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Ventura SAT Scores & Other Charts

SAT Scores by High School

SAT Scores by State

SAT Scores by County

Top SAT Math Scores

College Admissions by Public High School

College Admissions by County

UC Admissions by Public High School

Community College Data

This section includes SAT scores by high school and other charts that will give you a rounded picture of the quality of local schools and California education.

As with almost all school data, caution must be used with these numbers. Regarding the SAT, some schools (and states) encourage many students to take the SAT; other may not push the test. A school or state that is scoring low to middling but showing high on participation may be doing better than a school that scores high but has few test takers.

High schools are frequently judged on their success in advancing students to universities. We include this data by high school and also provide the numbers on students moving up to a University of California (UC). The UCs accept the top 13 percent of California seniors.

These charts are valid measures of the local schools but keep in mind that for a variety of reasons, some financial, many students who advance to a UC or a Cal State take their freshman and sophomore years at a community college.

The SAT scores by state include public and private schools. The other SAT charts in this chapter are for public schools only. For college advancement numbers for private schools, see Private Schools .


Ventura County Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Scores 2007

School	Enroll	% Tested	Verbal	Math	Writing
Buena	561	34	523	522	515
Camarillo	570	40	535	560	534
Channel Islands	659	19	458	489	444
El Camino	90	14	547	496	505
Fillmore	226	35	466	480	463
Foothill Tech.	205	73	550	543	539
H.S. at Moorpark	56	25	576	528	562
Hueneme	457	20	445	448	440
Moorpark	569	47	524	548	535
Newbury Park	477	60	556	568	550
Nordhoff	252	53	520	554	523
Oak Park	277	82	549	563	569
Oak Park Ind.	21	52	546	550	560
Oxnard	661	27	472	480	470
Pacifica	704	21	459	474	459
Rio Mesa	484	30	521	552	513
Royal	666	34	532	535	526
Santa Paula	304	35	440	434	443
Santa Susana	269	44	550	537	528
Simi Valley	596	34	512	556	516
Thousand Oaks	620	59	551	584	554
Ventura	423	32	520	532	513
Westlake	532	68	557	583	568

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 tests. SAT scores are greatly influenced by who and how many take the test. A school that has more marginal students taking the test will, by one line of reasoning, be doing a good job, but the scores are likely to be lower.
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National Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Scores

State	*Tested (%)	Verbal	Math	Writing
Alabama	9	563	556	554
Alaska	48	519	517	491
Arizona	32	519	525	502
Arkansas	5	578	566	565
California	49	499	516	498
Colorado	24	560	565	549
Connecticut	84	510	512	511
Delaware	72	497	496	486
Dist. of Columbia	78	478	462	471
Florida	65	497	496	479
Georgia	69	494	495	483
Hawaii	61	484	506	473
Idaho	19	541	539	519
Illinois	8	594	611	588
Indiana	62	497	507	483
Iowa	4	608	613	586
Kansas	8	583	590	569
Kentucky	10	567	565	553
Louisiana	7	569	567	563
Maine	100	466	465	457
Maryland	70	500	502	496
Massachusetts	85	513	522	511
Michigan	9	568	579	553
Minnesota	9	596	603	577
Mississippi	4	568	549	560
Missouri	6	594	594	587
Montana	28	538	543	522
Nebraska	6	579	585	562
Nevada	41	500	506	480
New Hampshire	83	521	521	512
New Jersey	82	495	510	494
New Mexico	12	555	546	540
New York	89	491	505	482
North Carolina	71	495	509	482
North Dakota	4	584	596	562
Ohio	27	536	542	522
Oklahoma	6	578	571	559
Oregon	54	522	526	502
Pennsylvania	75	493	499	482
Rhode Island	68	496	498	492
South Carolina	62	488	496	475
South Dakota	3	589	602	567
Tennessee	13	574	569	568
Texas	52	492	507	482
Utah	6	558	556	544
Vermont	67	516	518	508
Virginia	73	511	511	498
Washington	53	526	531	510
West Virginia	20	516	507	505
Wisconsin	6	587	598	575
Wyoming	8	565	571	544
Nationwide	48	502	515	494

