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Oxnard Union High

Oxnard, California · Superintendent: Virginia Kelsen · #79 of 554 California districts by enrollment

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16,039

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,649

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the California median

22.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · California median 21.7

Oxnard Union High is a public school district based in Oxnard, California, serving 16,039 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #79 of the 554 California districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 86% of them. Its schools average 1,337 students each, more than the California median of 533. Its superintendent is Virginia Kelsen. It spends about $13,649 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 22.8 students per teacher.

How Oxnard Union High compares

Oxnard Union HighCalifornia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,649

California median $13,724 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,470

California median $8,321 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school1,337

California median 533 · 151% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher22.8

California median 21.7 · 5% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor206

California median 474 · 57% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$296.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 52%Local 37%

Measure	Oxnard Union High	California median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,649	$13,724	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,470	$8,321	FY2020-21
Total spending	$362.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$296.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	705	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,372	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	22.8	21.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	206	474	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The California median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Virginia Kelsen

Superintendent, Oxnard Union High

Source: California Department of Education, School Directory, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in California

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Napa Valley UnifiedNapa	16,103	26	$12,008	23.4	#78
Oxnard Union HighOxnard · this district	16,039	12	$13,649	22.8	#79
Cajon Valley UnionEl Cajon	15,992	26	$14,459	23.8	#80
Central UnifiedFresno	15,962	25	$12,844	23.2	#81
Coachella Valley UnifiedThermal	15,817	22	$16,179	21.3	#82

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Norman Public SchoolsNorman, OK	16,048	$10,114	16.6
Naperville CUSD 203Naperville, IL	16,047	$22,001	13.5
Bryan ISDBryan, TX	16,044	$11,360	14.0
York 03Rock Hill, SC	16,034	$12,655	13.3

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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