Royal High

Summary:

Royal High is a public high school located in Simi Valley, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,973 students. The school 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.

Royal High has consistently ranked in the top 30% of California high schools over the past several years, with a current ranking of 627 out of 2,323 schools (2023-2024). The school's performance on standardized tests, such as the Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST, is generally above the district and state averages, particularly in English Language Arts/Literacy. For example, in 2023-2024, 57.53% of Royal High's 11th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 57.03% for the Simi Valley Unified School District and 55.73% for the state of California. However, the school faces challenges in addressing the needs of certain student subgroups, such as those with disabilities and English Language Learners, as well as addressing the rising chronic absenteeism rates.

Comparing Royal High to the nearby Oak Park High School, which is part of the Oak Park Unified School District, provides valuable insights. Oak Park High School significantly outperforms Royal High and the other Simi Valley schools in academic metrics, with a statewide ranking of 24 out of 2,323 schools (2023-2024). This suggests that there may be opportunities for Royal High to learn from the practices and strategies employed by the highly successful Oak Park High School.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1402 Royal Ave.
       Simi Valley, CA  93065-3333


(805) 306-4875

District: Simi Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
627th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,629 Help


Feeder schools for Royal High:

Elementary:    Arroyo Elementary
    Berylwood Elementary
    Crestview Elementary
    Madera Elementary
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Middle:    Hillside Middle
    Sinaloa Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  23.2 Help
Number of students:  1,933

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
48.8%
White:
39.5%
Asian:
6.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Royal High ranks better than 73% of high schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 4 ranked high schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.42. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Royal High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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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
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Compare Details Royal High has the largest high school student body size in the Simi Valley Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (48.8%), White (39.5%), Asian (6.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 40.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Royal High is 23.2. 2 high schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Royal High is $7,629, which is the 2nd highest among 4 high schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Royal High:

SchoolDigger ranks Royal High 627th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Royal High in the ranking list.)

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Simi Valley Unified:

