Oxnard Middle College High Sch

Oxnard · Ventura County
Public Ventura County ~48 seniors CDS 5672546…
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
39 (2019)193 (2026)
+394.9%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
34 (2022)39 (2026)
+14.7%

If this trend holds (+25.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~243 +50 $0
3 yr (2029) ~383 +190 $0
5 yr (2031) ~605 +412 $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
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

Oxnard Middle College High Sch outperformed Ventura County on enrollment (school +14.7% vs. county -16.1%) AND maintains 95.5% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+14.7%  school enrollment (2022–2026)
-16.1%  Ventura County baseline
+30.8pp  gap vs. county
95.5%  retention (county median 89.0%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2022
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
95.5%
189 of 198 students

9 of 198 students who enrolled at Oxnard Middle College High Sch this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Ventura County median
89.0% · school is in the 97th percentile of 38 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 91st percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (166) 95.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (159) 95.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Pacific High 60.5% El Camino High 82.2% Frontier High 34.8% Architecture, Construction & Engineering Charter High (ace) 84.1% Condor High School 37.8%

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
3.1%
6 of 194 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 95% 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 = 40
92.5%
incl. 55.0% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+40.7 pts above Ventura County median (51.8%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 40
60.0%
incl. 12.5% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+39.3 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

Hispanic / Latino 84%
Filipino 5%
White 4% -1.0
Asian 3% +1.6
Two or more 3%
Black / African Am. 2%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 74% +1.3

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.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
★ Top 5% UC Reach
UC Reach
75%
36 admits / 48 seniors
+55.8 pp above peer median (19.2%) · Ranked #1 of 3 similar schools
5-year trend
2022 · 35.3% 2025 · 75.0%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
75.0%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 75.0%

Higher than 97% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Oxnard Middle College High Sch's UC Reach of 75.0% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 75 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 28 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Oxnard Middle College High Sch's UC Reach is higher than 97% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
279.2%
134 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
26.9%
36 / 134 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 55% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
13.9%
5 enrolled of 36 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
10.4%
5 enrollees / 48 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.
A-G Completion
6%
3 of 48 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · -49.6 pp vs. median · Ventura Co. 48.9%.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
56.2
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 96% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
6.2
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 72% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
48
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
194
All grades · CDE Census Day

Oxnard Middle College High Sch — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Oxnard · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Oxnard Middle College High Sch sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 3): 75% vs. a peer median of 19%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 40 points since 2022.
  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, Oxnard Middle College High Sch is admitting at roughly +8 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.97) alone would predict (31% actual vs. 23% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 15% (34→39 from 2022 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -3%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+25.7%/yr); projects to ~383 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

193 students (2026)
~383 projected (2029)
at +25.7%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Oxnard Middle College High Sch Public 193 75.0% +15%
Peer-group median 19.2% -3%
Pacific High Public 192 +1%
El Camino High Public 223 11.4% +10%
Frontier High Public 265 -22%
Architecture, Construction & Engineering Charter High (ace) Public 269 +90%
Condor High School Public 347 -41%
Monte Vista School Public 225 -39%
Oak Park Independent Sch Public 138 27.1% +2%
Triton Academy Public 77 -7%
The High School At Moorpark College Public 126 -28%
Phoenix High School Public 62 +38%

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
3.97
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.21

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
UCLA 3.99 10.7% 9.2% +1.5pp On target
UC San Diego 3.94 13.6% 21.2% -7.6pp Under
UC Santa Barbara 3.98 43.5% 31.7% +11.7pp Over
UC Irvine 3.97 40.7% 25.5% +15.3pp Over
UC Davis 3.95 52.9% 32.5% +20.4pp Over
"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 Oxnard Middle College High Sch sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 7.7 points above what their GPAs predict (30.8% actual vs. 23.0% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2022–2025

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 17 3.98
UCLA → Elite 28 3 10.7% 6.2% 3.99
UC San Diego → Selective 22 3 13.6% 6.2% 3.94
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 23 10 43.5% 20.8% 3.98 4.21
UC Irvine → Selective 27 11 5 40.7% 22.9% 45.5% 3.97 4.22
UC Davis → 17 9 52.9% 18.8% 3.95 4.20
⚠ 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 75% 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 very low yield: this school's students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere — almost certainly at the most selective private universities (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, the top liberal-arts colleges) or elite out-of-state flagships. UC is functioning as a credentialing-grade backup rather than a destination.
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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