How does Wood Ranch Elementary compare to other elementary schools in Simi Valley?

Wood Ranch Elementary has a SchoolScope composite score of 52.1/100, placing it at the 71st percentile statewide. 24% of students exceed standard, with a total of 876 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Wood Ranch Elementary?

24.4% of students at Wood Ranch Elementary exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 53.3% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Wood Ranch Elementary improving or declining?

Wood Ranch Elementary's proficiency rate decreases by 0.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is not sustaining early academic gains.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Wood Ranch Elementary?

15.2% of students at Wood Ranch 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.

Wood Ranch Elementary

Simi Valley Unified Simi Valley Ventura County 93065

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

876 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

488 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

24:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

30%

Teachers

20 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 25.4%

White 56.4%

Asian 9.4%

Black 2.5%

Other 6.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Wood Ranch Elementary
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	24.4%
Met Standard	28.9%
Below Standard	46.7%

Exceeded

24.4%

Met

28.9%

Below

46.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "53% proficient" for Wood Ranch Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

24.4% of students exceeded standard while 28.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 3.4 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.3 points above the Simi Valley Unified district average of 20.1%. The 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 27.4% exceeded — 3.0 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 0.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 15.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.