Big Springs Elementary

Big Springs Elementary is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Simi Valley, California, operated by Simi Valley Unified, caters to 441 students in grades K through 6.

Simi Valley Unified runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 15,418 students. Big Springs Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Big Springs Elementary logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Big Springs Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 35% of students at Big Springs Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Big Springs Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.6%; this one delivers 56.1%.

In the broader community, Ventura County reports that median household income runs about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Big Springs Elementary is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

Valley View Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Big Springs Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 27%: 604 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 26.7:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

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