El Camino Charter Real High School Principal David Fehte was paid $221,475 in wages in 2014 ­— more than any other principal or executive director of a public school in Los Angeles County, and the second-highest in the state, according to the most recent data published by the state controller.

The highest paid was the executive director of Pacific View Charter School in Oceanside. The third highest, nearby Granada Hills Charter High School executive director Brian Bauer, made $211,188. That school has a larger student enrollment — with 4,480 students this year compared with El Camino’s 3,855 — and more total employees.

Fehte says that he performs more duties than a typical school principal because he has a lean administrative staff. El Camino, for instance, has 23 office or clerical staff members, according to state Department of Education statistics, compared with Granada Hills’ 30.

“That’s a valid point, but that would be listed in their job description,” said Alice Miller, managing director of knowledge management at the California Charter Schools Association.

Fehte did not provide a copy of his job description when asked.

For the 2015-2016 school year, El Camino’s board of directors voted to raise Fehte’s base salary to $215,000 from $180,060, but to eliminate his potential for bonuses and incentives, which had boosted his previous year’s pay. Bauer at Granada Hills also now makes $215,000, according to a school official there.

The chairman of the El Camino Real Board of Directors, Jon Wasser, said that he was comfortable raising Fehte’s pay based on a comparison survey of other schools’ leaders. Provided to the board by one of Fehte’s subordinates, that comparison included the heads of private schools and major charter school networks. The CEO of High Tech High in San Diego, with 13 campuses from kindergarten through high school, was on the list. He was paid $330,115. El Camino has one main high school campus and a continuation school.

“The truth is that a director with multiple schools would have multiple principals and an army of assistant principals,” Wasser wrote in response to questions. “The fact Mr. Fehte and other administrators handle a large amount of work, with what is a relatively low number of administrators, I believe the board’s decision was valid.”