Crestview Elementary

As an intimate elementary school in Simi Valley, California, Crestview Elementary instructs 248 students from grades K through 6, operated by Simi Valley Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Simi Valley Unified comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 15,418 students; Crestview Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crestview Elementary reports that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 45% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. Compared to Ventura County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Crestview Elementary has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Crestview Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Ventura County shows median household earnings sit near $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Crestview Elementary is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

The closest other public school is Hillside Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Crestview Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 248 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.2:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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