Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy District vs Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education District

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated September 2026

How do these districts compare?

Metric	Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy District	Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education District
Location	Oakland, California	Ventura, California
Total Enrollment	432	431
Number of Schools	1	1
Student:Teacher Ratio	24.4:1	22.6:1

Metric	Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy District	Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education District
Per-Pupil Expenditure	$21,694	$13,845
Federal Revenue	12.2%	9.4%
State Revenue	59.7%	43.7%
Local Revenue	28.1%	46.8%

Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy District

Federal State Local

Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education District

Federal State Local

Average across all schools in each district. Source: CCD Membership 2024-25.

Group	Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy District	Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education District
White	0.7%	52.0%
African American	16.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	77.5%	34.8%
Asian	0.7%	2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Multiracial	4.4%	10.6%
Free/Reduced Lunch	84.7%	32.5%

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22

Resource	Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy District	Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education District
AP Courses Offered	2	N/A
Schools with AP	1	0
Avg Gifted Enrollment	N/A	N/A
Avg Counselor Ratio	377:1	890:1
Chronic Absenteeism	37.5%	18.6%

Regular Schools 0

Charter Schools 1

Magnet Schools 0

Title I Schools 0

Regular Schools 0

Charter Schools 1

Magnet Schools 0

Title I Schools 0

Source: U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data + F-33 finance + Civil Rights Data Collection Compiled and formatted by PlainSchools.