Knolls Elementary

Knolls Elementary is one of the modestly sized elementary-level communitys in Simi Valley, California, operated by Simi Valley Unified, with 212 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 54% smaller than typical.

Knolls Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Simi Valley Unified, a district that instructs 15,418 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Knolls Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 40% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Knolls Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.1%; this one comes in at 21.8%, -24.2 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ventura County indicate median household income runs about $109,797, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Knolls Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is White Oak Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Knolls Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Knolls Elementary has contracted 6%, going from 225 students in 2018 to 212 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 38% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Knolls Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.