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R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering

Public Grades 6-8

1800^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 35% of California middle schools

Summary

R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering is a public middle school serving about 1,027 students in grades 6-8 in Oxnard, part of the Oxnard School District, and it has shown steady improvement in its statewide ranking over the last few years.

The school has clear strengths, particularly in keeping students engaged and in attendance; its chronic absenteeism rate is significantly lower than both the district and state averages, which is notable given that nearly 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It also performs better in English Language Arts than other nearby schools with similar demographics, like Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences and Fremont Academy of Environmental Science & Innovative Design, and shows strong effectiveness with English Learner students. However, performance in math and science is an area for growth, which is interesting for a school with a marine science and engineering theme.

When compared to higher-performing middle schools in neighboring districts, such as Monte Vista Middle in the Pleasant Valley district, R.J. Frank Academy spends more per student but faces different challenges, as all middle schools in the Oxnard district rank in the lower third of the state. The school's positive trajectory and thematic focus present a unique opportunity for continued growth.

1,027

Students ?

18.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,481

Per pupil spending ?

89.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

701 North Juanita Ave.
Oxnard, CA 93030-7442

(805) 385-1536

District: Oxnard

Feeder schools for R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering:

Elementary:	Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
	Elm Street Elementary
	Harrington Elementary
	Lemonwood Elementary
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	Norman R. Brekke Elementary
	Ramona Elementary
	Rose Avenue Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

93.0%

Asian:

3.6%

White:

2.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 21st percentile in 2013 → 35th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (28% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 18 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg26%

California avg41%

1,800^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 35%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3Middle Schools in the Oxnard

1227^th of 1,543Oxnard among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.0	1800 of 2761	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.3	1798 of 2783	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.0	2162 of 2781	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.9	2133 of 2740	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.3	2125 of 2715	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.3	2137 of 2480	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.7	2194 of 2508	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	20.6	2007 of 2497	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	21.6	1963 of 2477	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	24.8	1884 of 2379	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	27.8	1712 of 2259	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	27.9	1703 of 2236	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.6	1773 of 2179	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	24.5	1615 of 2063	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	20.7	1662 of 2005	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	22.8	1588 of 1999	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	21.8	1439 of 1804	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	17.5	1513 of 1777	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	18.1	1491 of 1769	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	28.8	1100 of 1531	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.9	864 of 1491	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.8	889 of 1369	35.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	43.0	622 of 1478	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	36.3	916 of 1521	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.5	1221 of 1540	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.7	1248 of 1442	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.1	947 of 1364	30.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.8	1729 of 2533	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.3	1664 of 2551	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.1	2038 of 2531	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.6	1947 of 2509	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.0	2013 of 2380	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.5	2019 of 2262	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.4	1383 of 2395	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.5	1356 of 2388	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.1	1786 of 2374	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.2	1700 of 2359	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	1718 of 2213	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.9	1793 of 2072	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.1	164 of 477	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.3	214 of 394	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.8	253 of 320	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	307 of 336	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.5	1458 of 2542	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.7	1543 of 2579	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.2	1993 of 2531	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.0	1860 of 2458	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.1	1901 of 2369	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.8	1996 of 2230	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.4	1602 of 2534	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.7	1690 of 2552	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.2	1938 of 2538	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	1983 of 2527	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.8	1844 of 2407	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.8	1936 of 2273	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	91 of 95	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	93 of 94	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.1	1276 of 1566	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.2	920 of 1552	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.9	1224 of 1531	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	4.7	1479 of 1520	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)66th percentile+31 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)58th percentile+23 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)43rd percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)42nd percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)37th percentile~ school

Female (2025)32nd percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)28th percentile+6 vs school

Special Education (2025)19th percentile-16 vs school

Migrant (2025)4th percentile-31 vs school

White (2025)3rd percentile-32 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy40%-9 vs state

