Technology in the Classroom

Ventura County schools are poorly equipped with computers and networks to link them to the Internet when compared with the nation’s classrooms. Funding to bring about change is limited and varies widely from district to district.

COMPUTER STOCKS

The school districts with the best and worst students-per-computer ratio. Estimated enrollments are in parenthesis.

Best:

HUENEME ELEMENTARY (7,800) 3:1

SANTA CLARA ELEMENTARY (35) 5:1

BRIGGS ELEMENTARY (370) 6:1

SANTA PAULA ELEMENTARY (3,300) 6:1

MESA UNION ELEMENTARY (372) 7:1

Worst:

SIMI VALLEY UNIFIED (17,700) 35:1

FILLMORE UNIFIED (3,300) 24:1

SANTA PAULA UNION HIGH (1,200) 24:1

OCEAN VIEW ELEMENTARY (2,400) 21:1

State and Nation:

VENTURA COUNTY 14:1

STATE 14:1

NATION 10:1

Wired for technology

The school districts with the highest and lowest percentage of buildings wired for computer networks. Estimated enrollments are in parenthesis.

Highest:

HUENEME ELEMENTARY (7,800) 80%

SANTA PAULA ELEMENTARY (3,300) 60%

OAK PARK UNIFIED (2,700) 50%

OXNARD ELEMENTARY (12,900) 29%

VENTURA UNIFIED (15,500) 25%

Lowest:

Eleven of the 20 local school districts in Ventura County have no buildings wired for computer networks.

Funding Technology

The schools districts with the highest and lowest per-pupil technology budgets for the 1995-96 school year. The 20 local school districts will spend a combined $6.2 million this year. The amounts listed include dollars earmarked at the district level; individual schools may designate additional funds for technology. Estimated enrollments are in parenthesis.

Highest:

Santa Paula Elementary (6,900) $156

Hueneme Elementary (7,800) $128

Santa Clara Elmentary (35) $93

Oak Park Unified (2,700) $74

Oxnard Union High (12,800) $70

Lowest:

Ojai Unified (3,900) $13

Mesa Union Elementary (372) $16

Moorpark Unified (6,200) $16

Simi Valley Unified (17,700) $23

Ocean View Elementary (2,400) $25

Sources: Local school districts, Quality Education Data, Inc.