Garden Grove Elementary

Garden Grove Elementary is one of the close-knit elementary-level communitys in Simi Valley, California, part of Simi Valley Unified, with 283 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Garden Grove Elementary sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Simi Valley Unified, which oversees 27 schools and 15,418 students, Garden Grove Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Garden Grove Elementary records that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 32% White, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Garden Grove Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ventura County put median household earnings sit near $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. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Garden Grove Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Santa Susana High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Garden Grove Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 363 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 46% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.