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 tests. *Percentage of class taking the test.
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SAT Scores by County – 2007

County	Enroll	% Tested	Verbal	Math	Writing
Alameda	15,794	49	502	532	502
Alpine	3	67	NA	NA	NA
Amador	537	19	520	519	516
Butte	2,712	25	506	524	493
Calaveras	562	27	513	515	508
Colusa	323	30	451	467	454
Contra Costa	12,502	44	522	540	521
Del Norte	458	22	469	497	463
El Dorado	2,438	35	529	552	530
Fresno	12,255	31	459	478	456
Glenn	429	21	475	490	470
Humboldt	1,700	25	537	537	524
Imperial	2,529	29	450	458	441
Inyo	264	41	516	516	492
Kern	12,087	24	469	486	463
Kings	1,748	24	456	466	446
Lake	754	23	497	500	488
Lassen	476	25	499	502	474
Los Angeles	106,820	41	472	492	474
Madera	2,013	18	480	493	472
Marin	2,254	62	556	560	555
Mariposa	215	25	520	515	505
Mendocino	1,092	31	520	526	511
Merced	3,945	25	455	475	461
Modoc	210	23	484	494	471
Mono	175	25	524	502	531
Monterey	4,695	32	462	470	460
Napa	1,611	30	519	538	515
Nevada	2,083	17	538	550	528
Orange	35,546	44	520	549	521
Placer	4,984	38	520	540	516
Plumas	233	31	500	488	484
Riverside	27,730	30	470	481	467
Sacramento	16,886	34	487	505	483
San Benito	770	32	488	501	479
San Bernardino	28,660	30	467	479	465
San Diego	38,359	38	501	517	497
San Francisco	3,874	71	476	528	474
San Joaquin	9,734	25	467	487	464
San Luis Obispo	3,130	32	535	539	526
San Mateo	6,613	48	515	545	516
Santa Barbara	4,828	34	517	532	510
Santa Clara	18,971	48	534	572	533
Santa Cruz	3,206	36	521	530	516
Shasta	2,493	20	529	539	519
Sierra	56	54	482	494	480
Siskiyou	507	26	491	512	492
Solano	4,931	37	485	501	479
Sonoma	5,586	33	532	541	532
Stanislaus	7,654	20	498	507	494
Sutter	1,500	23	488	518	483
Tehama	860	15	501	523	491
Trinity	171	30	482	508	464
Tulare	6,194	22	467	482	465
Tuolumne	636	27	530	506	519
Ventura	11,013	35	523	540	523
Yolo	2,268	43	536	549	531
Yuba	1,121	18	455	482	444
Statewide:	441,198	37	493	513	491

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 School year.
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Top SAT Math Scores-2006
Public high schools in California scoring over 600 in math

High School	County	City	Math
Whitney	Los Angeles	Cerritos	693
Monta Vista	Santa Clara	Cupertino	675
Mission San Jose	Alameda	Fremont	667
Troy	Orange	Fullerton	665
Lynbrook	Santa Clara	San Jose	664
Saratoga	Santa Clara	Saratoga	659
University	Orange	Irvine	656
Gunn	Santa Clara	Palo Alto	652
Palo Alto	Santa Clara	Cupertino	646
San Marino	Los Angeles	San Marino	643
Lowell	San Francisco	San Francisco	630
Palos Verdes Peninsula	Los Angeles	Rolling Hills Estates	628
Pacific Collegiate	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	627
Cupertino	Santa Clara	Cupertino	624
Arcadia	Los Angeles	Arcadia	623
Oxford	Orange	Cypress	620
Piedmont	Alameda	Piedmont	617
Miramonte	Contra Costa	Orinda	617
La Cañada	Los Angeles	La Cañada	616
Northwood	Orange	Irvine	616
Homestead	Santa Clara	Cupertino	616
Campolindo	Contra Costa	Moraga	615
Albany	Alameda	Albany	612
Davis	Yolo	Davis	611
Beverly Hills	Los Angeles	Beverly Hills	611
Torrey Pines	San Diego	San Diego	611
Leland	Santa Clara	San Jose	611
Acalanes	Contra Costa	Lafayette	609
Cal. Acad. of Math & Sci.	Los Angeles	Carson	608
Diamond Bar	Los Angeles	Diamond Bar	607
Woodbridge	Orange	Irvine	604
Los Altos	Santa Clara	Los Altos	602
Sunny Hills	Orange	Fullerton	600

