Summary
Newbury Park High is a public high school serving 2,080 students in grades 9-12 in Newbury Park, California. The school is part of the Conejo Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 282 out of 1,543 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Newbury Park High consistently ranks among the top 20% of California high schools, with strong academic performance on state assessments that exceeds the district and state averages. For example, in 2024-2025, 67.12% of Newbury Park High students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 65.87% for the Conejo Valley Unified district and 56.96% for the state of California. In mathematics, 48.52% of Newbury Park High students were proficient or better, compared to 44.29% for the district and 30.5% for the state. The school also outperforms the district and state in science, with 50.34% of students proficient or better on the CAST assessment. However, the school's performance for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic and low socioeconomic status students, is more mixed, indicating a need to address equity and provide targeted support.
Newbury Park High has a strong four-year graduation rate, ranging from 86.2% to 95.6% over the past few years, which is on par with or better than the district and state averages. The school's dropout rate is also relatively low, ranging from 2.1% to 8.9% in recent years. Compared to nearby high schools like Westlake High and Thousand Oaks High, Newbury Park High generally outperforms them in academic metrics, suggesting it is one of the stronger high schools in the region. However, the performance of Rancho Campana High, a relatively new school in the Oxnard Union High School District, is also impressive and worth further investigation.
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