Summary:
The Ojai Unified School District has only one middle school, Nordhoff Junior High, which serves grades 6-8. While the school is the sole middle school option in the district, its performance metrics and rankings suggest it is not among the top-performing schools in the state.
Nordhoff Junior High has seen a decline in its performance over the past few years, with its state ranking dropping from 1329 (3-star rating) in 2022-2023 to 1589 (2-star rating) in the current 2023-2024 school year. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are consistently below the district and state averages across all grade levels. Additionally, the school has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 26.2%, which may be contributing to its academic challenges.
The data suggests that Nordhoff Junior High could benefit from targeted interventions and support to address the academic and attendance-related issues, as well as the socioeconomic factors that may be impacting student outcomes. With a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 40.82%, the school serves a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, which could be a contributing factor to its underperformance compared to the district and state averages.
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