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If you had an hour of school board time for Big Springs Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIMI VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063684006251
Big Springs Elementary
3401 Big Springs Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93063 · (805) 520-6710 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
155 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 100 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
61.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.2pp since 2014
Math
56.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.2% | 28.6% | 22.7% | 15.4% |
| Math | 26.2% | 30.3% | 28.1% | 15.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.8% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 51.6% |
| 2022-23 | 57.6% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.4% | 54.5% |
| 2020-21 | 68.2% | 56.7% |
| 2018-19 | 65.6% | 62.3% |
| 2017-18 | 68.6% | 62.0% |
| 2016-17 | 71.8% | 65.0% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 67.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 67.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Big Springs Elementary
Big Springs Elementary's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Springs Elementary this school | 441 | 35.1% | 57.8% |
| Atherwood Elementary Simi Valley | 456 | 33.1% | 43.8% |
| Castaic Elementary Castaic | 417 | 32.9% | 56.8% |
| Orchard Elementary Vacaville | 437 | 36.6% | 50.5% |
| Hidden Valley Elementary Santa Rosa | 468 | 36.3% | 52.5% |
| Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education Ventura | 455 | 37.4% | N/A |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Big Springs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1,232 of 5,151 | #26 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #1,227 of 5,172 ▲ 195 | #25 of 122 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #1,214 of 5,172 ▲ 22 | #26 of 122 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #3,279 of 5,116 | #80 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #3,147 of 5,915 | #64 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,154 of 5,352 | #88 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #1,908 of 5,354 | #32 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #4,549 of 5,625 | #100 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #762 of 3,837 | #18 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
441
-81 (-16%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 23.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 441 | 19 | 23.2:1 | 35% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 19 | 23.9:1 | 34% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 18 | 25.9:1 | 33% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 22 | 23.7:1 | 20% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 22.6 | 26.7:1 | 17% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 23 | 28.4:1 | 16% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | N/A | N/A | 10% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 6% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 19 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Big Springs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (604 to 441); teachers down 16% (22.6 to 19).
About Big Springs Elementary
Students in Simi Valley, California, attend Big Springs Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 441 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6.
Within Simi Valley Unified, Big Springs Elementary is one of 27 schools. The district enrolls 15,418 students.
White students account for 53% of enrollment at Big Springs Elementary. Other groups make up 34% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 52% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Big Springs Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Its teaching staff equals 19 full-time positions, a ratio of 23.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 35%. That is 24 points below the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County.
allk12 grades Big Springs Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.9% for Big Springs Elementary. The school posts 57.8%, 1.1 points below the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Ventura County, median household income is about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Big Springs Elementary is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County, which together enroll about 147,841 students.
Valley View Middle is located about 0.5 miles from Big Springs Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Big Springs Elementary is ahead of the 42.6% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Big Springs Elementary went from 522 students to 441.
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Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Simi Valley Unified
- Simi Valley HighHigh · 1,910 students
- Royal HighHigh · 1,835 students
- Valley View MiddleMiddle · 1,329 students
- Hillside MiddleMiddle · 1,138 students
- Santa Susana HighHigh · 1,033 students
- Sinaloa MiddleMiddle · 843 students
Other schools in Simi Valley
- California Virtual Academy @ Los AngelesCombined · 5,705 students
- California Virtual Academy @ San DiegoCombined · 3,924 students
- California Virtual Academy @ San JoaquinCombined · 3,219 students
- Simi Valley HighHigh · 1,910 students
- Royal HighHigh · 1,835 students
- iQ Academy California-Los AngelesCombined · 1,721 students
Other Big Springs Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Big Springs Elementary. Big Springs Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Big Springs ElementaryMontague, CA · 151 students
- Big Springs Elementary SchoolGARLAND, TX · 403 students
Nearby schools
- Valley View Middle0.5 mi · 1,329
- Township Elementary0.7 mi · 521
- Santa Susana Elementary1.3 mi · 312
- Simi Valley High1.8 mi · 1,910
- Garden Grove Elementary1.9 mi · 283
- Santa Susana High2.0 mi · 1,033
Frequently asked questions
About Big Springs ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Big Springs Elementary?
Big Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 441 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Big Springs Elementary serve?
Big Springs Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Big Springs Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Big Springs Elementary is approximately 23.2:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Big Springs Elementary?
Student demographics at Big Springs Elementary are roughly 53% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Big Springs Elementary public or private?
Big Springs Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Simi Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.