Source: Calif. Dept. of Education, 2006 tests.

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California College Admissions of Public School Graduates

High School	UC	CSU	CC
Buena	25	29	327
Camarillo	36	44	294
Channel Islands	32	29	273
El Camino	2	2	38
Fillmore	13	25	107
Foothill Tech.	17	42	97
Golden Valley	1	NA	2
Hueneme	10	17	219
Moorpark	27	52	314
Newbury Park	49	82	197
Nordhoff	18	28	83
Oak Park	37	41	88
Oxnard	34	41	321
Pacifica	24	39	313
Rio Mesa	33	34	204
Royal	22	68	325
Santa Paula	14	13	161
Santa Susana	10	30	130
Simi Valley	42	31	273
The H.S. at Moorpark College	NA	4	34
Thousand Oaks	65	83	294
Ventura	30	32	209
Westlake	70	72	182

Source: California Department of Education, 2007. The chart lists the local public high schools and shows how many students they advanced in 2006 to California public colleges and universities. The state does not track graduates enrolling in out-of-state colleges. Continuation schools not included in list. Key: UC (University of California system); CSU (Cal State system).
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UCs Chosen by Ventura Public School Graduates

School	Berk	Dav	Irv	LA	Mer	Riv	SD	SB	SC	Total
Buena	3	3	1	4	0	2	5	3	3	24
Camarillo	3	4	5	8	0	2	2	11	6	41
Channel Islands	2	1	1	4	0	2	2	7	2	21
Fillmore	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	4	0	11
Foothill Tech.	4	2	5	2	0	2	6	1	5	27
Hueneme	2	2	0	3	0	5	2	5	0	19
Moorpark	1	1	13	1	3	3	3	6	4	35
Newbury Park	3	5	8	1	0	0	6	8	4	35
Nordhoff	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	10	21
Oak Park	7	5	10	11	0	1	6	10	2	52
Oxnard	1	4	4	0	0	1	1	7	2	20
Pacifica	2	2	2	5	0	2	1	3	3	20
Rio Mesa	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	6	5	20
Royal	0	1	8	3	0	0	2	10	0	24
Santa Paula	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	10
Santa Susana	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	8
Simi Valley	1	3	2	4	0	3	2	6	4	25
The H.S. at M. Col.	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Thousand Oaks	4	0	18	9	0	2	19	8	5	65
Ventura	4	3	0	5	0	1	4	9	6	32
Westlake	4	6	11	10	0	2	18	10	3	64

Source: California Dept. of Education. The chart shows the University of California choices by local public high school graduates of 2006. The state does not track graduates enrolling in out-of-state colleges. Continuation schools not included in list. Key: Berk (Berkeley), Irv (Irvine), Riv (Riverside), SD (San Diego), SB (Santa Barbara), SC (Santa Cruz).
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Tracking Ventura Students to UCs and CSUs

Student Sector	Graduates	To UC	To CSU
Public High Schools	8,150	574	797
Community Colleges	NA	431	1,220

UC, CSU Transfer by Community College
Community College	To UC	To CSU
Moorpark College	282	643
Oxnard College	23	134
Ventura College	126	443

Source: California Postsecondary Education Commission.
Note: Enrolling students counted in fall 2006 by UCs and Cal States.
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