De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

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De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts is a public middle school in Ventura, California, serving 553 students in grades 6-8 as part of the Ventura Unified School District.

While De Anza Academy's White student subgroup performs well, ranking in the top 5% of California middle schools for English Language Arts, the school's overall student performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments is generally below the Ventura Unified and California state averages, particularly for English Language Learner and Special Education students. Additionally, the school has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 6.9% in 2017-2018 to 22.2% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. With 75.23% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, De Anza Academy serves a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Compared to nearby Balboa Middle and Cabrillo Middle schools, also part of the Ventura Unified School District, De Anza Academy's performance is generally lower, with these schools having higher proficiency rates and lower chronic absenteeism. However, De Anza Academy outperforms some more distant schools in the Oxnard and Ojai areas, such as Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences and Nordhoff Junior High, which have even lower proficiency rates and higher chronic absenteeism.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 2060 Cameron St.
       Ventura, CA  93001-1425


(805) 641-5165

District: Ventura Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1155th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,478 Help


Students who attend De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts usually attend:

High:    Ventura High

Feeder schools for De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts:

Elementary:    E. P. Foster Elementary
    Sheridan Way Elementary
    Sunset Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  21.2 Help
Number of students:  553

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
72.7%
White:
20.8%
Asian:
3.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  75.2% Help


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Compare Details De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts ranks better than 58.4% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Ventura Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 50.44. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts has the smallest middle school student body size in the Ventura Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (72.7%), White (20.8%), Asian (3.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 75.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Ventura Unified School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts is 21.2, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Ventura Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts employs 26 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts is $7,478, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Ventura Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts:

SchoolDigger ranks De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts 1155th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts in the ranking list.)

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Ventura Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Ventura Unified 652nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

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Rank History for all students at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 34.61 1090th 1769 38.4%
2005 41.51 967th 1777 45.6%
2006 33.04 1184th 1804 34.4%
2007 39.52 1126th 1999 43.7%
2008 23.56 1600th 2005 20.2%
2009 36.31 1302nd 2063 36.9%
2010 37.71 1366th 2179 37.3%
2011 35.04 1496th 2236 33.1%
2012 44.37 1234th 2259 45.4%
2013 42.58 1362nd 2379 42.7%
2015 47.01 1175th 2477 52.6%
2016 46.71 1197th 2497 52.1%
2017 50.36 1095th 2508 56.3%
2018 50.75 1075th 2480 56.7%
2019 56.99 975th 2715 64.1%
2021 38.51 521st 894 41.7%
2022 45.61 1286th 2740 53.1%
2023 49.46 1183rd 2802 57.8%
2024 50.44 1155th 2777 58.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.03 633rd 1364 53.6%
2019 35.28 864th 1442 40.1%
2021 31.03 311th 363 14.3%
2022 33.44 1056th 1540 31.4%
2023 39.06 814th 1529 46.8%
2024 30.98 1173rd 1477 20.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 31.27 1036th 1538 32.6%
2024 25.50 1254th 1550 19.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.93 1421st 2230 36.3%
2019 45.03 1183rd 2369 50.1%
2021 27.06 571st 721 20.8%
2022 34.12 1536th 2458 37.5%
2023 35.85 1511th 2549 40.7%
2024 35.78 1538th 2575 40.3%
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Rank History for Female students at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.84 1215th 2262 46.3%
2019 53.45 964th 2380 59.5%
2021 33.14 477th 738 35.4%
2022 31.43 1621st 2509 35.4%
2023 34.79 1488th 2547 41.6%
2024 41.36 1297th 2546 49.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.69 767th 1369 44.0%
2019 34.67 869th 1491 41.7%
2021 35.04 213th 354 39.8%
2022 33.38 947th 1531 38.1%
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Rank History for Male students at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.73 847th 2273 62.7%
2019 58.65 834th 2407 65.4%
2021 44.18 383rd 763 49.8%
2022 56.57 892nd 2527 64.7%
2023 59.33 837th 2558 67.3%
2024 56.73 887th 2547 65.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.85 1300th 2072 37.3%
2019 40.83 1223rd 2213 44.7%
2022 32.41 1545th 2359 34.5%
2023 37.23 1363rd 2391 43.0%
2024 35.50 1441st 2383 39.5%
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Rank History for White students at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.79 284th 1496 81.0%
2019 84.43 173rd 1602 89.2%
2022 83.82 170th 1555 89.1%
2023 77.24 288th 1552 81.4%
2024 89.83 74th 1535 95.2%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 358 21 10 200 8 n/a n/a 0 597
1989 391 20 9 216 6 n/a n/a 0 642
1990 421 26 7 240 7 n/a n/a 0 701
1991 407 21 13 254 8 n/a n/a 0 703
1992 342 16 9 275 11 n/a n/a 0 653
1993 320 18 12 287 15 n/a n/a 0 652
1994 308 23 9 349 15 n/a n/a 0 704
1995 306 13 7 373 14 n/a n/a 0 713
1996 306 13 7 373 14 n/a n/a 0 713
1997 296 17 10 401 5 n/a n/a 0 729
1998 292 12 10 436 3 n/a n/a 0 753
1999 270 12 8 478 11 n/a n/a 0 779
2000 280 18 7 458 9 n/a n/a 0 772
2001 252 13 6 485 8 n/a n/a 1 765
2002 215 12 9 540 14 n/a n/a 0 790
2003 215 12 9 540 14 n/a n/a 0 790
2004 182 19 10 558 19 n/a n/a 7 795
2005 140 13 6 537 7 n/a n/a 12 715
2006 99 12 3 482 6 n/a n/a 12 614
2007 73 11 6 434 3 n/a n/a 12 539
2008 61 13 4 439 7 n/a n/a 0 524
2009 46 10 6 448 5 1 10 0 526
2010 30 5 5 425 4 0 3 0 472
2011 39 6 6 453 5 0 8 0 517
2012 126 10 9 494 3 1 15 0 658
2013 205 12 9 555 4 0 17 0 802
2014 245 11 13 584 2 0 19 0 874
2015 236 14 16 599 3 0 17 0 885
2016 243 15 16 601 4 0 27 0 906
2017 248 14 22 591 4 0 25 0 904
2018 226 10 18 601 4 0 29 0 888
2019 212 7 24 565 4 0 27 0 839
2020 180 10 16 552 4 0 24 0 786
2021 161 8 16 469 3 0 23 0 680
2022 113 5 12 423 1 0 22 0 576
2023 115 2 17 402 1 0 16 0 553

