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Oxnard High

Grades 9-122024–25 data
Oxnard Union HighOxnard, Ventura County93036
📍 3400 West Gonzales Road📞 (805) 278-2907🌐 Website
Developing
48/100
Developing — 46th percentile statewide
#935 of 1,739 CA high schools
↑ 0.1 pts since 2019
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Every school has strengths the data doesn’t fully capture. Visit and see for yourself. Both outcomes and funding trail the state average

School Climate
76% of students attend consistently
Chronic absenteeism: 23.8% (state avg: 32.1%)
"Attend consistently" means missing ≤10% of school days (the chronic absenteeism threshold).
Moderate suspension rate
4.7% suspension rate (state avg: 4.0%)
Share of students who received at least one suspension during the year.
Source: California Dept. of Education, 2024–25See breakdown by student group →

What the numbers actually mean

Most rating sites report "35% proficient" and stop there. We think that number deserves more context — here's what we found when we looked deeper:

12.7% of students exceeded standard? Level 4 on California's CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment — the state defines four levels: Not Met, Nearly Met, Met, and Exceeded. while 21.8% met it. That exceeded rate is 2.8 points below the state average of 15.5%. That's 2.8 points below the Oxnard Union High district average of 15.5%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

CDE CAASPP 2025
Oxnard High
13%
22%
California average
15%
19%
ExceededMet onlyBelow

The graduation rate is 94.1% — above the state target. 40.6% of students complete A-G requirements ? A-G refers to 15 courses across 7 subject areas (History, English, Math, Science, Language, Visual/Performing Arts, and College Prep Electives) required for UC and CSU admission eligibility. for UC/CSU eligibility. 79.3% of graduates go on to college within a year.

Chronic absenteeism? Missing 10%+ of enrolled school days. This is an official California Dashboard accountability indicator. is 23.8%, better than the state average of 32.1%.

CDE Attendance 2025

Data you won't find on other sites: Current-year 2025 data direct from CDE · The exceeded vs. met split that most rating sites collapse into one number

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters → · Scope Score is SchoolScope's analysis of CDE data — not an official CDE rating. How we built this score (and what it misses) →

No single score captures a school. This is a starting point — visit, ask questions, trust your instincts.

▸ What this score doesn't capture
  • — Teaching quality, classroom culture, and how teachers connect with students
  • — Arts, athletics, extracurriculars, and enrichment programs
  • — How well the school serves students with IEPs or gifted learners
  • — Parent community engagement and satisfaction
  • — Whether the curriculum aligns with your family's values
  • — Growth data unavailable for this school — the score overweights proficiency, which tends to correlate with household income

Most of our data is updated once per year and may reflect the prior school year.

Before you visit
Questions worth asking and signals worth checking
Who this school is great for
✓Families where consistent attendance and school culture matter — absenteeism is well below state average
△Worth checking: Families wanting top-end academic rigor — more students meet the bar (22%) than exceed it (13%); Families wanting small-class-size environments — this is a larger school
These reflect data patterns, not guarantees. Your child's experience will depend on their teacher, grade, and classroom — things no score captures.
Score Factors
Academic Performance
✓Graduation rate: 94.1%
6.5pp above state avg (state avg 87.6%)
25% weight

Graduation rate is the most fundamental high school outcome measure.

Limitation: Adjusted cohort method may not capture students who transfer or complete via alternative paths.

CDE Graduation 2025
Holding back
▼Exceeded standard: 12.7%
2.8pp below state avg (state avg 15.5%)
22% weight

Exceeded rate gets the highest weight because it separates schools that clear the bar from those that raise it.

Limitation: Reflects tested students only — opt-out rates are not published by CDE.

CDE CAASPP 2025
▼College readiness: 26.1%
AP exam pass rate below state avg (state avg 35.5%)
20% weight

College readiness shows how well a school prepares students for post-secondary success.

Limitation: Uses AP pass rate or A-G completion as proxy — doesn’t capture trade or vocational readiness.

CDE College/Career 2025
▼Met or exceeded: 34.5%
0.1pp below state avg (state avg 34.6%)
18% weight

Overall proficiency provides the broadest measure of academic achievement.

Limitation: Combines ‘met’ and ‘exceeded’ — the gap between them matters more than either alone.

CDE CAASPP 2025
School Climate
✓Chronic absenteeism: 23.8%
8.3pp below state avg (state avg 32.1%)
5% weight

Absenteeism reflects school culture and family engagement — an official CA Dashboard accountability indicator.

Limitation: 10% threshold is the same for all schools regardless of demographics or geography.

CDE Attendance 2025
Holding back
▼Suspension rate: 4.7%
0.7pp above state avg (state avg 4.0%)
5% weight

Low suspension rates correlate with positive school culture and restorative practices.

Limitation: Schools may differ in reporting practices — some underreport to improve metrics.

CDE Discipline 2025
▼EL proficiency (ELPAC): 14.7%
2.1pp below state avg (state avg 16.8%)
5% weight

ELPAC Level 4 measures how well a school develops English proficiency — a school-quality signal for its EL population.

Limitation: Only available for schools with English Learner students. Weight redistributes to other dimensions when not applicable.

