Ventura County Special Education

Ventura County Special Education operates as a very small combined-grade school in Camarillo, California, part of Ventura County Office of Education. Current enrollment sits at 231 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 62% below the state mean of about 602.

Ventura County Office of Education comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 495 students; Ventura County Special Education is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ventura County Special Education shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Ventura County Special Education tighter than the state norm the norm. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ventura County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,797, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Ventura County Special Education is one campus in the mix.

Triton Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ventura County Special Education has fell 42%, going from 398 students in 2018 to 231 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 68% across the same window.

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