School district · Ventura County

Simi Valley Unified schools

In Simi Valley Unified, 2 of 4 public high schools sit at or above the 50th percentile among California high schools we score; 0 of 4 public middle schools do (spring 2026 tests; high schools, spring 2025).

Elementary · 19 schools

from 10th to 90th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Vista Elementary: 90th percentile, Strong
  • Hollow Hills Elementary: 84th percentile, Strong
  • Big Springs Elementary: 77th percentile, Strong
  • White Oak Elementary: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Township Elementary: 66th percentile, Solid
  • Garden Grove Elementary: 65th percentile, Solid
  • Katherine Elementary: 55th percentile, Solid
  • Wood Ranch Elementary: 51st percentile, Solid
  • Crestview Elementary: 50th percentile, Solid
  • Sycamore Elementary: 45th percentile, Developing
  • Atherwood Elementary: 43rd percentile, Developing
  • Madera Elementary: 40th percentile, Developing
  • Mountain View Elementary: 30th percentile, Developing
  • Santa Susana Elementary: 29th percentile, Developing
  • Arroyo Elementary: 25th percentile, Developing
  • Knolls Elementary: 21st percentile, Needs Support
  • Monte Vista: 20th percentile, Needs Support
  • Park View Elementary: 16th percentile, Needs Support
  • Berylwood Elementary: 10th percentile, Needs Support
4Needs Support
6Developing
5Solid
4Strong

Middle · 4 schools

from 14th to 37th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Hillside Middle: 37th percentile, Developing
  • Valley View Middle: 31st percentile, Developing
  • Sinaloa Middle: 19th percentile, Needs Support
  • Monte Vista: 14th percentile, Needs Support
2Needs Support
2Developing
0Solid
0Strong

High · 4 schools

from 18th to 91st · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Santa Susana High: 91st percentile, Strong
  • Royal High: 54th percentile, Solid
  • Simi Valley High: 45th percentile, Developing
  • Monte Vista: 18th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
1Developing
1Solid
1Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 25 ranked schools teaches all three levels, so it appears in more than one picture.

  • 25 ranked schools
  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around Simi Valley Unified

26 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Simi Valley Unified score highest?

Vista Elementary is highest, at the 90th percentile.

That’s higher than 90 in 100 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Simi Valley Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 16 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Simi Valley Unified had 16 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Which middle schools in Simi Valley Unified score highest?

Hillside Middle is highest, at the 37th percentile.

That’s higher than 37 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Simi Valley Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Show the other 1 middle school
  • Monte VistaCheck how it admits students.
    14thNeeds SupportScope Score 24
Context

The average middle school in Simi Valley Unified had 22 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in Simi Valley Unified score highest?

Santa Susana High is highest, at the 91st percentile.

That’s higher than 91 in 100 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Simi Valley Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 1 high school
  • Monte VistaCheck how it admits students.
    18thNeeds SupportScope Score 45
Context

The average high school in Simi Valley Unified had 22 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

1 high school not ranked statewide
  • Apollo HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools

The district

Where does Simi Valley Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Simi Valley Unified spent $17,900 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 57 cents of every Simi Valley Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction57%
  • Instruction support14%
  • Student services11%
  • Administration7%
  • Buildings & maintenance10%
  • Other1%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$33.0 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 21 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 13% of its $255.6 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 123 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

The money is spread out. No action gets more than 14%, and the three largest, ( L4N6) ELOP and TK; L1N1-Literacy and Numeracy Intervention; and (L4N3) Counseling Services, take 38% between them. The plan itself puts 71% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

3 of the plan’s 21 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
  • Reading $4.4 million
  • Math $4.4 million
  • Catch-up help $4.6 million
  • English learners $1.9 million

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • L1N1-Literacy and Numeracy Intervention$4.4 million
  • L1N2-EL Services$1.9 million
  • L5N2 - Interventionist and Coach$200,000
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $17.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $16.1 million and estimates it spent $14.6 million, $1.5 million (9%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $1.5 million under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?

What changed

The total is $1.6 million (5%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is (L2N3) Additional PD Days, which went from $4.1 million to $1.6 million.

