Monte Vista School

Simi Valley · Ventura County · Public

Public Ventura County ~116 seniors CDS 5672603…

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22 AP courses

At a glance

Programs & features

22 AP courses offered — Elite
Gifted & talented program

Academic signals

AP rigor: 71st percentile nationally
4-yr grad rate: 82% in 2019 (Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

California College-Going Rate

44.3% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months

44.3%

of 115 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 49.6% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 57 students.

Up 5.6 points from the 2021-22 class (38.7%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 48 students (41.7%)

University of California 0.0% 0

California State University 1.7% 2

California Community College 38.3% 44

California private college 1.7% 2

Out of state — 3 students (2.6%)

Out-of-state 4-year 2.6% 3

Out-of-state 2-year 0.0% 0

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

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How Monte Vista School compares for families

Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.

▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 71st percentile nationally with 22 AP courses.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: River Oaks Academy, High School at Moorpark Coll, Oak Park Independent School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth

71st percentile nationally

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AP courses offered

Science ✓

Students taking AP courses

≈5 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings

Advanced math classes

0 calculus · 15 advanced

Lab science classes

9 physics · 25 chemistry

Other rigor signals

Gifted/talented program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

82%

Range: 80–84%

4-year cohort size

108

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

45.3%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

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.

About 4 in 10 students read and write at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

Fewer than 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 45

37.8%

incl. 15.6% exceeded

-14.0 pts vs. Ventura County median (51.8%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 43

7.0%

incl. 7.0% exceeded

-13.7 pts vs. Ventura County median (20.7%) · CA median 21.4% · 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 47%

Hispanic / Latino 42% -3.3

Two or more 6% +1.8

Black / African Am. 3% +2.0

Asian 1%

Filipino 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 44%

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.

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.

48% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

48.5%

165 of 340 students

Absenteeism is down 22.5 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Ventura County median

17.9% · school is worse than 81% of 37 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

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).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

293 (2024) → 225 (2026)

-23.2%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

116 (2024) → 71 (2026)

-38.8%

If this trend holds (-12.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~197	-28	$0
3 yr (2029)	~151	-74	$0
5 yr (2031)	~116	-109	$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.

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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.

57% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.

Critical

Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -38.8% vs. county -13.6% AND stability (56.9%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 36.6% (up -34.4 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-38.8% senior class, grade 12 (2024–2026)

-13.6% Ventura County baseline

-25.2pp gap vs. county

56.9% retention (county median 89.0%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2024

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

56.9%

201 of 353 students

152 of 353 students who enrolled at Monte Vista School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (43.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Ventura County median

89.0% · school is in the 24th percentile of 38 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 20th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (288) 54.2%

Hispanic / Latino (253) 56.1%

White (236) 57.6%

English learners (39) 38.5%

Students w/ disabilities (37) 48.6%

Two or more races (33) 60.6%

Nearest peer high schools

River Oaks Academy 25.1% High School at Moorpark Coll 93.6% Oak Park Independent School 74.9% Magnolia Science Academy 5 75.2% Ivy Academia 85.2%

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.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

13 applications

In context: CA median 80 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 238 · Ventura Co. Top 10% ≥ 156 · higher than 1% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 13 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — 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 Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 116 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share 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 ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 225 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

225:1

1.0 FTE counselors · 225 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 112 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Only 1 in 3 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

31%

26 of 83 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -24.6 pp vs. median · Ventura Co. 48.9%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

116

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

293

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.69

UC Outcomes Trend — 2023–2024

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UCLA → Elite	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC San Diego → Selective	7	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.76	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.60	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC Davis →	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). 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 is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A relatively small share of the senior class is entering the UC application pipeline. This may signal limited A-G completion, UC awareness gaps, or counseling capacity constraints. Broadening access is the highest-leverage opportunity for this school.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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