School Rankings
Rank California high schools by UC outcomes — statewide or within a county. Click any school to view its full profile.
🏆 Top 10 in Ventura County — UC Reach
Ventura County · 2025 · ≥50 seniorsLeaderboards by type — Ventura County (2025)
Top and bottom schools by UC Reach, split public/charter vs private (≥50 seniors). Scoped to Ventura County — change the County filter above to rescope.
🎯 Specialized high schools — Ventura County · 2025
Top UC Reach for schools with senior classes of 25–99. These are typically magnet programs, specialized charters, and small Catholic preps — too small to compare cleanly against comprehensive public high schools, but the most UC-effective small schools in California are here.
Top 10 by individual UC campus — Ventura County · 2025
Where each UC campus lands its admits, as a share of each high school's senior class. Same 50-senior floor.
Beyond UC Reach — more lenses on Ventura County
UC Reach measures who gets in. These lenses measure the upstream pipeline (A-G), the downstream outcome (UC graduation), the capacity that drives the pipeline (counselors), reliability over time (consistency), grade-11 academic preparation (CAASPP SBAC ELA & Math), and private-school financial strength. Click any school for its full profile.
Reach momentum — biggest gains & declines over time ⓘ
≥50 seniors · earliest→latest yearWhich schools are moving a growing — or shrinking — share of their graduating class into the six most selective UCs. Reflects the current county/type filter.
▲ Biggest gains
| School | Then → Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|
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Rancho Campana High School
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16% '18 → 37% '25 | +20.6pp |
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Fillmore High School
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11% '18 → 22% '25 | +10.9pp |
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Laurel Springs School
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8% '20 → 18% '25 | +10.0pp |
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Oak Park High School
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47% '18 → 56% '25 | +9.5pp |
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Oaks Christian School
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32% '20 → 41% '25 | +9.4pp |
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Royal High School
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12% '18 → 20% '25 | +7.6pp |
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Ventura High School
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16% '18 → 21% '25 | +5.3pp |
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Adolfo Camarillo High School
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20% '18 → 25% '25 | +5.1pp |
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Santa Paula High School
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15% '18 → 20% '25 | +4.4pp |
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Westlake High School
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46% '18 → 50% '25 | +3.8pp |
▼ Biggest declines
| School | Then → Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|
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Santa Susana High School
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35% '18 → 18% '25 | -16.9pp |
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Nordhoff High School
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32% '18 → 22% '25 | -10.2pp |
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Moorpark High School
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22% '18 → 13% '25 | -8.8pp |
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Oxnard High School
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18% '18 → 12% '25 | -5.9pp |
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Buena High School
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11% '18 → 8% '25 | -3.3pp |
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Thousand Oaks High School
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22% '18 → 19% '25 | -2.9pp |
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Rio Mesa High School
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12% '18 → 10% '25 | -2.2pp |
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Newbury Park High School
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28% '18 → 27% '25 | -1.6pp |
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Channel Islands High School
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14% '18 → 13% '25 | -1.4pp |
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Foothill Technology Hs
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22% '18 → 21% '25 | -1.3pp |
Demand momentum — biggest gaps vs the county baseline ⓘ
grade-12 enrollment Δ vs. county · ≥80 studentsThe demographic tide is shrinking CA enrollment ~10% over 7 years statewide, so absolute decline alone is noise. The gap vs the county baseline is the actionable signal — schools losing share faster than their demographic floor are the ones to watch. Reflects the current county/type filter.
▲ Outperforming the county the most
| School | School · County | Gap |
|---|---|---|
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Rancho Campana High School
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+57.8% vs -10.3% | +68.1pp |
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Fillmore High School
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+2.5% vs -10.3% | +12.8pp |
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Channel Islands High School
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+2.4% vs -10.3% | +12.7pp |
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Santa Paula High School
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+2.3% vs -10.3% | +12.6pp |
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Oak Park High School
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-0.3% vs -10.3% | +10.0pp |
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Oxnard High School
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-2.8% vs -10.3% | +7.5pp |
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Hueneme High School
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-3.1% vs -10.3% | +7.2pp |
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Rio Mesa High School
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-3.1% vs -10.3% | +7.2pp |
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Pacifica High
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-5.9% vs -10.3% | +4.4pp |
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Foothill Technology Hs
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-7.8% vs -10.3% | +2.5pp |
▼ Underperforming the county the most
| School | School · County | Gap |
|---|---|---|
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Thousand Oaks High School
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-31.4% vs -10.3% | -21.1pp |
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Nordhoff High School
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-24.0% vs -10.3% | -13.7pp |
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Newbury Park High School
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-20.3% vs -10.3% | -10.0pp |
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Buena High School
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-19.7% vs -10.3% | -9.4pp |
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Adolfo Camarillo High School
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-17.3% vs -10.3% | -7.0pp |
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Westlake High School
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-15.0% vs -10.3% | -4.7pp |
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Ventura High School
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-14.0% vs -10.3% | -3.7pp |
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Royal High School
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-12.3% vs -10.3% | -2.0pp |
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Santa Susana High School
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-9.5% vs -10.3% | +0.8pp |
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Simi Valley High School
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-8.6% vs -10.3% | +1.7pp |
GPA Performance — over/under their predicted UC admit rate ⓘ
21 schools eligible · 2025Each dot is one school. The diagonal is the per-campus GPA expectation — points above it admit students at higher rates than their GPA mix predicts; points below admit at lower rates. Schools need ≥30 top-6 UC applications and data across ≥3 campuses to appear.
▲ Top 10 outperformers
| School | GPA | Actual | Δ vs exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
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Fillmore High School
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3.94 | 39.4% | +19.3pp |
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Pacifica High
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3.84 | 31.1% | +10.5pp |
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Royal High School
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4.07 | 31.6% | +9.2pp |
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Nordhoff High School
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4.06 | 38.8% | +8.8pp |
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Adolfo Camarillo High School
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4.00 | 31.4% | +8.1pp |
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Rio Mesa High School
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3.75 | 27.3% | +6.4pp |
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Santa Paula High School
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3.84 | 27.6% | +6.4pp |
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Hueneme High School
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3.86 | 26.0% | +5.4pp |
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Oxnard High School
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3.92 | 26.3% | +5.3pp |
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Ventura High School
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3.99 | 26.4% | +4.7pp |
▼ Top 10 underperformers
| School | GPA | Actual | Δ vs exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
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Foothill Technology Hs
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3.93 | 15.5% | -6.1pp |
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Oak Park High School
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4.02 | 20.4% | -2.0pp |
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Santa Susana High School
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4.02 | 22.0% | -1.7pp |
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Moorpark High School
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4.02 | 22.6% | -0.5pp |
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Thousand Oaks High School
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3.99 | 22.1% | 0.1pp |
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Buena High School
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3.80 | 25.2% | 0.3pp |
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Simi Valley High School
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4.04 | 26.3% | 1.6pp |
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Rancho Campana High School
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4.03 | 24.1% | 1.7pp |
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Newbury Park High School
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3.94 | 24.2% | 2.6pp |
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Westlake High School
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4.03 | 25.6% | 3.1pp |
Full rankings — every Ventura County high school by UC Reach
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