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Atherwood Elementary

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Atherwood Elementary ranks 2396 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

2396^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 59% of California elementary schools

Summary

Atherwood Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 456 students in the Simi Valley Unified School District, representing a solid, middle-performing option within the local educational landscape.

Academically, Atherwood has a distinct profile: it is notably strong in mathematics, consistently outperforming both district and state averages, while its English scores are closer to the average. The school manages student attendance effectively, with a chronic absenteeism rate better than both the district and state, and it achieves these outcomes with efficient per-student spending compared to some neighbors. However, the school's overall state ranking has gradually declined over the past decade from 4 stars to its current 3 stars, and science scores have shown significant year-to-year variation.

Compared to nearby schools, Atherwood occupies a middle ground. It outperforms schools like Berylwood Elementary and Park View Elementary by a considerable margin, particularly in math and attendance. It is a comparable peer to schools like Crestview Elementary and Garden Grove Elementary, while higher-performing schools like Vista Elementary and Hollow Hills Elementary achieve stronger results overall.

456

Students ?

21.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,701

Per pupil spending ?

33.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2350 East Greensward St.
Simi Valley, CA 93065-1430

(805) 520-6730

District: Simi Valley Unified

Students who attend Atherwood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hillside Middle
High:	Simi Valley High

Racial breakdown:

White:

49.1%

Hispanic:

35.1%

Asian:

9.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 87th percentile in 2015 → 59th in 2025

Strengths

✓Above the California median (59th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 28 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school43%

District avg42%

California avg41%

2,396^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 41%▼ down 28 pts since 2015

From top 13% (2015) to top 41% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 18Elementary Schools in the Simi Valley Unified

682^nd of 1,543Simi Valley Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	53.5	2396 of 5857	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.4	2322 of 5869	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.0	1952 of 5859	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.3	2014 of 5883	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	74.5	335 of 1417	76.4%	★★★★☆
2019	75.7	1356 of 5789	76.6%	★★★★☆
2018	83.2	981 of 5662	82.7%	★★★★☆
2017	80.9	1094 of 5692	80.8%	★★★★☆
2016	86.1	843 of 5614	85.0%	★★★★☆
2015	88.4	703 of 5611	87.5%	★★★★☆
2013	86.7	665 of 5530	88.0%	★★★★☆
2012	86.4	654 of 5390	87.9%	★★★★☆
2011	83.0	846 of 5377	84.3%	★★★★☆
2010	87.6	599 of 5314	88.7%	★★★★☆
2009	84.6	778 of 5193	85.0%	★★★★☆
2008	87.6	620 of 5113	87.9%	★★★★☆
2007	75.4	1155 of 5113	77.4%	★★★★☆
2006	81.4	901 of 4818	81.3%	★★★★☆
2005	80.3	914 of 4822	81.0%	★★★★☆
2004	80.9	861 of 4809	82.1%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	48.8	835 of 2227	62.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.9	2526 of 5597	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.0	1913 of 5612	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	72.6	1397 of 5609	75.1%	★★★★☆
2022	69.7	1530 of 5635	72.8%	★★★★☆
2021	79.1	244 of 1267	80.7%	★★★★☆
2019	77.0	1217 of 5492	77.8%	★★★★☆
2018	84.9	831 of 5413	84.6%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.4	2256 of 5107	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.8	2561 of 5107	49.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.0	2229 of 5087	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.3	2498 of 5084	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.1	1574 of 4963	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	70.6	1114 of 4830	76.9%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	51.3	2344 of 5460	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.7	1930 of 5517	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	71.9	1127 of 5363	79.0%	★★★★☆
2022	64.3	1452 of 5264	72.4%	★★★★☆
2021	93.5	39 of 1110	96.5%	★★★★★
2019	72.5	1062 of 5173	79.5%	★★★★☆
2018	68.2	1281 of 5084	74.8%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.2	2111 of 5628	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.2	2621 of 5643	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.8	2405 of 5638	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.0	2344 of 5663	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	64.8	401 of 1272	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	70.1	1516 of 5510	72.5%	★★★★☆
2018	76.2	1219 of 5431	77.6%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	67.8	149 of 445	66.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.4	608 of 2847	78.6%	★★★★☆
2024	38.0	1426 of 2635	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.8	1023 of 2420	57.7%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	2032 of 2598	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.0	1960 of 2651	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	41.8	1671 of 2661	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.2	1697 of 2726	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.3	1407 of 2834	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.4	989 of 2737	63.9%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)79th percentile+20 vs school

Multi-racial (2019)67th percentile-10 vs school

Disabled (2022)63rd percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)62nd percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)57th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)56th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)55th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)22nd percentile-37 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy44%-5 vs state