CDE ELPAC 2025
We make judgment calls about what matters. We believe exceeded scores reveal more than proficiency alone, and that growth matters more than raw test results. Reasonable people could weight these differently — and that's fine. The factors above show exactly what we weighted and why, so you can decide where you agree and where you'd adjust. The high school Scope Score uses 7 dimensions. How we built this score (and what it misses) →

The Scope Score emphasizes academic performance. It weights test proficiency, the exceeded-vs-met gap, and growth trajectory most heavily. If your family prioritizes arts, athletics, school culture, or teaching philosophy, this score captures some of that indirectly (through absenteeism and suspension) but not all of it. Different families should weight these dimensions differently — the score factors above let you see exactly what drives this number.

How to use this
  • –Use for long-term academic patterns, not this week's classroom experience
  • –Verify with a recent visit — scores can't capture a school mid-transformation
  • –Combine with local context — talk to parents, attend a school board meeting, trust your gut
Community Profile
Context — not part of the Scope Score

Student demographics

Hispanic87.2%
White5.2%
Asian1.4%
Black1.5%
Other4.7%
GenderFemale 48.8%Male 51.2%Non-binary 0.1%
Resources & Access
Enrollment
2,593
1,143 above CA avg (~1,450)
Free/Reduced Lunch
68%
5pp above CA avg (64%)
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
2 more students per teacher than CA avg
Per-Pupil Spending
$13,649
CA avg: $14,815 · District avg · NCES F-33
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
14.7% Level 4
Share of English Learners reaching full proficiency
Teacher Salary Range
$70,895 – $166,909
District schedule · CA median ~$98K
At Oxnard High in Oxnard, 43.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 38.6% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Oxnard High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 4.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (18.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (46.4% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 39.9 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 406 students tested.
Equity Gaps
Absenteeism · Military-Connected+12.8pp
36.6% vs 23.8% overall · n=41
Suspension · Foster Youth+11.3pp
16.0% vs 4.7% overall · n=25
ELA · English Learner−39.9pp
8.5% vs 48.4% overall · n=47
3 more gaps by subject
ELA Exceeded · English Learner−19.3pp
0.0% vs 19.3% overall · n=47
Math · Disabilities−16.2pp
4.4% vs 20.7% overall · n=90
Math Exceeded · Disabilities−5.0pp
1.1% vs 6.1% overall · n=90

Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.

Subgroup Proficiency
Low-Income411 tested
ELA 43.4%·Math 18.5%· +4.7pp vs district
Hispanic489 tested
ELA 46.4%·Math 18.6%· +6.1pp vs district
Disabilities91 tested
ELA 13.2%·Math 4.4%· +4.0pp vs district

Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.

Funding Breakdown
Instruction 62%Support 35%Other 2%

Source: NCES F-33 (2019–2020) · Full district breakdown →

Neighborhood Context
Median Income
$93K
$8K above CA median
Median Home Value
$615K
$44K below CA median
Bachelor's+
24%
11pp below CA avg
Whole Child
Teacher experience, college/career readiness, and more. Context only — never part of the Scope Score.
Teacher Experience
17.4 years avg experience
118 teachers · 3% second-year
Teacher Credentials
84% fully credentialed
0.3% on intern/emergency permit
AP Courses Offered
26 AP courses
88 students qualified via AP exam

Sources: CDE SARC · CDE College/Career Indicator, 2024-25

Community Profile provides context about who attends this school and the resources available. These factors are never part of the Scope Score. Learn why →

5-year trend

4848'19'22'23'24'25
Stable (±0.1)
Rank: #946 → #912 → #1019 → #970 → #935Exceeded: 10% → 10% → 8% → 10% → 13%
2019 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · No testing 2020–21 (COVID) · Scope Score based on CAASPP, absenteeism & suspension data

College & career readiness

Graduation Rate
94.1%
AP Exam Prepared
26.1%
A-G Completion? A-G refers to 15 courses across 7 subject areas (History, English, Math, Science, Language, Visual/Performing Arts, and College Prep Electives) required for UC and CSU admission eligibility.
40.6%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
79.3%

Data source: California Department of Education — ACGR, CCI, CGR reports

How Oxnard High compares

Oxnard High vs. California averages — 2025 CAASPP data
MetricThis schoolCA avg
Exceeded Standard12.7%15.5%
Met or Exceeded34.5%34.6%
Chronic Absenteeism23.8%32.1%
Suspension Rate4.7%4.0%

Source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025 · Analyzed by SchoolScope

Test scores — 11th

SubjectTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
ELA55019.3%29.1%24.2%27.4%48.4%
Math5566.1%14.6%22.8%56.5%20.7%
Science5673.0%19.4%62.8%14.8%22.4%

567 students tested · CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually like ELA/Math. Not included in the Scope Score. · Data source: CDE CAST 2025

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Frequently asked questions

Is Oxnard High a good high school?
Oxnard High has a Scope Score of 48 out of 100, placing it in the 46th percentile of California high schools and ranked #935 statewide. 12.7% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 2.8 percentage points below the California average of 15.5%. The Scope Score weights five dimensions: the exceeded-vs-met split (45%), proficiency (25%), grade-level growth (15%), chronic absenteeism (10%), and suspension rate (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Oxnard High's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 34.5% of students at Oxnard High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 12.7% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 21.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 12.7% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 1,106 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Oxnard High rank in California?
Oxnard High ranks #935 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 46th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Oxnard High?
23.8% of students at Oxnard High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 32.1%. The suspension rate is 4.7%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Oxnard High compare to other schools in Oxnard?
Oxnard High scores 48/100 (46th percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 2,593 students. Use the schools in Oxnard page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Oxnard High serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Oxnard High in Oxnard, 43.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 38.6% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Oxnard High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 4.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (18.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (46.4% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 39.9 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 406 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
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