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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIMI VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063684006271
Township Elementary
4101 Township Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93063 · (805) 520-6770 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
225 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 | 109 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
55%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
54.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.5pp since 2014
Math
52.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.9% | 31.6% | 27.1% | 18.4% |
| Math | 24.2% | 28.3% | 25.0% | 22.5% |
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 | 54.5% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 47.7% |
| 2022-23 | 47.6% | 45.4% |
| 2021-22 | 50.4% | 46.6% |
| 2020-21 | 53.8% | 46.6% |
| 2018-19 | 49.6% | 42.6% |
| 2017-18 | 47.2% | 37.5% |
| 2016-17 | 44.0% | 34.4% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Township Elementary
Township Elementary's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Township Elementary this school | 521 | 43.2% | 49.5% |
| Pershing Elementary Orangevale | 494 | 44.5% | 61.7% |
| Cummings Valley Elementary Tehachapi | 560 | 39.6% | 51.7% |
| Shasta Elementary Chico | 621 | 45.7% | 51.4% |
| Coyote Valley Elementary Hidden Valley Lake | 427 | 43.3% | 47.6% |
| Jenny Lind Elementary Valley Springs | 475 | 47.2% | 23.4% |
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 Township Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,750 of 5,151 | #41 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,439 of 5,172 ▲ 213 | #33 of 122 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #1,718 of 5,172 ▲ 42 | #42 of 122 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,673 of 5,116 | #35 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #2,192 of 5,915 | #39 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,722 of 5,352 | #75 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #2,364 of 5,354 | #51 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #4,210 of 5,625 | #86 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #3,319 of 3,837 | #88 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
521
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 521 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 43% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 25 | 22.2:1 | 46% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 24.1 | 22.4:1 | 36% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 22 | 24.0:1 | 28% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 20.5 | 26.8:1 | 28% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 21 | 26.8:1 | 26% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | N/A | N/A | 19% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 8% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 15 | 29.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Township Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (549 to 521); teachers up 12% (20.5 to 23).
About Township Elementary
Families in Simi Valley, California, are served by Township Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 521 students in kindergarten through 6.
Township Elementary belongs to Simi Valley Unified, a district of 27 schools and 15,418 students.
About 60% of the student body at Township Elementary is White. Other students are 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Township Elementary lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 22.6 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 43% of the student body. That rate is below the 59% average among public schools in Ventura County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Township Elementary is -4.8 points: 49.5% actual, 54.2% predicted.
For Ventura County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $109,797 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Township Elementary, Ventura County has 238 public schools.
Township Elementary's nearest public school is Valley View Middle (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Township Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 521, starting from 528. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.0:1 to 22.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Township Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Valley View Middle0.3 mi · 1,329
- Big Springs Elementary0.7 mi · 441
- Santa Susana Elementary1.0 mi · 312
- Garden Grove Elementary1.3 mi · 283
- Santa Susana High1.4 mi · 1,033
- Sycamore Elementary1.9 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Township ElementaryHow large is Township Elementary?
Township Elementary enrolls approximately 521 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Township Elementary serve?
Township Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Township Elementary have?
Township Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Township Elementary?
Student demographics at Township Elementary are roughly 60% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Township Elementary?
Township 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.