Oak Park High School

Oak Park · Ventura County · Oak Park Unified
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
1,560 (2018)1,489 (2026)
-4.6%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
371 (2018)370 (2026)
-0.3%

If this trend holds (-0.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~1,480 -9 $0
3 yr (2029) ~1,463 -26 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,446 -43 $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.

Healthy
Outperforming the market — gaining relative share even as Ventura County contracts.

Oak Park High School is shrinking (-0.3%) but Ventura County is shrinking faster (-10.3%), so Oak Park High School is winning roughly 10.0 pp of relative market share. Combined with 94.4% stability (county median 89.0%), this reflects a school that families actively chose during a market contraction. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

-0.3%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-10.3%  Ventura County baseline
+10.0pp  gap vs. county
94.4%  retention (county median 89.0%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
94.4%
1,438 of 1,523 students

85 of 1,523 students who enrolled at Oak Park High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Ventura County median
89.0% · school is in the 92nd percentile of 38 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 87th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

White (775) 93.9%
Asian (395) 96.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (214) 93.0%
Hispanic / Latino (182) 90.1%
Two or more races (120) 97.5%
Students w/ disabilities (85) 90.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Agoura High School 94.1% Westlake High School 93.0% Thousand Oaks High School 94.3% Royal High School 90.3% Moorpark High School 93.5%

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
6.7%
101 of 1,501 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Ventura County median
17.9% · school is better than 92% 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 = 357
91.6%
incl. 67.2% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+39.8 pts above Ventura County median (51.8%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 356
75.0%
incl. 49.2% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+54.3 pts above 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

White 52% +1.4
Asian 25% -1.8
Hispanic / Latino 12%
Two or more 8%
Filipino 2%
Black / African Am. 1%
Pacific Islander 0%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 14%
Socioeconomically disadv. 6%

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 — Oak Park Unified (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
$55.6M
+10.5% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$12,774
4,355 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 55.0%
Local: 39.8%
Federal: 5.2%
Instruction share
60.7%
of current spending · $6,800/pupil
Long-term debt
$77.4M
+24.4% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Oak Park Unified 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).

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
★ Top 10% UC Reach
UC Reach
56%
184 admits / 326 seniors
+36.3 pp above peer median (20.1%) · Ranked #1 of 10 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 40.6% 2025 · 56.4%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
56.4%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 56.4%

Higher than 92% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Oak Park High School's UC Reach of 56.4% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 56 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 46 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Oak Park High School's UC Reach is higher than 92% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
277.3%
904 applications
Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 3 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Ventura Co. Top 10% ≥ 198.2% · higher than 93% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
20.4%
184 / 904 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 18% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
27.2%
50 enrolled of 184 admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach
15.3%
50 enrollees / 326 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
Student-Counselor Ratio
298:1
5.0 FTE counselors · 1,489 students
In context: CA median 338:1 · 40 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.
A-G Completion
87%
278 of 320 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · +31.0 pp above · Ventura Co. 48.9%.
UC 6-Yr Grad Rate
90%
79% finished in 4 yrs · N=52 entered 2019
In context: CA median 88.6% · +1.8 pp above.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
40.8
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 89% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
6.7
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 75% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
326
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
1,483
All grades · CDE Census Day
Economic Connectedness
1.83
98th percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships

Oak Park High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Oak Park · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Oak Park High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 10): 56% vs. a peer median of 20%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 10 points since 2018.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 0% (371→370 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -14%.
  • In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Ventura County's senior population shrank 10% over the same window — Oak Park High School only shrank 0%. So Oak Park High School picked up about 10 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
  • At its recent rate (-0.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1463 by 2029 — about 26 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

1489 students (2026)
~1463 projected (2029)
at -0.6%/yr

That's about 26 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Oak Park High School Public 1489 56.4% -0%
Peer-group median 20.1% -14%
Agoura High School Public 1697 25.3% -32%
Westlake High School Public 1738 50.2% -15%
Thousand Oaks High School Public 1673 19.4% -31%
Royal High School Public 1751 20.1% -12%
Moorpark High School Public 1616 13.4% -8%
Canoga Park High School Public 1284 10.8% +18%
Calabasas High School Public 1786 50.5% -9%
Chatsworth Charter High Public 1652 28.9% -15%
Simi Valley High School Public 1947 13.4% -9%
Reseda Charter High Public 1322 -43%

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 →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
4.02
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.20

Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus

How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?

Campus Applicant GPA (avg) Actual admit rate CA peer avg Δ Verdict
UC Berkeley 4.04 6.5% 13.4% -6.9pp Under
UCLA 4.03 8.6% 9.4% -0.8pp On target
UC San Diego 4.02 20.9% 19.5% +1.3pp On target
UC Santa Barbara 3.99 29.0% 32.3% -3.3pp On target
UC Irvine 3.98 18.9% 25.8% -6.9pp Under
UC Davis 4.03 37.0% 33.1% +3.8pp On target
"Applicant GPA" is the average GPA of this school's UC applicant pool — not an individual student GPA. "CA peer avg" is the application-weighted statewide admit rate at this school-pool GPA, fit separately per campus. At any given pool GPA, real admit rates span widely (UCSD ranges 8% → 65% across CA schools) because UCs use comprehensive review — context-of-opportunity, geography, demographics, and applicant essays all weigh in beyond GPA. A large negative residual flags this school is admitted at a meaningfully lower rate than other CA schools at the same pool GPA — not that students here were "rejected at expected rate X." "Over" / "Under" use a ±5-point band. Campuses with fewer than 5 applicants are omitted.

Where Oak Park High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (20.4% actual vs. 22.4% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach % (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 123 8 4 6.5% 2.5% 50.0% 4.04 4.17
UCLA → Elite 163 14 10 8.6% 4.3% 71.4% 4.03 4.24
UC San Diego → Selective 163 34 10 20.9% 10.4% 29.4% 4.02 4.21
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 169 49 13 29.0% 15.0% 26.5% 3.99 4.22
UC Irvine → Selective 148 28 5 18.9% 8.6% 17.9% 3.98 4.17
UC Davis → 138 51 8 37.0% 15.6% 15.7% 4.03 4.16
⚠ Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once. Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.
A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.
UC Reach is very strong — more than 56% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.
Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.
The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.
Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
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