Royal High

Royal High, an expansive 9-12 campus in Simi Valley, California, part of Simi Valley Unified, hosts 1,835 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Royal High sits 119% above that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Royal High records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at Royal High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Royal High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.8%; this one delivers 40.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Ventura County shows median household income runs about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ventura County runs 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), of which Royal High is one.

Monte Vista is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Royal High at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

Royal High operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 2,010 students in 2018 compared to 1,835 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 39% to 50%. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 in 2025.

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