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 597 21.4 27.8 n/a
1989 642 24.0 26.7 n/a
1990 701 25.2 27.8 n/a
1991 703 26.1 26.9 n/a
1992 653 26.5 24.6 61.4
1993 652 23.0 28.3 61.3
1994 704 22.7 31.0 70.3
1995 713 24.0 29.7 72.2
1996 713 24.0 29.7 72.2
1997 729 26.5 27.5 71.2
1998 753 28.5 26.4 75.8
1999 779 28.8 27.0 73.6
2000 772 28.0 27.6 73.3
2001 765 30.3 25.2 31.9
2002 790 30.0 26.3 72.9
2003 790 30.0 26.3 72.9
2004 795 31.4 25.3 72.1
2005 715 29.1 24.6 72.3
2006 614 27.2 22.6 72.6
2007 539 26.1 20.7 72.1
2008 524 29.6 17.7 70.2
2009 526 23.3 17.4 77.4
2010 472 20.6 22.8 99.4
2011 517 n/a n/a 99.4
2012 658 27.3 24.0 n/a
2013 802 31.6 25.3 50.7
2014 874 33.4 26.1 51.8
2015 885 34.0 26.0 55.6
2016 906 35.0 25.8 58.6
2017 904 35.7 25.3 68.9
2018 888 34.6 25.6 69.5
2019 839 32.2 26.0 70.3
2020 786 n/a n/a 74.2
2021 680 28.0 24.2 70.3
2022 576 26.4 21.7 76.7
2023 553 26.0 21.2 75.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 597 21.4 27.8 n/a
1989 642 24.0 26.7 n/a
1990 701 25.2 27.8 n/a
1991 703 26.1 26.9 n/a
1992 653 26.5 24.6 61.4
1993 652 23.0 28.3 61.3
1994 704 22.7 31.0 70.3
1995 713 24.0 29.7 72.2
1996 713 24.0 29.7 72.2
1997 729 26.5 27.5 71.2
1998 753 28.5 26.4 75.8
1999 779 28.8 27.0 73.6
2000 772 28.0 27.6 73.3
2001 765 30.3 25.2 31.9
2002 790 30.0 26.3 72.9
2003 790 30.0 26.3 72.9
2004 795 31.4 25.3 72.1
2005 715 29.1 24.6 72.3
2006 614 27.2 22.6 72.6
2007 539 26.1 20.7 72.1
2008 524 29.6 17.7 70.2
2009 526 23.3 17.4 77.4
2010 472 20.6 22.8 99.4
2011 517 n/a n/a 99.4
2012 658 27.3 24.0 n/a
2013 802 31.6 25.3 50.7
2014 874 33.4 26.1 51.8
2015 885 34.0 26.0 55.6
2016 906 35.0 25.8 58.6
2017 904 35.7 25.3 68.9
2018 888 34.6 25.6 69.5
2019 839 32.2 26.0 70.3
2020 786 n/a n/a 74.2
2021 680 28.0 24.2 70.3
2022 576 26.4 21.7 76.7
2023 553 26.0 21.2 75.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,478

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 975th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1183rd of 2802 Middle schools
 6.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts)49.436.5
 12.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Ventura Unified)48.841.3
 7.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts)3436.5
 2.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Ventura Unified)38.232.3
 5.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts)54.243.1
 11.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Ventura Unified)5746
 10.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts)31.929.5
 2.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Ventura Unified)43.234.7
 8.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts)53.642.3
 11.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Ventura Unified)55.946.1
 9.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts)36.125.4
 10.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Ventura Unified)41.327.9
 13.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts)43.631.7
 11.9%
   8th Grade Science (Ventura Unified)39.928.9
 11%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students839553
 34.1%
African American72
 71.4%
American Indian41
 75%
Asian2417
 29.2%
Hispanic565402
 28.8%
Pacific Islander00
White212115
 45.8%
Two or More Races2716
 40.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients70.3%75.2%
 4.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts

De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts ranks 1155th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts usually go on to attend Ventura High

In the 2022-23 school year, 553 students attended De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts.

Students at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts are 73% Hispanic, 21% White, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more races.


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