Seven Ventura County school districts and the three colleges of the Ventura County Community College District usher in their back-to-school season the week of Aug. 10.
Oak Park Unified was the county's first K-12 school district to welcome students for the 2026 school year on Aug. 5. At the college level, Moorpark, Oxnard and Ventura colleges returned to class Aug. 10.
Ventura County is home to 19 school district and the Ventura County Office of Education, which also operates several specialty schools. By the end of the week, roughly half the county's students will have started the school year.
Parents, neighbors and commuters will experience the effects of the return to school as traffic grows across the region. Mark your calendars with this list
of starting dates for every public school district in Ventura County.
Ventura County schools districts starting the week of Aug. 10
- Moorpark, Oxnard and Ventura colleges: Aug. 10
- Fillmore Unified School District: Aug. 12
- Mupu Elementary School District: Aug. 12
- Oxnard Union High School District: Aug. 12
- Santa Paula Unified School District: Aug. 12
- Simi Valley Unified School District: Aug. 12
- Ventura County Office of Education: Aug. 13
- Ventura Unified School District: Aug. 12
Makena Huey is an investigative and watchdog reporter for the Ventura County Star. Reach her at makena.huey@vcstar.com. This story was made possible by a grant from the Ventura County Community Foundation's Fund to Support Local Journalism.
This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: Here's a list of Ventura County school districts that start this week
