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Vista Real Charter High School

Oxnard · Ventura County · Ventura County Office of Education · Public

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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 1 in 3 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 = 254
30.3%
incl. 5.5% exceeded
-21.5 pts vs. Ventura County median (51.8%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 254
2.4%
incl. 0.4% exceeded
-18.3 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 81%
White 13% +1.2
Two or more 2%
Not reported 2%
Black / African Am. 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 85%
Socioeconomically disadv. 26% +4.5
English learners 17% -1.2
Homeless 4%

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.

65% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
Chronic absent
65.3%
1,157 of 1,772 students

Absenteeism is up 21.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Ventura County median
17.9% · school is worse than 89% 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).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
1,056 (2018)1,050 (2026)
-0.6%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
161 (2018)69 (2026)
-57.1%

If this trend holds (+0.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~1,051 +1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~1,054 +4 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,057 +7 $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.

51% 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 -57.1% vs. county -10.3% AND stability (51.3%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 65.3% (up +21.3 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-57.1%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-10.3%  Ventura County baseline
-46.8pp  gap vs. county
51.3%  retention (county median 89.0%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
51.3%
972 of 1,895 students

923 of 1,895 students who enrolled at Vista Real Charter High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (48.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Ventura County median
89.0% · school is in the 21st percentile of 38 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 18th percentile of 1,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (1,576) 53.6%
Hispanic / Latino (1,514) 52.0%
Students w/ disabilities (466) 53.2%
English learners (377) 50.7%
White (276) 49.6%
Two or more races (37) 45.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Foothill Technology Hs 97.1% Buena High School 89.3% Rancho Campana High School 95.0% Hueneme High School 85.6% Golden Valley Charter 85.6%

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.

District financial profile — Ventura County Office of Education (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
$233.8M
-7.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$355,272
658 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 49.9%
Local: 32.3%
Federal: 17.8%
Instruction share
34.9%
of current spending · $56,892/pupil
Long-term debt
$8.3M
-13.6% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Ventura County Office of Education 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).

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