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

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Rank History for Royal High

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Rank History for all students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 69.20 204th 1653 87.7%
2005 70.43 245th 1901 87.1%
2006 70.78 271st 1968 86.2%
2007 68.85 282nd 2063 86.3%
2008 69.75 278th 2117 86.9%
2009 66.47 314th 2238 86.0%
2010 65.42 389th 2281 82.9%
2011 60.15 512th 2367 78.4%
2012 59.10 564th 2354 76.0%
2013 58.44 567th 2426 76.6%
2015 70.39 534th 1994 73.2%
2016 77.06 426th 2039 79.1%
2017 73.34 532nd 2021 73.7%
2018 73.16 531st 2017 73.7%
2019 60.55 726th 2133 66.0%
2021 45.30 679th 1290 47.4%
2022 66.25 591st 2123 72.2%
2023 66.70 530th 2348 77.4%
2024 60.42 627th 2323 73.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.05 135th 366 63.1%
2019 89.40 25th 422 94.1%
2022 64.42 179th 515 65.2%
2023 63.61 226th 786 71.2%
2024 9.21 721st 804 10.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.70 353rd 938 62.4%
2019 62.11 174th 941 81.5%
2022 35.32 660th 1044 36.8%
2023 37.39 537th 1323 59.4%
2024 45.51 342nd 1350 74.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 29.95 990th 1547 36.0%
2024 35.63 811th 1534 47.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.56 881st 1862 52.7%
2019 45.49 1041st 1937 46.3%
2021 37.68 732nd 1126 35.0%
2022 66.30 520th 1943 73.2%
2023 59.25 647th 2247 71.2%
2024 58.14 640th 2235 71.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.66 536th 1760 69.5%
2019 71.37 442nd 1833 75.9%
2021 36.99 670th 1054 36.4%
2022 60.68 605th 1858 67.4%
2023 63.15 553rd 2118 73.9%
2024 59.85 605th 2098 71.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.43 559th 1052 46.9%
2019 47.31 450th 1117 59.7%
2021 29.33 402nd 555 27.6%
2022 46.94 457th 1161 60.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.80 499th 1834 72.8%
2019 61.13 644th 1880 65.7%
2021 44.97 579th 1122 48.4%
2022 66.97 530th 1916 72.3%
2023 67.02 503rd 2207 77.2%
2024 57.42 646th 2172 70.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.85 336th 581 42.2%
2019 53.35 309th 582 46.9%
2022 40.28 371st 581 36.1%
2023 41.39 456th 731 37.6%
2024 55.53 358th 712 49.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.18 655th 1742 62.4%
2019 40.06 1093rd 1814 39.7%
2022 56.12 699th 1861 62.4%
2023 49.54 863rd 2142 59.7%
2024 55.77 696th 2125 67.2%
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Rank History for White students at Royal High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.07 424th 1173 63.9%
2019 66.57 391st 1222 68.0%
2022 54.33 537th 1204 55.4%
2023 65.33 364th 1434 74.6%
2024 50.77 577th 1406 59.0%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Royal High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1583 26 99 217 39 n/a n/a 0 1964
1989 1530 32 105 233 35 n/a n/a 0 1935
1990 1408 33 118 247 23 n/a n/a 0 1829
1991 1314 51 131 255 21 n/a n/a 0 1772
1992 1293 42 140 273 28 n/a n/a 0 1776
1993 1283 43 142 303 23 n/a n/a 0 1794
1994 1327 51 145 327 32 n/a n/a 0 1882
1995 1310 40 146 352 27 n/a n/a 0 1875
1996 1310 40 146 352 27 n/a n/a 0 1875
1997 1612 34 174 486 30 n/a n/a 0 2336
1998 1597 35 191 483 35 n/a n/a 0 2341
1999 1630 33 205 464 41 n/a n/a 0 2373
2000 1694 30 199 463 34 n/a n/a 0 2420
2001 1792 31 202 458 33 n/a n/a 1 2517
2002 1936 33 196 507 27 n/a n/a 0 2699
2003 1936 33 196 507 27 n/a n/a 0 2699
2004 1987 32 182 556 29 n/a n/a 1 2787
2005 2007 29 204 607 29 n/a n/a 4 2880
2006 1912 36 198 628 30 n/a n/a 10 2814
2007 1891 40 195 693 24 n/a n/a 16 2859
2008 1780 44 210 739 23 n/a n/a 0 2796
2009 1684 44 186 702 17 9 23 0 2665
2010 1634 44 176 665 15 9 14 0 2557
2011 1523 41 176 696 13 9 14 0 2472
2012 1430 32 139 640 12 10 15 0 2278
2013 1380 34 131 676 16 8 19 0 2264
2014 1205 27 115 712 11 6 23 0 2099
2015 1121 22 130 715 11 3 37 0 2039
2016 1009 27 135 758 8 4 47 0 1988
2017 964 26 145 762 7 4 47 0 1955
2018 977 21 157 787 6 4 58 0 2010
2019 973 19 157 844 4 4 67 0 2068
2020 997 15 166 882 3 3 65 0 2131
2021 967 14 163 941 3 2 75 0 2165
2022 897 17 143 972 2 3 65 2 2101
2023 777 21 134 968 2 3 67 1 1973
2024 763 34 120 944 1 3 66 2 1933