Largest cuts

  • (L2N3) Additional PD Days−⁠$2.5 million
  • ( L4N6) ELOP and TK−⁠$701,584
  • L1N5-Title Schools−⁠$300,000

Largest increases

  • L1N3-Standards-based Curriculum+⁠$1.1 million
  • (L2N2) Professional Learning Teams+⁠$272,655
  • (L4N3) Counseling Services+⁠$240,630

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • L5N2 - Interventionist and Coach$200,000

Ask: What did (L2N3) Additional PD Days pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $2.5 million less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Student Learning50%50%no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Student Learning37%37%no change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 318 in 10016 in 1002 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 4 · Student and School Safety and Engagement3.2%3.4%up 0.2 pts

Goal 5 tracks named schools and Goal 2 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • ( L4N6) ELOP and TK · $4,511,000
  • L1N1-Literacy and Numeracy Intervention · $4,426,100
  • (L4N3) Counseling Services · $3,532,384
The full plan5 goals, 40 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($33.0 million).

Where does the money go?

41% to Goal 4, Student and School Safety and Engagement. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3
G4

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Student Learning$12.8 million39% of action budgets

“All students can and will learn. By expanding learning opportunities, students will receive academic support and extension as needed. All students will be prepared for college and career opportunities” p. 17 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $12.1 million (+⁠$702,687)

Largest funded actions

  1. L1N1-Literacy and Numeracy Intervention$4.4 millionaction 1.1 · p. 82 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.3 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. L1N5-Title Schools$2.5 millionaction 1.4 · p. 82 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $337,500 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. L1N3-Standards-based Curriculum$2.4 millionaction 1.3 · p. 82 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.4 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. L1N2-EL Services$1.9 millionaction 1.2 · p. 82 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. L1N7-CTE$1.6 millionaction 1.6 · p. 82 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $438,855 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. L1N3-Standards-based Curriculum+⁠$1.1 million$1.4 million → $2.4 million · p. 82 ↗
  2. L1N5-Title Schools−⁠$0.3 million$2.8 million → $2.5 million · p. 82 ↗
  3. L1N2-EL Services−⁠$0.2 million$2.0 million → $1.9 million · p. 82 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • L1N1-Literacy and Numeracy Intervention · $4.5 million → $4.4 million · p. 82 ↗−⁠$0.1 million
  • L1N7-CTE · $1.4 million → $1.6 million · p. 82 ↗+⁠$0.1 million

How the plan measures it · 17 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 17 ↗.

Goal 2Professional Learning$5.1 million15% of action budgets

“In order to impact student outcomes, all staff members will function and participate in a healthy and highly effective professional learning community. All staff members will grow and learn just as students grow and learn” p. 35 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $7.3 million (−⁠$2.2 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. (L2N2) Professional Learning Teams$2.7 millionaction 2.2 · p. 82 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. (L2N3) Additional PD Days$1.6 millionaction 2.3 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. (L2N1) Staff PD$0.5 millionaction 2.1 · p. 82 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. (L2N4) Induction$0.3 millionaction 2.4 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. (L2N3) Additional PD Days−⁠$2.5 million$4.1 million → $1.6 million · p. 83 ↗
  2. (L2N2) Professional Learning Teams+⁠$0.3 million$2.4 million → $2.7 million · p. 82 ↗
  3. (L2N4) Induction+⁠$99,694$235,306 → $335,000 · p. 83 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • (L2N1) Staff PD · $495,000 → $485,000 · p. 82 ↗−⁠$10,000

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 35 ↗.

Goal 3Family and Community Outreach - A positive home-to-school partnership is vital to student success. Our…$1.2 million4% of action budgets

“Family and Community Outreach - A positive home-to-school partnership is vital to student success. Our schools will be active and collaborative partners with our parents, guardians, and community to prepare our students to be the next generation of informed citizens. Our District will serve as an effective steward of the public’s funds and resources” p. 42 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.1 million (+⁠$192,460)

Largest funded actions

  1. (L3N2) Public Communication$698,800action 3.2 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $591,800 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. (L3N1) Foster and Homeless Youth$449,500action 3.1 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $349,500 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. (L3N4) Civic Leadership$90,000action 3.4 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. (L3N3) Parent Education$10,000action 3.3 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. (L3N2) Public Communication+⁠$65,800$633,000 → $698,800 · p. 83 ↗
  2. (L3N4) Civic Leadership+⁠$63,500$26,500 → $90,000 · p. 83 ↗
  3. (L3N1) Foster and Homeless Youth+⁠$57,660$391,840 → $449,500 · p. 83 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • (L3N3) Parent Education · $4,500 → $10,000 · p. 83 ↗+⁠$5,500

How the plan measures it · 5 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 42 ↗.

