Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIMI VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063684006261
Madera Elementary
250 Royal Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065 · (805) 520-6740 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
145 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 | 78 | 30% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 90% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
59%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
48.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
36.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.5% | 25.2% | 26.9% | 24.4% |
| Math | 14.5% | 22.2% | 27.4% | 35.9% |
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 | 48.7% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 45.2% |
| 2022-23 | 56.7% | 37.5% |
| 2021-22 | 47.1% | 35.7% |
| 2020-21 | 51.9% | 27.6% |
| 2018-19 | 60.6% | 44.9% |
| 2017-18 | 56.9% | 44.1% |
| 2016-17 | 45.0% | 36.1% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Madera Elementary
Madera Elementary's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madera Elementary this school | 264 | 54.9% | 48.7% |
| Green Acres Elementary Santa Cruz | 262 | 54.2% | 45.5% |
| Katherine Elementary Simi Valley | 300 | 52.7% | 44.6% |
| Plainfield Elementary Woodland | 257 | 57.2% | 44.7% |
| Richfield Elementary Corning | 253 | 52.2% | 40.5% |
| Knolls Elementary Simi Valley | 212 | 56.1% | 23.9% |
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 Madera Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #1,806 of 5,151 | #42 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #2,569 of 5,172 ▼ 763 | #57 of 122 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #2,138 of 5,172 ▼ 1,090 | #49 of 122 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #2,921 of 5,116 | #74 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #5,043 of 5,915 | #115 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #2,196 of 5,352 | #59 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #1,951 of 5,354 | #33 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #3,695 of 5,625 | #72 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.5% | #320 of 3,837 | #7 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
264
-33 (-11%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 264 | 12 | 22.0:1 | 55% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 11 | 22.6:1 | 52% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 13.1 | 20.9:1 | 44% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 13 | 22.9:1 | 32% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 15 | 26.9:1 | 35% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 16 | 27.1:1 | 33% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | N/A | N/A | 22% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 29 | 20.9:1 | 13% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 20 | 29.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madera Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (403 to 264); teachers down 20% (15 to 12).
About Madera Elementary
Madera Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Simi Valley, California, (ZIP code 93065). The latest federal count shows 264 students in kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 43% smaller than average.
Madera Elementary is one of 27 schools in Simi Valley Unified, which enrolls 15,418 students in total.
Enrollment at Madera Elementary is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 49%. After that, the student body is 41% White and 7% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Madera Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Madera Elementary employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 22.0:1. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 55% in 2024-25.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Madera Elementary would be expected to post about 47.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Ventura County, median household income is about $109,797, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Ventura County number 238 and enroll about 147,841.
The closest other public school is Sinaloa Middle, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The federal government classifies Madera Elementary's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 11%, from 297 to 264.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Madera Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Madera Elementary. Madera Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Madera ElementaryEl Cerrito, CA · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Sinaloa Middle0.5 mi · 843
- Arroyo Elementary0.7 mi · 264
- Monte Vista0.7 mi · 371
- California Virtual Academy @ San Joaquin0.9 mi · 3,219
- Insight @ San Diego0.9 mi · 231
- California Virtual Academy at Kings0.9 mi · 764
Frequently asked questions
About Madera ElementaryHow large is Madera Elementary?
Madera Elementary enrolls approximately 264 students in grades KG-06.
Is Madera Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madera Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madera Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madera Elementary is approximately 22.0:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madera Elementary?
At Madera Elementary, the student body is approximately 41% White, 49% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Madera Elementary in?
Madera Elementary is part of Simi Valley Unified.
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