Enrollment
248
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIMI VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063684006252
Crestview Elementary
900 Crosby Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065 · (805) 520-6715 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
127 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 51 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
57%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
57.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +29.4pp since 2014
Math
50.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +28.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 29 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.1% | 30.3% | 20.5% | 22.1% |
| Math | 17.9% | 32.5% | 26.8% | 22.8% |
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 | 57.4% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.5% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.1% | 40.9% |
| 2020-21 | 33.3% | 31.1% |
| 2018-19 | 36.4% | 29.9% |
| 2017-18 | 27.4% | 28.8% |
| 2016-17 | 33.3% | 36.3% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Crestview Elementary
Crestview Elementary's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestview Elementary this school | 248 | 51.2% | 48.4% |
| Green Acres Elementary Santa Cruz | 262 | 54.2% | 45.5% |
| Toler Elementary San Diego | 235 | 54.0% | 53.5% |
| University Elementary at La Fiesta Rohnert Park | 291 | 50.2% | 44.6% |
| Sonoma Charter Sonoma | 226 | 47.8% | N/A |
| MADRONA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES Thousand Oaks | 245 | 46.9% | 45.1% |
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 Crestview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #1,828 of 5,151 | #44 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,564 of 5,172 ▲ 258 | #34 of 122 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #1,510 of 5,172 ▲ 644 | #31 of 122 ▲ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.4pp | #276 of 5,116 | #5 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #5,132 of 5,915 | #119 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,639 of 5,352 | #72 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #2,109 of 5,354 | #43 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #3,857 of 5,625 | #79 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #2,168 of 3,837 | #58 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
248
-31 (-11%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 248 | 11 | 22.6:1 | 51% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 9 | 29.9:1 | 55% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 13 | 21.5:1 | 54% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 13 | 21.5:1 | 35% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 11 | 26.2:1 | 55% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 13 | 27.3:1 | 46% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | N/A | N/A | 46% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 24% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 17 | 29.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (288 to 248); teachers unchanged (11 to 11).
About Crestview Elementary
Crestview Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Simi Valley, California, administered by Simi Valley Unified. Its enrollment is 248 students, spread over kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 47% below average.
Simi Valley Unified counts 27 schools and 15,418 students, including Crestview Elementary.
No group is above 50% at Crestview Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 45% White, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among Ventura County residents, the Hispanic share is about 44%. The diversity index for Crestview Elementary is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Crestview Elementary comes to 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Crestview Elementary counts 51% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 49.5%.
Census data for Ventura County show median household income comes to about $109,797, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 238 public schools and about 147,841 students.
Crestview Elementary's nearest public school is Hillside Middle (about 0.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Crestview Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Crestview Elementary is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 279 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 248 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 22.6:1, from 21.5:1.
On allk12, people connected to Crestview Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Crestview Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 12 states are named Crestview Elementary. Crestview Elementary is the 21st largest of the 21.
- Crestview ElementaryVandenberg Air Force Base, CA · 373 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolSpringfield, TN · 755 students
- Crestview ElementaryGreer, SC · 683 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 609 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 591 students
Nearby schools
- Hillside Middle0.2 mi · 1,138
- Mountain View Elementary0.7 mi · 401
- Hollow Hills Elementary0.8 mi · 560
- Berylwood Elementary1.0 mi · 457
- Apollo High1.3 mi · 88
- Vista Elementary1.3 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Crestview ElementaryHow large is Crestview Elementary?
Crestview Elementary enrolls approximately 248 students in grades KG-06.
Is Crestview Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crestview Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Crestview Elementary have?
Crestview Elementary employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
How diverse is Crestview Elementary?
Crestview Elementary reports a student body of 45% White, 47% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Crestview Elementary public or private?
Crestview 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.