An equity score of 20/100 ranks Moorpark Unified #1440 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,979 per pupil, Moorpark Unified ranks #1570 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,820
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$13,979
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Moorpark Unified operates 10 public schools serving 5,820 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Ventura County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,979 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 41.5% local, 50.6% state, and 7.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 20/100, ranked #1440 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (23 AP courses district-wide), a 712.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.5% Hispanic or Latino, 37.7% White, 7.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is The High School at Moorpark College, with a diversity index of 69.0/100.
Its largest campus is Moorpark High, enrolling 1,691 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is The High School at Moorpark College, at 121 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Moorpark High accounts for 29.1% of all Moorpark Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Moorpark Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Moorpark Unified school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Moorpark Unified school enrollment ranges from 121 students (lowest) to 1,691 students (highest), a spread of 1,570 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Moorpark Unified student-counselor ratio is 712:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Moorpark Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 19.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Moorpark Unified is typically wider than the Moorpark Unified-aggregate figure suggests.