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Royal High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1964 83.9 23.4 n/a
1989 1935 81.1 23.8 n/a
1990 1829 78.7 23.2 n/a
1991 1772 73.7 24.0 n/a
1992 1776 74.9 23.7 8.8
1993 1794 79.4 22.6 9.1
1994 1882 81.3 23.1 8.8
1995 1875 76.5 24.5 10.6
1996 1875 76.5 24.5 10.6
1997 2336 95.0 24.6 16.1
1998 2341 91.0 25.7 15.8
1999 2373 91.2 26.0 14.3
2000 2420 94.4 25.6 15.5
2001 2517 100.9 24.9 14.3
2002 2699 105.9 25.5 15.8
2003 2699 105.9 25.5 15.8
2004 2787 108.5 25.7 15.3
2005 2880 106.2 27.1 16.2
2006 2814 107.6 26.2 21.2
2007 2859 108.9 26.3 17.7
2008 2796 121.2 23.1 20.9
2009 2665 106.4 22.7 25
2010 2557 96.0 26.6 24.3
2011 2472 n/a n/a 24.6
2012 2278 89.5 25.4 n/a
2013 2264 90.2 25.0 26
2014 2099 86.9 24.1 30.3
2015 2039 81.0 25.1 27.9
2016 1988 80.0 24.8 29.8
2017 1955 82.2 23.7 31.9
2018 2010 82.4 24.3 35.7
2019 2068 86.8 23.8 34.2
2020 2131 n/a n/a 34
2021 2165 91.5 23.6 31
2022 2101 89.4 23.4 37.8
2023 1973 89.3 22.0 41.4
2024 1933 83.2 23.2 40.1

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 Royal High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1964 83.9 23.4 n/a
1989 1935 81.1 23.8 n/a
1990 1829 78.7 23.2 n/a
1991 1772 73.7 24.0 n/a
1992 1776 74.9 23.7 8.8
1993 1794 79.4 22.6 9.1
1994 1882 81.3 23.1 8.8
1995 1875 76.5 24.5 10.6
1996 1875 76.5 24.5 10.6
1997 2336 95.0 24.6 16.1
1998 2341 91.0 25.7 15.8
1999 2373 91.2 26.0 14.3
2000 2420 94.4 25.6 15.5
2001 2517 100.9 24.9 14.3
2002 2699 105.9 25.5 15.8
2003 2699 105.9 25.5 15.8
2004 2787 108.5 25.7 15.3
2005 2880 106.2 27.1 16.2
2006 2814 107.6 26.2 21.2
2007 2859 108.9 26.3 17.7
2008 2796 121.2 23.1 20.9
2009 2665 106.4 22.7 25
2010 2557 96.0 26.6 24.3
2011 2472 n/a n/a 24.6
2012 2278 89.5 25.4 n/a
2013 2264 90.2 25.0 26
2014 2099 86.9 24.1 30.3
2015 2039 81.0 25.1 27.9
2016 1988 80.0 24.8 29.8
2017 1955 82.2 23.7 31.9
2018 2010 82.4 24.3 35.7
2019 2068 86.8 23.8 34.2
2020 2131 n/a n/a 34
2021 2165 91.5 23.6 31
2022 2101 89.4 23.4 37.8
2023 1973 89.3 22.0 41.4
2024 1933 83.2 23.2 40.1

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Royal High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,629

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Royal High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 726th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 530th of 2348 High schools
 11.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Royal High)61.460.1
 1.4%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Simi Valley Unified)64.459.3
 5.1%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Royal High)2933.6
 4.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Simi Valley Unified)32.631
 1.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Royal High)3532.1
 3%
   11th Grade Science (Simi Valley Unified)39.936.6
 3.3%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students20681973
 4.6%
African American1921
 10.5%
American Indian42
 50%
Asian157134
 14.6%
Hispanic844968
 14.7%
Pacific Islander43
 25%
White973777
 20.1%
Two or More Races6767
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients34.2%41.4%
 7.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Royal High

Royal High ranks 627th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Royal High are 49% Hispanic, 39% White, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Royal High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Arroyo Elementary
Elementary : Berylwood Elementary
Elementary : Crestview Elementary
Elementary : Madera Elementary
Elementary : Mountain View Elementary
Elementary : Park View Elementary
Elementary : Wood Ranch Elementary
Middle : Hillside Middle
Middle : Sinaloa Middle

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,933 students attended Royal High.


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