Goal 4Student and School Safety and Engagement$13.7 million41% of action budgets

“Our schools will provide a safe, welcoming, engaging, and comprehensive environment for all students that fosters learning and nurtures the whole child. Differences and diversity will be respected and celebrated. All students will receive support as needed to succeed inside and outside our classrooms” p. 49 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $14.0 million (−⁠$295,890)

Largest funded actions

  1. ( L4N6) ELOP and TK$4.5 millionaction 4.6 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $124,750 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. (L4N3) Counseling Services$3.5 millionaction 4.2 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.8 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. L1N6 Alternative Educational Settings$2.2 millionaction 4.1 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. (L4N8) STEAM Programs$1.9 millionaction 4.4 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. (L4N1) Campus Supervision$1.0 millionaction 4.7 · p. 84 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • (L4N4) Chronic Absenteeism · action 4.3 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
  • (L4N5) Field Trips · action 4.5 · p. 83 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $45,000 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. ( L4N6) ELOP and TK−⁠$0.7 million$5.2 million → $4.5 million · p. 83 ↗
  2. (L4N3) Counseling Services+⁠$0.2 million$3.3 million → $3.5 million · p. 83 ↗
  3. L1N6 Alternative Educational Settings+⁠$0.2 million$2.0 million → $2.2 million · p. 83 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • (L4N8) STEAM Programs · $2.0 million → $1.9 million · p. 83 ↗−⁠$0.1 million
  • (L4N1) Campus Supervision · $947,000 → $965,250 · p. 84 ↗+⁠$18,250
  • (L4N4) Chronic Absenteeism · $351,000 → $404,000 · p. 83 ↗+⁠$53,000
  • (L4N5) Field Trips · $120,000 → $140,000 · p. 83 ↗+⁠$20,000

How the plan measures it · 12 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 49 ↗.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalWithin three years, all students at Apollo, especially low-income students, will show greater college and…$200,0001% of action budgets

“Within three years, all students at Apollo, especially low-income students, will show greater college and career readiness and graduation rate, as noted on the California Dashboard” p. 62 ↗

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $200,000 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. L5N2 - Interventionist and Coach$200,000action 5.2 · p. 84 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • L5N2 - Interventionist and Coach · $200,000 · p. 84 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 62 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 15,444 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 45%2. White: 39%3. Asian: 7%4. Two or more races: 4%5. Filipino: 2%6. Black or African American: 2%7. Pacific Islander: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino45%
  2. White39%
  3. Asian7%
  4. Two or more races4%
  5. Filipino2%
  6. Black or African American2%
  7. Pacific Islander<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Not reported0%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

45%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 6,965 of 15,315 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

The state is giving Simi Valley Unified extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 50% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (547 of 1,095 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

2 schools getting state support, 2025–26

Apollo High (Most intensive support, graduation rate) · Arroyo Elementary (Targeted support)

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

Which places nearby can you look at next?

Cities in the district

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Districts nearby

Common questions

Which public schools in Simi Valley Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Vista Elementary, 90th percentile (Strong). Middle: Hillside Middle, 37th percentile (Developing). High: Santa Susana High, 91st percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Simi Valley Unified district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in Simi Valley Unified good?

Simi Valley Unified’s 19 public elementary schools run from the 10th to the 90th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Strong, 5 Solid, 6 Developing and 4 Needs Support. Simi Valley Unified’s 4 public middle schools run from the 14th to the 37th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Developing and 2 Needs Support. Simi Valley Unified’s 4 public high schools run from the 18th to the 91st percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Simi Valley Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Simi Valley Unified had 16 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in Simi Valley Unified had 22 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Simi Valley Unified had 22 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does Simi Valley Unified spend per student?

Simi Valley Unified spent $17,900 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 57 cents of every Simi Valley Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in Simi Valley Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $33.0 million into 21 funded actions in 5 goals, 13% of its $255.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $13.7 million, 41% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Simi Valley Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

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