Enrollment
212
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIMI VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063684006259
Knolls Elementary
6334 Katherine Rd., Simi Valley, CA 93063 · (805) 520-6735 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
119 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 | 50 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 79% larger than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
60%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
36.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.6pp since 2014
Math
15.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -26.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.1% | 27.3% | 20.8% | 42.9% |
| Math | 3.9% | 11.7% | 48.0% | 36.4% |
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 | 36.4% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 16.7% |
| 2022-23 | 29.3% | 26.7% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 24.3% |
| 2020-21 | 39.5% | 22.4% |
| 2018-19 | 44.2% | 28.3% |
| 2017-18 | 45.9% | 33.3% |
| 2016-17 | 46.6% | 37.9% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Knolls Elementary
Knolls Elementary's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knolls Elementary this school | 212 | 56.1% | 23.9% |
| Toler Elementary San Diego | 235 | 54.0% | 53.5% |
| Madera Elementary Simi Valley | 264 | 54.9% | 48.7% |
| Green Acres Elementary Santa Cruz | 262 | 54.2% | 45.5% |
| Plainfield Elementary Woodland | 257 | 57.2% | 44.7% |
| Julian Elementary Julian | 189 | 54.0% | 40.4% |
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 Knolls Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #4,207 of 5,151 | #104 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #4,693 of 5,172 ▼ 169 | #114 of 122 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #3,294 of 5,172 ▲ 696 | #75 of 122 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #402 of 5,116 | #9 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 212 | #5,307 of 5,915 | #123 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #217 of 5,352 | #7 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #1,845 of 5,354 | #27 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #3,639 of 5,625 | #69 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #3,229 of 3,837 | #84 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
212
+18 (+9%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 212 | 12 | 17.7:1 | 56% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 12 | 18.7:1 | 59% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 13 | 17.2:1 | 52% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 194 | 12 | 16.2:1 | 40% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 9 | 25.0:1 | 40% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 10 | 28.1:1 | 33% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | N/A | N/A | 31% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 13% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 14 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knolls Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (225 to 212); teachers up 33% (9 to 12).
About Knolls Elementary
Knolls Elementary, located in Simi Valley, California, is a small elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 212 students. That puts enrollment 54% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Simi Valley Unified has 15,418 students spread across 27 schools.
Of every 100 students at Knolls Elementary, about 49 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 40% White, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Based on 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, Knolls Elementary has a ratio of 17.7:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 56% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 46.6% for Knolls Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 23.9%. The 22.8-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools.
The school's county is Ventura County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $109,797 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Ventura County number 238, with about 147,841 students.
About 0.7 miles separate Knolls Elementary from the closest public school, White Oak Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 43.5%; Knolls Elementary's is 23.9%, ranking 9th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 212 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 194. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.2:1 to 17.7:1.
Knolls Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- Simi Valley HighHigh · 1,910 students
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- 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
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- Simi Valley HighHigh · 1,910 students
- Royal HighHigh · 1,835 students
- iQ Academy California-Los AngelesCombined · 1,721 students
Nearby schools
- White Oak Elementary0.7 mi · 352
- Katherine Elementary1.0 mi · 300
- Simi Valley High1.3 mi · 1,910
- Santa Susana Elementary2.7 mi · 312
- Big Springs Elementary3.1 mi · 441
- Garden Grove Elementary3.3 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Knolls ElementaryHow large is Knolls Elementary?
Knolls Elementary enrolls approximately 212 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Knolls Elementary serve?
Knolls Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Knolls Elementary have?
Knolls Elementary employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Knolls Elementary?
At Knolls Elementary, the student body is approximately 40% White, 49% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Knolls Elementary?
Knolls Elementary is overseen by Simi Valley Unified in Ventura County.
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