Mathematics44%+6 vs state

Science38%+6 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, May 11, 2012

I am disgusted with this School. I have never seen such poor judgment. First off they have no crossing guards. The traffic is horrible with drop off and pick up. I was told the parents voted against a cross guard or traffic control, as a parent I do not remember voting for any such thing. This is very dangerous. The teacher I have is a complete scatter brain, very unorganized, with no structure. At first I thought it was just me, then I was talking with other parents who said the same. I had turned in my volunteer form, at the start of school, I ended up turning in 3 of them, for the school to turn around and tell me.. Oh we found your original one. The teacher tells me my kid is missing assignments, I was completely dumb founded to find the assignments in the class room. So this is very disturbing to me, when I am told my child is doing well, to see the grades have gone down 1/2 a score.
Now for the principal, I get a message from my child ... had to change their shoes... of course no other kid has had to, as I have observed the sandals on others plenty of times, and no PE what difference does it make. I take the shoes up to go back and give them to my kid, for the principal to say here I will take them back, there is Star Testing Make up going on and you will interrupt the class... WHAT.. and you wont? What difference does it make... he is a bit of a power player. I would not recommend this school... I dont even want to start on the fact that most kids who are enrolled travel from other areas, I thought there were boundary's. The PTA is worthless as well, they have out of boundary people doing the PTA. This school says it is a closed campus when in fact I have seen the campus open with the gardeners being there in the mornings when the kids are getting there. This is also unacceptable.... anyone can get on this campus. I have never seen such a poorly run school, and if you tell them they take it very personable and attack you and make excuses. I hope this helps some of you. I hope they get a new principal, they surely need one. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Atherwood Elementary	Public	K-6	2350 East Greensward St.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6730	456	21	21.7	33.1%	224 (49.1%)	5 (1.1%)	160 (35.1%)	43 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.0%)	53.5	2396^th of 5857 public elementary schools	59.1%		54.4	2322^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	60.4%	74	38.4	38.4	37.0	45.2	50.7	44.3	45.2	51.4	34.3	43.6	95.0	96.7		95.0	$14,701	$1,174	$13,527
Justin Elementary	Public	K-6	2245 North Justin Ave.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6619	103	12	8.9	44.7%	34 (33.0%)	4 (3.9%)	39 (37.9%)	19 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.8%)								(n/a)															$33,951	$3,667	$30,284
Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	2175 Wisteria St.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6750	567	24	23.6	33.3%	219 (38.6%)	4 (0.7%)	158 (27.9%)	154 (27.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	27 (4.8%)	92	550^th of 5857 public elementary schools	90.6%		92.6	529^th of 5869 public elementary schools	91.0%	21	51.0	51.0	73.9	78.9	75.0	75.9	83.7	78.9	61.5	74.5					$13,765	$1,098	$12,667
Sycamore Elementary	Public	K-6	2100 Ravenna St.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6745	359	17	21.1	45.4%	141 (39.3%)	12 (3.3%)	174 (48.5%)	22 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.5%)	41.4	3123^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	46.7%		47.3	2714^th of 5869 public elementary schools	53.8%	409	22.9	22.9	35.6	39.2	52.1	42.4	53.3	31.4	22.9	35.4	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8	$17,181	$1,285	$15,896
Berylwood Elementary	Public	K-6	2300 Heywood St.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6705	457	20	22.7	76.1%	44 (9.6%)	17 (3.7%)	377 (82.5%)	13 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	21.1	4733^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	19.2%		20.3	4844^th of 5869 public elementary schools	17.5%	111	20.5	20.5	24.6	20.9	37.2	28.2	33.9	18.8	11.4	20.5	96.7				$16,503	$2,642	$13,861
Park View Elementary	Public	K-6	1500 Alexander St.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6755	319	19	16.3	85.9%	39 (12.2%)	3 (0.9%)	263 (82.4%)	11 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	24.3	4469^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.7%		22.2	4656^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.7%	187	22.8	22.8	25.0	27.1	33.3	28.9	31.8	33.3	12.3	24.8	96.7	96.7			$16,062	$2,520	$13,542
Garden Grove Elementary	Public	K-6	2250 North Tracy Ave.	Simi Valley	93063	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6700	283	15	18.8	59.7%	91 (32.2%)	7 (2.5%)	156 (55.1%)	19 (6.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	57.6	2194^th of 5857 public elementary schools	62.5%		59.4	2098^th of 5869 public elementary schools	64.3%	96	35.3	35.3	48.4	43.8	58.0	51.3	48.4	25.0	49.0	42.1					$18,236	$1,311	$16,925
Crestview Elementary	Public	K-6	900 Crosby Ave.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6715	248	11	22.5	51.2%	112 (45.2%)	8 (3.2%)	117 (47.2%)	4 (1.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	65.8	1805^th of 5857 public elementary schools	69.2%		57.1	2189^th of 5869 public elementary schools	62.7%	384	28.2	28.2	52.9	57.6	63.2	57.4	59.6	54.6	34.2	50.4					$15,518	$1,005	$14,513
Mountain View Elementary	Public	K-6	2925 Fletcher Ave.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6775	401	17	23.0	55.1%	163 (40.6%)	1 (0.2%)	192 (47.9%)	25 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.2%)	44.4	2921^st of 5857 public elementary schools	50.1%		44.1	2916^th of 5869 public elementary schools	50.3%	5	34.7	34.7	33.3	39.3	56.0	44.0	41.4	32.8	26.7	33.0					$14,876	$1,228	$13,648
Hollow Hills Elementary	Public	K-6	828 Gibson Ave.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6720	560	20	28.0	39.5%	235 (42.0%)	3 (0.5%)	213 (38.0%)	71 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.8%)	87.7	795^th of 5857 public elementary schools	86.4%		84.6	968^th of 5869 public elementary schools	83.5%	173	53.8	53.8	64.6	78.6	65.6	69.7	62.5	79.6	62.4	68.3					$13,513	$1,088	$12,425

Frequently Asked Questions about Atherwood Elementary

Is Atherwood Elementary a good school?

Atherwood Elementary ranks 2396^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Atherwood Elementary?

Students at Atherwood Elementary are 49% White, 35% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What district is Atherwood Elementary in?

Simi Valley Unified

What schools do graduates of Atherwood Elementary attend?

Students who attend Atherwood Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hillside Middle
High : Simi Valley High

How many students attend Atherwood Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 456 students attended Atherwood Elementary.

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