Is Township Elementary a good school?

Township Elementary ranks 2027 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Township Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 554 students attended Township Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Township Elementary?

Students at Township Elementary are 58% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Township Elementary attend?

Students who attend Township Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Valley View Middle High : Simi Valley High

Township Elementary

Summary:

Township Elementary is a public elementary school located in Simi Valley, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 540 students. It is part of the Simi Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 667 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Township Elementary consistently outperforms the Simi Valley Unified School District and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across most grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 51.89% of Township Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 48.56% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, 47.73% of Township Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 35.43% for the district and 35.54% for the state. However, the school's performance among white students is relatively lower, ranking 1,473 out of 2,647 California elementary schools in the 2023-2024 school year, with a 2-star rating.

While Township Elementary has generally strong academic performance, its ranking among California elementary schools has declined in recent years, from 383 out of 1,417 schools in the 2020-2021 school year to 2,027 out of 5,862 schools in the 2023-2024 school year. This decline in ranking coincides with the increase in chronic absenteeism, from 7.1% in the 2020-2021 school year to 20.8% in the 2022-2023 school year, and the rise in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 28.41% in the 2020-2021 school year to 36.48% in the 2022-2023 school year. In comparison, the nearby Vista Elementary consistently ranks among the top 5% of California elementary schools and outperforms Township Elementary in most academic areas.

Detail:

Public K-6

4101 Township Ave.
Simi Valley, CA 93063-1157

(805) 520-6770

District: Simi Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2027^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,374

Students who attend Township Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Valley View Middle
High:	Simi Valley High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.1

Number of students: 554

Racial breakdown:

White:

57.9%

Hispanic:

30.1%

Asian:

5.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 46%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Township Elementary ranks better than 65.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 7^th among 18 ranked elementary schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.97. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (57.9%), Hispanic (30.1%), Asian (5.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 46% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Township Elementary is 22.1, which is the 6^th best among 18 elementary schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Township Elementary employs 24.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Township Elementary is $6,374. 9 elementary schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Township Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Township Elementary 2027^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Township Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Simi Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Simi Valley Unified 667^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Township Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Township Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	82.25	823^rd	4809	82.9%
2005	76.76	1065^th	4822	77.9%
2006	69.00	1389^th	4818	71.2%
2007	65.93	1556^th	5113	69.6%
2008	60.56	1823^rd	5113	64.3%
2009	66.39	1612^th	5193	69.0%
2010	65.13	1714^th	5314	67.7%
2011	71.18	1441^st	5377	73.2%
2012	76.62	1193^rd	5390	77.9%
2013	61.57	2023^rd	5530	63.4%
2015	60.81	1901^st	5611	66.1%
2016	51.35	2422^nd	5614	56.9%
2017	46.13	2753^rd	5692	51.6%
2018	47.31	2696^th	5662	52.4%
2019	52.00	2492^nd	5789	57.0%
2021	70.78	383^rd	1417	73.0%
2022	67.52	1713^th	5883	70.9%
2023	56.17	2230^th	5874	62.0%
2024	60.97	2027^th	5862	65.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Township Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	45.58	1027^th	2420	57.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Township Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.59	3944^th	5084	22.4%
2019	51.44	2308^th	5173	55.4%
2021	65.47	297^th	1110	73.2%
2022	67.06	1310^th	5264	75.1%
2023	57.88	1887^th	5374	64.9%
2024	57.59	1930^th	5511	65.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Township Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.73	2971^st	5413	45.1%
2019	55.46	2204^th	5492	59.9%
2021	60.46	439^th	1267	65.4%
2022	62.87	1825^th	5635	67.6%
2023	57.03	2085^th	5617	62.9%
2024	66.46	1631^st	5605	70.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Township Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	49.28	794^th	2128	62.7%
2019	43.25	1182^nd	2585	54.3%
2022	57.13	655^th	2227	70.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Township Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	51.86	2345^th	5431	56.8%
2019	48.00	2564^th	5510	53.5%
2021	78.71	263^rd	1272	79.3%
2022	69.77	1539^th	5663	72.8%
2023	54.33	2209^th	5650	60.9%
2024	56.58	2125^th	5636	62.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Township Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.16	2984^th	4830	38.2%
2019	44.73	2636^th	4963	46.9%
2022	68.32	1236^th	5084	75.7%
2023	53.16	2046^th	5098	59.9%
2024	51.22	2189^th	5102	57.1%

