Mountain View Elementary

Mountain View Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Simi Valley, California, part of Simi Valley Unified, educates 401 students, covering grades K through 6.

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

Demographically, Mountain View Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 41% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Ventura County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Mountain View Elementary records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at Mountain View Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mountain View Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 37.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Ventura County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $109,797 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Ventura County runs 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), of which Mountain View Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Crestview Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mountain View Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Mountain View Elementary's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 355 (now 401). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 36% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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