Newbury Park High School - Newbury Park, California/CA

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Newbury Park High School

456 North Reino Rd., Newbury Park, CA, 91320-3798 -

tel: (805)498-3676
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Definition of Terms

Newbury Park High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Ventura County, CA

Awards

Blue Ribbon School – Selected in 2006

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2180 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

91 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 586 students

Grade 10 - 602 students

Grade 11 - 521 students

Grade 12 - 471 students

This School

( CA ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:24

1:20

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( CA ) School Average

% American Indian	1%	1%
% Asian	9%	11%
% Hispanic	16%	45%
% Black	2%	7%
% White	71%	33%
% Unknown	1 %	4%

Additional Student Information

This School

( CA ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

44%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

( CA ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Conejo Valley Unified School District

This School's Agency

( CA ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	29	4
Number of Students Managed	22,456 students	1,785 students
District Total Revenue	$176,099,000	$16,194,000
District Expenditure	$187,765,000	$16,545,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,842	$8,848
District Expenditure / Student	$8,361	$8,162
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Newbury Park High School, founded in 1967, is a co-educational public school located in Newbury Park, California.
Newbury Park is an International Baccalaureate World School and home of the Panthers.
NPHS was named a recipient of the No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon School award in 2006.
General Information: Newbury Park High School, a “California Distinguished School” and International Baccalaureate World School, is one of three four-year comprehensive high schools in the Conejo Valley Unified School District. Newbury Park High School is located in Newbury Park, California, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles and fifty-five miles southeast of Santa Barbara. The school was built in 1967.
Newbury Park High School provides a well-balanced curriculum for every student. The high school offers an intensive block schedule that includes three ninety-five minute class periods plus two forty-five minute class periods, one at the beginning and one at the end of the school day. Instructional levels include International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, Honors, College Prep, Standard, and Basic. Unique needs are met through GATE, English Language Development, Resource, Special Day, and Vocational Education programs.
Academics: Newbury Park High School is widely regarded as one of the top schools in the Conejo Valley. The school distinguishes itself academically with its International Baccalaureate diploma program. Being the only International Baccalaureate school Ventura County, Newbury Park attracts an array of high caliber students looking to challenge themselves academically. Newbury Park graduates are well prepared for college. In the 2005-2006 graduating class, Newbury Park sent students to many distinguished schools including Stanford, Caltech, and University of Pennsylvania. In addition, many Newbury Park graduates go on to attend one of the highly accredited UC or Cal-State schools.
Clubs and Academic Teams: Newbury Park High School boasts an outstanding number of 44 academic teams and clubs. The Interact Club, a social service club sponsored by Rotary International, is the largest club on campus with well over sixty members. In addition, NPHS is home to four competitive academic teams including: Academic Decathalon, Academic Competitions, Mock Trial, and Speech and Debate. Speech and Debate is clearly the most distinguished club on campus, with Panthers routinely winning competitions at regional, sectional, and state levels.
Performing Arts: NPHS features several programs in the Performing Arts. They include a strong Band and Pageantry program, a well-developed choral department featuring a large Concert Choir and a small Chamber Choir, a fine drama program, and a dance program. The pride of the school is the Newbury Park High School Marching Band. The top-ranked Band and Pageantry has won WBA California State Championships in 2003, 2005, and 2006.
The NPHS performing arts department was given a major boost with the recent construction of a new performing arts center. The performing arts center, or PAC for short, is used for both performing arts events and school assemblies.
Panther Athletics: Newbury Park High School is traditionally not known for its athletics but has had success in recent years. Notably, the 2005-2006 girls basketball team advanced far into CIF play before losing. Also, during the 2006-2007 school year, the Newbury Park girls tennis team also was very successful. While the team as a whole had a respectable record, their #1 singles player went on to win the Marmonte League. She was hampered by injuries and lost in CIF Sectionals.
Community Involvement: Newbury Park High School has been aided by the generous donations of numerous sponsors around the community. Most notably, Applied Molecular Genetics, or Amgen, has been a key donor in helping build new state of the art facilities on campus. This includes a new field-turf football field and a performing arts center.
In addition, Newbury Park has received money from the new housing development Dos Vientos. In a controversial decision, revenues from the Dos Vientos community were split among the three high schools in the Conejo Valley, even though the majority of Dos Vientos students attend NPHS.
With the increased growth of Amgen, Newbury Park has experienced an influx of high-caliber students from all around the world. This has led to a change in demographics in the Newbury Park High School community. This change will continue to take place in coming years as more students join the school.
Recent News: During the beginning of the 2006 school year, former principal Max Beaman left his position to become the Director of Secondary Education for the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD). Vice-Principal Athol Wong became the new principal. On her first day as principal, an unidentified caller left a message on the school's answering machine stating that a device was on campus. For precautionary reasons, all of the students were sent home. No such device was found on campus. Similar threats were reported by several neighboring high schools around this time.
In 2006 NPHS underwent a major technological overhaul. This included the addition of over twenty new computers donated by the NPHS Associated Student Government and Zangle, a new system designed to provide parents online access to their students' attendance and grades. Zangle was first implemented at the beginning of the 2006-2007 academic year and took over eight months to install. Grading systems were not available to students during the first semester of its implementation.
In late 2006 Newbury Park High School was notified that it was a recipient of the No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Award. NPHS was one of 35 California schools to win the award.
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About This Zip Code (91320)

School Zip (91320)

(CA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

37,775 people

33,137,211 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

48%

32%

Population Average Age

37 years old

33.3 years old

Average Household size

2.9 persons

2.9 persons

Median Household Income

$77,865

$49,006

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

6.3 rooms

4.8 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

32 years old

39 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

80% / 20%

58% / 42%

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