📍 247 Hill Rd., Ventura, Ventura County, 93003
Balboa Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ventura, Ventura County. The school has 1,074 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Claudia Caudill. It is part of the Ventura Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.7:1.
Balboa Middle enrolls 1,074 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Hispanic or Latino, 36% White and 4.5% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 578 | 54% |
| White | 386 | 36% |
| Asian | 48 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 3.9% |
| Black or African American | 10 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
514 of the school's 1,074 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Balboa Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Balboa Middle is one of 27 schools in Ventura Unified, based in Ventura, California. The district serves 14,379 students district-wide and employs 635 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,074 students, Balboa Middle is larger than the district average of about 533 students per school.