It is located towards the south of Oxnard and encompasses 80 sq mi (210 km2) of land on the coast west of Malibu.
The District currently enrolls about 2,500 students in its schools and contains a diverse ethnic population.
Students usually move on to Channel Islands High School in the Oxnard Union High School District.
Ocean View Elementary School District was founded in 1872 at the completion of a one-room schoolhouse at the corner of what is now Olds and Hueneme Roads.
In the 1950s, the District added elementary schools and a junior high to accommodate the post-World War II population growth from both Oxnard and nearby Point Mugu Naval Air Station.