Mathematics20%-18 vs state

Science18%-15 vs state

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering	Public	6-8	701 North Juanita Ave.	Oxnard	93030	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1536	1,027	54	18.9	89.1%	25 (2.4%)	4 (0.4%)	955 (93.0%)	37 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	31	1800^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.8%		30.3	1798^th of 2783 public middle schools	35.4%	2									18.0	18.0	34.3	46.3	39.1	40.1	22.0	23.1	14.1	19.7	$24,481	$2,030	$22,451
Fremont Academy of Environmental Science & Innovative Design	Public	6-8	1130 North M St.	Oxnard	93030	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1539	617	38	16.3	86.2%	31 (5.0%)	6 (1.0%)	557 (90.3%)	15 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.6%)	17.3	2343^rd of 2761 public middle schools	15.1%		14.6	2490^th of 2783 public middle schools	10.5%	147									12.6	12.6	25.3	23.0	27.9	25.5	17.8	12.8	15.3	15.2	$30,387	$3,293	$27,094
Rio del Valle Middle	Public	6-8	3100 Rose Ave.	Oxnard	93036	Ventura County	Rio Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 485-3119	569	30	19.0	77.9%	14 (2.5%)	4 (0.7%)	519 (91.2%)	25 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	27.8	1903^rd of 2761 public middle schools	31.1%		29.1	1856^th of 2783 public middle schools	33.3%	47									19.5	19.5	27.3	41.2	36.3	35.2	19.7	17.9	22.4	19.9	$26,513	$1,955	$24,558
Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences	Public	6-8	647 West Hill St.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1545	696	42	16.4	93.2%	26 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	660 (94.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	27.9	1897^th of 2761 public middle schools	31.3%		24.5	2058^th of 2783 public middle schools	26.1%	161									16.5	16.5	26.5	37.5	39.3	34.3	17.4	23.8	24.0	21.7	$23,940	$2,186	$21,754
Rio Vista Middle	Public	6-8	3050 Thames River Dr.	Oxnard	93036	Ventura County	Rio Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 981-1507	637	28	22.3	65.1%	33 (5.2%)	15 (2.4%)	550 (86.3%)	27 (4.2%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.1%)	18.7	2280^th of 2761 public middle schools	17.4%		23.6	2103^rd of 2783 public middle schools	24.4%	177									13.0	13.0	26.5	27.8	30.3	28.4	13.3	14.3	16.5	14.8	$23,558	$1,720	$21,838
E. O. Green Junior High	Public	6-8	3739 South C St.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Hueneme Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 986-8750	949	49	19.5	81.5%	40 (4.2%)	12 (1.3%)	861 (90.7%)	19 (2.0%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	12 (1.3%)	19.8	2232^nd of 2761 public middle schools	19.2%		18.9	2305^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.2%	73	2.4	2.4	14.6	14.6	11.0	11.0	1.2	1.2	16.7	16.7	30.1	26.3	29.8	28.7	16.1	15.7	13.9	15.2	$19,386	$1,569	$17,817
Charles Blackstock Junior High	Public	6-8	701 East Bard Rd.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Hueneme Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 488-3644	1,239	58	21.3	89.6%	80 (6.5%)	9 (0.7%)	1,082 (87.3%)	44 (3.6%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (1.7%)	18.3	2302^nd of 2761 public middle schools	16.6%		20.5	2240^th of 2783 public middle schools	19.5%	62									15.4	15.4	24.6	31.9	28.7	28.4	10.2	9.8	18.8	12.9	$18,317	$1,623	$16,694
Ocean View Junior High	Public	6-8	4300 Olds Rd.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Ocean View	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 488-6421	700	32	22.2	76.0%	22 (3.1%)	11 (1.6%)	641 (91.6%)	16 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.9%)	24.8	2013^th of 2761 public middle schools	27.1%		21.4	2198^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.0%	185									22.9	22.9	26.4	26.2	35.6	29.6	11.6	24.0	20.4	18.8	$11,038	$2,035	$9,003
Balboa Middle	Public	6-8	247 Hill Rd.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-1800	845	35	24.2	58.8%	269 (31.8%)	11 (1.3%)	492 (58.2%)	38 (4.5%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	27 (3.2%)	50.9	1159^th of 2761 public middle schools	58.0%		53.1	1068^th of 2783 public middle schools	61.6%	91									32.0	32.0	42.7	44.6	50.2	45.8	34.8	29.3	37.0	33.9	$17,294	$2,335	$14,959
Anacapa Middle	Public	6-8	100 South Mills Rd.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-7900	592	25	23.7	68.1%	103 (17.4%)	7 (1.2%)	434 (73.3%)	23 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.1%)	45	1327^th of 2761 public middle schools	51.9%		49.6	1182^nd of 2783 public middle schools	57.5%	145	14.8	14.8	28.4	28.4	27.2	27.2	8.6	8.6	20.4	20.4	47.0	54.0	34.8	45.5	33.5	36.7	22.8	31.1	$17,620	$2,135	$15,485

Frequently Asked Questions about R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering

Is R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering a good school?

R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering ranks 1800^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,027 students attended R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering.

What is the racial makeup of R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering?

Students at R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering are 93% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White.

What district is R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering in?

Oxnard

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