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Ventura County Special EducationPublicCamarillo, CAGrades TK-12231 students

Ventura County Special Education: A special education center. No Scope Score publishes here.

A Scope Score ranks schools a family can choose between. At Ventura County Special Education, students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery — so a comparative rank would measure something a family's choice never entered. We show what California reports and hold the rank.

special education center

no score · no band · no rank — enrollment assigned, not chosen

231 students · placed by an IEP team

SchoolScope has no scored record for this school, so there is nothing here to rank either way. Why we withhold a score →

Ventura County Special Education is a special education center in Camarillo, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, performance band, archetype or ranking for schools where enrollment is assigned rather than chosen.

SchoolScope holds no scored record for Ventura County Special Education this year — no Scope Score, band or rank — so there is no picture to draw beyond the figures on this page.

Worth a conversation

If a placement here is part of a child's IEP, this page is background, not the decision — the IEP team meeting is where fit actually gets decided.

  • Ask how this placement was determined, and what the annual IEP review looks at.
  • Ask what related services — speech, occupational therapy, counseling — are provided on site.
  • Ask how and when a return to a less-restrictive setting gets reconsidered.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 9 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher9 · district 19
Teaching staff29 teachers
Avg. experience16.8 years
Fully credentialed64%
Intern / emergency permit4.5%
PrincipalHolly Minear
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Teacher salary schedule$61,578 – $114,273
Principal salary$149,362 – $149,362
Superintendent salary$315,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent · FY 2016–17

It spends $84,633 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$8 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $84,633, CA average $14,491$84,633 · spent at this school
Federal share$8 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 36%Instruction support 23%Student services 12%Administration 18%Buildings & maintenance 6%Other 5%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2017 — the newest published
2017$46,311 per pupil
2016$42,074 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Who is enrolled

Two-thirds of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 231 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

Hispanic or Latino68.4% · district 56.3% · CA 56.1%
White22.1% · district 33.6% · CA 19.9%
Asian3.0% · district 2.0% · CA 10.2%
Black0.9% · district 1.0% · CA 4.8%
Other5.6% · district 7.2% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 29.0% · Male 71.0%
Free or reduced lunch67.5% · CA 64%
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Data source: California Department of Education. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025 — enrollment, staffing, and finance figures above are CDE's own current data. Data updated 2026-09-18.methodology · data updates · report issue

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