Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIMI VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063684006270
Sycamore Elementary
2100 Ravenna St., Simi Valley, CA 93065 · (805) 520-6745 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
163 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 | 104 | 29% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 104% larger than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
61%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
42.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -17.6pp since 2014
Math
35.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -15.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.4% | 22.9% | 27.8% | 29.9% |
| Math | 10.4% | 25.0% | 33.3% | 31.3% |
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 | 42.4% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 31.2% |
| 2022-23 | 44.3% | 36.3% |
| 2021-22 | 47.2% | 35.7% |
| 2020-21 | 49.3% | 42.2% |
| 2018-19 | 45.1% | 45.4% |
| 2017-18 | 44.9% | 48.3% |
| 2016-17 | 49.4% | 46.1% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Sycamore Elementary
Sycamore Elementary's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Elementary this school | 359 | 45.4% | 37.8% |
| White Oak Elementary Simi Valley | 352 | 43.8% | 52.1% |
| Las Juntas Elementary Martinez | 353 | 49.3% | 29.7% |
| Madrone Elementary Santa Rosa | 363 | 44.9% | 41.4% |
| Rancho Elementary Novato | 387 | 49.1% | 58.0% |
| Olive Elementary Novato | 364 | 49.5% | 46.8% |
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 Sycamore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #2,689 of 5,151 | #59 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #2,703 of 5,172 ▲ 247 | #62 of 122 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #2,702 of 5,172 ▼ 476 | #62 of 122 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #1,067 of 5,116 | #25 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #4,194 of 5,915 | #86 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,583 of 5,352 | #45 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #1,772 of 5,354 | #25 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #4,112 of 5,625 | #82 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #2,961 of 3,837 | #78 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
359
+40 (+13%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 359 | 17 | 21.1:1 | 45% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 17 | 22.6:1 | 48% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 17 | 20.5:1 | 46% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 17 | 18.8:1 | 33% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 16 | 24.4:1 | 39% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 16 | 24.0:1 | 37% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | N/A | N/A | 32% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 19 | 19.9:1 | 19% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 17 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sycamore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (390 to 359); teachers up 6% (16 to 17).
About Sycamore Elementary
Sycamore Elementary is a small elementary school in Simi Valley, California, under Simi Valley Unified. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 359 students in kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 23% smaller than average.
Simi Valley Unified counts 15,418 students in its 27 schools, and Sycamore Elementary is one of them.
Enrollment at Sycamore Elementary is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 48%. Beyond that, enrollment is 39% White, 6% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. By the diversity index, Sycamore Elementary comes in at 61%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 21.1:1, with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Sycamore Elementary is 45%. That is lower than the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County.
A school in California with Sycamore Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 52.9%. Sycamore Elementary scores 37.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, 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 share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Sycamore Elementary is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County, which together enroll about 147,841 students.
The next-closest public school is Apollo High, about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sycamore Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Sycamore Elementary is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
Sycamore Elementary is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 319 in 2020-21 and 359 in 2024-25, a 13% increase. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.8:1 to 21.1:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Sycamore Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Sycamore Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Sycamore Elementary. Sycamore Elementary is the 7th largest of the 14.
- Sycamore ElementaryUpland, CA · 412 students
- Sycamore ElementaryOrange, CA · 357 students
- Sycamore ElementaryClaremont, CA · 350 students
- Sycamore ElementaryRedding, CA · 235 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolSugar Hill, GA · 751 students
Nearby schools
- Apollo High0.5 mi · 88
- Vista Elementary0.5 mi · 567
- Santa Susana High0.7 mi · 1,033
- Atherwood Elementary0.9 mi · 456
- Justin Elementary0.9 mi · 103
- Garden Grove Elementary0.9 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Sycamore ElementaryHow many students attend Sycamore Elementary?
Sycamore Elementary enrolls approximately 359 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sycamore Elementary serve?
Sycamore Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sycamore Elementary?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Sycamore Elementary.
How diverse is Sycamore Elementary?
Sycamore Elementary reports a student body of 39% White, 48% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sycamore Elementary?
Sycamore Elementary is overseen by Simi Valley Unified in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.