Ventura High

Ventura High, a well-populated high school in Ventura, California, part of Ventura Unified, caters to 1,939 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 131% above the state mean of about 838.

Ventura Unified comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 14,346 students; Ventura High is among them.

On demographics, Ventura High lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%; the rest reads as 36% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ventura High lists 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ventura High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 39.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ventura County put 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%. Ventura High is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

The closest other public school is Will Rogers Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ventura High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ventura High's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 2,135 (now 1,939).

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