Summary:
ZIP code 93001 has one high school, Ventura High, serving grades 9–12 with 1,939 students. In 2025–26, its graduation and attendance measures were stronger than the state’s, but its academic results were mixed: English proficiency was close to the state average, math was lower, and science was far lower. Science is the clearest academic concern: 8% of students were proficient, compared with 36% statewide and 31% in Ventura Unified.
Because it is the only school listed, Ventura High is both the area’s highest- and lowest-scoring school by default; there is no meaningful local school-to-school comparison. Against the state in 2025–26, the school was closest in ELA, with 49% proficiency versus 49% statewide, a gap of 1 point below the state. Math proficiency was 29%, 9 points below the state, while science was 8%, 28 points below. On other measures, the school’s 96% graduation rate was 8 points above the state, and its 3% dropout rate and 15% chronic absenteeism were 5 and 4 points below state rates, respectively.
Results moved in different directions over time: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA proficiency fell 12 points, from 60% to 49%, while math rose 6 points, from 24% to 29%, narrowing its gap with the state by 5 points. Science rose only slightly, from 8% to 8%, as the state result increased; the school’s state gap widened by 3 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from 793rd of 2,159 schools (63rd percentile) in 2023–24 to 1,336th of 2,137 (37th percentile) in 2025–26. Context figures include a 23.4 student–teacher ratio for 2024–25 and 60% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; these describe the school but do not establish why results changed.
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