Santa Susana Elementary

Santa Susana Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school in Simi Valley, California, run under Simi Valley Unified. The school enrolls 312 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 33% below typical.

Simi Valley Unified runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 15,418 students. Santa Susana Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Santa Susana Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% White, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Santa Susana Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Santa Susana Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at Santa Susana Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Santa Susana Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.7%.

Around the school, census data for Ventura County shows median household income runs about $109,797, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Ventura County runs 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), of which Santa Susana Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Garden Grove Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Santa Susana Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Santa Susana Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 330 students in 2018 compared to 312 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 3% to 7%.

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