How does Santa Susana Elementary compare to other elementary schools in Simi Valley?

Santa Susana Elementary has a SchoolScope composite score of 38.5/100, placing it at the 34th percentile statewide. 11% of students exceed standard, with a total of 652 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Santa Susana Elementary?

10.7% of students at Santa Susana Elementary exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 27.1% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Santa Susana Elementary improving or declining?

Santa Susana Elementary's proficiency rate increases by 5.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Santa Susana Elementary?

20.9% of students at Santa Susana Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Santa Susana Elementary

Simi Valley Unified Simi Valley Ventura County 93063

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

652 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

326 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

17:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

69%

Teachers

19 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 73.0%

White 17.8%

Asian 4.6%

Black 0.6%

Other 4.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Santa Susana Elementary
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	10.7%
Met Standard	16.5%
Below Standard	72.8%

Exceeded

10.7%

Met

16.5%

Below

72.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "27% proficient" for Santa Susana Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

10.7% of students exceeded standard while 16.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 10.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 9.4 points below the Simi Valley Unified district average of 20.1%. The 8 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 24.2% exceeded — 13.5 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 5.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 20.9%, above the state average of 18.7%.