Architecture, Construction & Engineering Charter High (ace)

· Ventura County · Oxnard Union High
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No UC admissions data on file for Architecture, Construction & Engineering Charter High (ace).

This school doesn't appear in UCOP's source-school records (it may send few or no applicants to UC). Its enrollment trend and similar-school comparison are still below.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
235 (2018)269 (2026)
+14.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
31 (2018)59 (2026)
+90.3%

If this trend holds (+1.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~274 +5 $0
3 yr (2029) ~283 +14 $0
5 yr (2031) ~293 +24 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Ventura County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Mixed signal
Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Ventura County (+90.3% vs. -10.3%), but 47 of 296 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled?

+90.3%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-10.3%  Ventura County baseline
+100.6pp  gap vs. county
84.1%  retention (county median 89.0%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
84.1%
249 of 296 students

47 of 296 students who enrolled at Architecture, Construction & Engineering Charter High (ace) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (15.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Ventura County median
89.0% · school is in the 34th percentile of 38 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 38th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (211) 82.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (137) 78.1%
Students w/ disabilities (65) 80.0%
White (53) 83.0%
English learners (37) 81.1%

Nearest peer high schools

Frontier High 34.8% Condor High School 37.8% Oxnard Middle College High Sch 95.5% El Camino High 82.2% Pacific High 60.5%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
19.2%
55 of 287 students

Absenteeism is in the typical CA HS range. Worth monitoring alongside the demand and retention signals above.

Ventura County median
17.9% · school is worse than 57% of 37 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 62
32.3%
incl. 11.3% exceeded
-19.5 pts vs. Ventura County median (51.8%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 62
11.3%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-9.4 pts vs. Ventura County median (20.7%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 72% +4.4
White 18% -2.6
Two or more 4% -2.2
Black / African Am. 3%
Filipino 2% -1.2
American Indian 2% +1.1
Asian 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 40% +1.1
Socioeconomically disadv. 25% +8.8
English learners 5%

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

District financial profile — Oxnard Union High (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$296.7M
+23.7% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$17,121
17,327 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 51.9%
Local: 37.2%
Federal: 10.9%
Instruction share
58.7%
of current spending · $8,470/pupil
Long-term debt
$403.2M
+144.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Oxnard Union High as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

Architecture, Construction & Engineering Charter High (ace) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 90% (31→59 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +6%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.7%/yr); projects to ~283 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

269 students (2026)
~283 projected (2029)
at +1.7%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Architecture, Construction & Engineering Charter High (ace) Public 269 +90%
Peer-group median 44.3% +6%
Frontier High Public 265 -22%
Condor High School Public 347 -41%
Oxnard Middle College High Sch Public 193 75.0% +15%
El Camino High Public 223 11.4% +10%
Pacific High Public 192 +1%
Camarillo Academy Of Progressive Education Public 588 +200%
River Oaks Academy Public 331 +39%
Monte Vista School Public 225 -39%
Malibu High School Public 383 51.6% -31%
Rancho Campana High School Public 820 37.0% +58%

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

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