Ventura County, California has 16 active DMV-licensed behind-the-wheel driving schools. 10 of them publish a price for the 6-hour behind-the-wheel package California requires of teen drivers: the median is $473 and the range is $430 to $498, which works out to about $79 an hour at the median. The other 6 publish no price, and this page does not estimate one for them. Prices are as published by each school on its own website, collected 29 October 2026. Every license number and status here comes from the California DMV Occupational License registry, not from the schools.
The numbers, in one place
$473Median 6-hour package10 of 16 schools publish a price
$430–$498Cheapest to dearesta 16% spread for the same 6 hours
$79Median cost per hourderived from the stated package price and its hours
10Provide a DMV test carusually priced separately from lessons
10Offer pickup and drop-offfrom home, school or work
Every DMV-licensed driving school in Ventura County, compared
Cheapest published price first. Schools that publish no price come last, in alphabetical order, with nothing invented for them.
| School | City | 6-hr price | Per hour | DMV license | Current license since | Extras | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar Driving School of Ventura | Ventura | $430 6 hrs, as stated | $72 | 4.8★91 reviews | E3218Valid through Feb 2028 | 1994 | pickup |
| Angels Driving School | Simi Valley | $449 6 hrs, as stated | $75 | 4.2★5 reviews | E3247Valid through Jun 2027 | 1994 | DMV test car · pickup |
| Life Safety Driving School | Thousand Oaks | $450 6 hrs, as stated | $75 | 4.8★146 reviews | E4617Valid through Feb 2028 | 2013 | DMV test car · pickup |
| I Drive Driving School | Oxnard | $465 6 hrs, as stated | $78 | 4.7★34 reviews | E4304Valid through Dec 2026 | 2007 | pickup |
| Elite Driving Academy | Simi Valley | $470 6 hrs, as stated | $78 | 4.8★25 reviews | E4004Valid through Jan 2028 | 2003 | · |
| Safety First Driving School | Thousand Oaks | $475 6 hrs, as stated | $79 | 4.9★69 reviews | E4732Valid through Mar 2027 | 2016 | DMV test car · pickup |
| Safeway Driving School | Simi Valley | $475 6 hrs, as stated | $79 | 4.8★43 reviews | E4300Valid through May 2027 | 2007 | DMV test car · pickup |
| Surepass Driving School | Simi Valley | $475 6 hrs, as stated | $79 | 4.9★65 reviews | E3572Valid through Jun 2028 | 1998 | DMV test car · pickup |
| Practice & Pass Driving School | Simi Valley | $485 6 hrs, as stated | $81 | 5.0★28 reviews | E4761Valid through Oct 2027 | 2017 | DMV test car · pickup |
| Easy Street Driving School | Ventura | $498 6 hrs, as stated | $83 | 4.9★151 reviews | E2202Valid through Feb 2027 | 2020 | DMV test car · pickup |
| A LDS Choose the Right Driving Experience | Santa Paula | not published (805) 310-7088 | · | under 5 reviews | E3377Valid through Feb 2028 | 1996 | · |
| America Driving School | Oxnard | not published (805) 487-5596 | · | under 5 reviews | E4573Valid through Nov 2026 | 2012 | · |
| AT Driving School of Santa Paula | Santa Paula | not published (805) 754-6408 | · | under 5 reviews | E0776Valid through May 2027 | 2026 | · |
| Excel Driving School | Oxnard | not published (805) 366-1039 | · | 4.8★154 reviews | E2149Valid through Apr 2028 | 2019 | DMV test car · Spanish, American Sign Language |
| Good CARma Driving School | Thousand Oaks | not published (805) 370-9895 | · | under 5 reviews | E3928Valid through Nov 2027 | 2001 | DMV test car · pickup |
| Level Up Driving Academy | Camarillo | not published (805) 814-6836 | · | 5.0★29 reviews | E0302Valid through Jun 2028 | 2024 | DMV test car |
License numbers, status and issue dates: California DMV Occupational License registry (public record). Ratings and review counts: Google, refreshed monthly. Prices, hours, languages and extras: as published by each school on its own website, collected 29 October 2026. Per-hour figures are ours, derived by dividing the stated package price by its stated hours.
What this page does not know
- 6 of the 16 schools publish no price at all. They are listed with their license and contact details, and nothing is filled in for them.
- "Current license since" is the date the DMV issued the license the school holds today. California reissues license numbers when a school re-licenses under a new owner or entity, so this is not the same as years in business.
- Ratings come from Google and are refreshed monthly. 12 of 16 schools have at least 5 reviews; the rest show no rating rather than a thin one.
- A stated price is a starting price. Lesson length, pickup, road-test car rental and adult versus teen pricing all move it, and schools change prices without notice. Confirm with the school before you book.
Drivers ed and behind-the-wheel are two different purchases
Every price in the table above buys time in a car with an instructor. It does not buy the classroom course, and the two are bought separately in California.
- Drivers ed (the classroom part). A California teen aged 15½ to 17½ must complete a DMV-approved 30-hour drivers education course before the DMV will issue a learner's permit. It is done online, at home, and it is where the written test material comes from. Traffic Safety Institute teaches this part for $44.99, under DMV license #E0333.
- Behind-the-wheel (the car part). Once the permit is in hand, the same teen must complete 6 hours of professional behind-the-wheel training with a DMV-licensed driving school, in that school's dual-control car. That is what every school in the table sells, and what the prices compare.
- Adults 18 and over are not required to take either course, though a school will still teach an adult who wants lessons. The 6-hour requirement and the drivers ed requirement are both about the under-18 path.
So the full cost of getting a California teen licensed is the classroom course plus one of the behind-the-wheel packages above: at this county's median that is $44.99 plus $473, before DMV fees and any road-test car rental.
Start with the part the permit needs.
The 30-hour drivers ed course is the step before any school in this table can put your teen in a car.
Prices change without notice and this page is a snapshot, not a quote. Confirm the current price, lesson length and what is included with the school before you book.