Summary:
Zip code 93023 has one middle school, Nordhoff Junior High, serving grades 7–8 in Ojai Unified; it enrolls 271 students. In 2025–2026, 35% of students were proficient in ELA, 24% in math, and 33% in science. The most important finding for families is that ELA and math proficiency were each about 14 percentage points below state results, while science was closer to the state level.
There is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison because Nordhoff is the only school listed; it is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in this set. Science is its strongest subject relative to the state: 33% proficiency compared with 36%, a gap of about 3 points. ELA was 35% versus 49% statewide, and math was 24% versus 38%. Within the school, seventh-grade ELA proficiency was 39%, compared with 31% in eighth grade—an 8-point difference. Math results were closer: 25% in grade 7 and 24% in grade 8.
Scores improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with the largest rise in science: about 4 percentage points, compared with about 1 point in ELA and math. State proficiency also rose, so the school’s gaps narrowed only slightly. In math, Nordhoff improved while the district declined, narrowing its gap with the district by about 4 points; the latest school result remained below the district’s. SchoolDigger’s ranking moved from the 43rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 37th in 2025–2026, a 6-point decline, even as the latest test scores increased. Context figures include a 22.1 student–teacher ratio and 53% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 19%, compared with 17% in the district and 18% statewide. With only one school listed, these figures cannot support comparisons among area schools.
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