Summit community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.