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Rank History for White students at Township Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.19	2257^th	2737	17.5%
2019	29.43	2167^th	2834	23.5%
2022	39.73	1746^th	2726	36.0%
2023	36.17	1826^th	2662	31.4%
2024	48.01	1473^rd	2647	44.4%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Township Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	368	10	21	35	4	n/a	n/a	0	438
1989	371	14	15	29	6	n/a	n/a	0	435
1990	370	9	9	32	8	n/a	n/a	0	428
1991	391	7	12	30	4	n/a	n/a	0	444
1992	373	8	15	29	5	n/a	n/a	0	430
1993	383	10	19	29	4	n/a	n/a	0	445
1994	387	9	25	26	9	n/a	n/a	0	456
1995	396	7	26	41	6	n/a	n/a	0	476
1996	396	7	26	41	6	n/a	n/a	0	476
1997	418	7	24	52	7	n/a	n/a	0	508
1998	433	9	26	53	6	n/a	n/a	0	527
1999	458	9	18	41	5	n/a	n/a	0	531
2000	450	9	22	50	4	n/a	n/a	0	535
2001	452	8	23	52	6	n/a	n/a	0	541
2002	420	11	22	50	3	n/a	n/a	0	506
2003	420	11	22	50	3	n/a	n/a	0	506
2004	402	12	28	53	3	n/a	n/a	0	498
2005	392	14	27	61	4	n/a	n/a	0	498
2006	355	9	30	78	4	n/a	n/a	2	478
2007	352	5	35	67	0	n/a	n/a	11	470
2008	346	5	35	78	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	464
2009	344	4	34	68	0	0	38	0	488
2010	338	5	32	100	0	0	17	0	492
2011	333	7	29	107	0	0	19	0	495
2012	325	4	29	112	0	0	23	0	493
2013	311	5	32	135	0	2	33	0	518
2014	288	4	24	147	1	2	35	0	501
2015	315	3	35	172	4	1	28	0	558
2016	326	2	28	167	4	1	35	0	563
2017	343	4	31	158	3	1	40	0	580
2018	314	3	35	150	2	1	44	0	549
2019	301	5	26	154	2	0	45	0	533
2020	308	4	25	159	2	0	33	0	531
2021	304	7	26	164	2	0	25	0	528
2022	310	6	33	151	2	1	33	0	536
2023	310	7	31	161	0	0	31	0	540
2024	321	7	30	167	1	1	27	0	554

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Township Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	438	18.0	24.3	n/a
1989	435	17.0	25.5	n/a
1990	428	17.0	25.1	n/a
1991	444	15.0	29.6	n/a
1992	430	15.2	28.2	10.7
1993	445	16.0	27.8	13.5
1994	456	17.0	26.8	11.8
1995	476	17.0	28.0	10.1
1996	476	17.0	28.0	10.1
1997	508	21.0	24.2	12
1998	527	24.0	22.0	12.9
1999	531	25.0	21.2	11.1
2000	535	25.5	21.0	8.4
2001	541	27.0	20.0	8.1
2002	506	24.0	21.1	8.7
2003	506	24.0	21.1	8.7
2004	498	24.5	20.3	8.4
2005	498	23.0	21.7	7.2
2006	478	24.0	19.9	12.4
2007	470	23.0	20.4	14.2
2008	464	25.0	18.6	16.6
2009	488	23.0	19.5	20.9
2010	492	20.0	24.6	21.3
2011	495	n/a	n/a	19.4
2012	493	19.5	25.2	n/a
2013	518	21.0	24.6	23.6
2014	501	19.5	25.6	23.4
2015	558	22.0	25.3	22.9
2016	563	22.0	25.5	26.1
2017	580	21.5	26.9	23.8
2018	549	20.5	26.7	27.7
2019	533	24.0	22.2	30
2020	531	n/a	n/a	32
2021	528	22.5	23.4	28.4
2022	536	23.0	23.2	34.3
2023	540	24.1	22.4	36.5
2024	554	24.9	22.1	46

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Township Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	438	18.0	24.3	n/a
1989	435	17.0	25.5	n/a
1990	428	17.0	25.1	n/a
1991	444	15.0	29.6	n/a
1992	430	15.2	28.2	10.7
1993	445	16.0	27.8	13.5
1994	456	17.0	26.8	11.8
1995	476	17.0	28.0	10.1
1996	476	17.0	28.0	10.1
1997	508	21.0	24.2	12
1998	527	24.0	22.0	12.9
1999	531	25.0	21.2	11.1
2000	535	25.5	21.0	8.4
2001	541	27.0	20.0	8.1
2002	506	24.0	21.1	8.7
2003	506	24.0	21.1	8.7
2004	498	24.5	20.3	8.4
2005	498	23.0	21.7	7.2
2006	478	24.0	19.9	12.4
2007	470	23.0	20.4	14.2
2008	464	25.0	18.6	16.6
2009	488	23.0	19.5	20.9
2010	492	20.0	24.6	21.3
2011	495	n/a	n/a	19.4
2012	493	19.5	25.2	n/a
2013	518	21.0	24.6	23.6
2014	501	19.5	25.6	23.4
2015	558	22.0	25.3	22.9
2016	563	22.0	25.5	26.1
2017	580	21.5	26.9	23.8
2018	549	20.5	26.7	27.7
2019	533	24.0	22.2	30
2020	531	n/a	n/a	32
2021	528	22.5	23.4	28.4
2022	536	23.0	23.2	34.3
2023	540	24.1	22.4	36.5
2024	554	24.9	22.1	46

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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