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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mountain View Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIMI VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063684006262
Mountain View Elementary
2925 Fletcher Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065 · (805) 520-6775 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
221 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
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
44.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.0pp since 2014
Math
33.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.2% | 24.9% | 26.9% | 29.0% |
| Math | 11.9% | 21.1% | 28.4% | 38.7% |
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 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 35.3% |
| 2022-23 | 41.3% | 33.6% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.6% | 28.8% |
| 2018-19 | 40.7% | 37.9% |
| 2017-18 | 39.5% | 30.8% |
| 2016-17 | 46.4% | 34.2% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Mountain View Elementary
Mountain View Elementary's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Elementary this school | 401 | 55.1% | 37.7% |
| Sierra House Elementary South Lake Tahoe | 418 | 58.9% | 49.4% |
| Mark West Elementary Santa Rosa | 425 | 56.0% | 48.7% |
| Zamora Elementary Woodland | 409 | 52.1% | 56.4% |
| Junipero Serra Elementary Ventura | 418 | 54.1% | 43.5% |
| Oak Valley Elementary Buellton | 377 | 56.8% | 43.4% |
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 Mountain View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #2,691 of 5,151 | #60 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,915 of 5,172 ▼ 341 | #67 of 122 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,547 of 5,172 ▲ 155 | #57 of 122 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.6pp | #1,494 of 5,116 | #32 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #3,683 of 5,915 | #77 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,028 of 5,352 | #82 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #1,825 of 5,354 | #26 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #3,684 of 5,625 | #71 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.0% | #417 of 1,139 | #11 of 21 |
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
401
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 401 | 17.4 | 23.1:1 | 55% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 23.5 | 20.3:1 | 53% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 22.5 | 20.5:1 | 55% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 19 | 20.3:1 | 38% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 17 | 20.9:1 | 47% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 16 | 19.4:1 | 44% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 274 | N/A | N/A | 35% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 25 | 20.0:1 | 19% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 423 | 17 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (355 to 401); teachers up 2% (17 to 17.4).
About Mountain View Elementary
Federal records list Mountain View Elementary as an elementary school in Simi Valley, California. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 401 students enrolled.
The 27 schools in Simi Valley Unified enroll 15,418 students altogether, Mountain View Elementary among them.
The student body at Mountain View Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 48%. Next come 41% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. In Ventura County overall, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Mountain View Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.1:1, with 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 55% at Mountain View Elementary.
On the allk12 Grade, Mountain View Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 36% of California public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mountain View Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.7%; the prediction is 47.3%.
In Ventura County, the median household earns about $109,797 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Ventura County has 238 public schools with about 147,841 students, including Mountain View Elementary.
Among nearby public schools, Crestview Elementary is closest at about 0.7 miles. Mountain View Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Mountain View Elementary ranks 7th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 401, compared with 386 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 23.1:1, from 20.3:1.
The allk12 page for Mountain View Elementary lets the school community talk 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 Mountain View Elementary schools
56 other US public schools in 23 states are named Mountain View Elementary. Mountain View Elementary is the 38th largest of the 57.
- Mountain View ElementaryRiverside, CA · 851 students
- Mountain View ElementaryVisalia, CA · 618 students
- Mountain View ElementaryFresno, CA · 611 students
- Mountain View ElementaryTujunga, CA · 567 students
- Mountain View ElementaryOntario, CA · 564 students
Nearby schools
- Crestview Elementary0.7 mi · 248
- Apollo High0.9 mi · 88
- Hillside Middle0.9 mi · 1,138
- Berylwood Elementary1.2 mi · 457
- Vista Elementary1.3 mi · 567
- Sycamore Elementary1.3 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View ElementaryHow many students attend Mountain View Elementary?
Mountain View Elementary enrolls approximately 401 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Mountain View Elementary serve?
Mountain View Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain View Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain View Elementary is approximately 23.1:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mountain View Elementary?
Student demographics at Mountain View Elementary are roughly 41% White, 48% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Mountain View Elementary in?
Mountain View Elementary is part of Simi Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.