Willow Elementary, Agoura CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Willow Elementary

Willow Elementary is a public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Agoura Hills, a suburban residential community in the Conejo Valley. The school enrolls a student body of roughly five hundred, distributed fairly evenly across the six grades. Demographically, the school is predominantly white, with smaller populations of multiracial, Hispanic, Asian, and Black students. About one in six students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share below many California elementary schools.

On California's 2024-25 standardized assessments, Willow's performance spans a range depending on grade and subject. In English language arts, students in the upper grades performed notably well: fifth graders reached a proficiency level in the mid-eighties, while fourth graders landed in the mid-seventies. Third grade was lower in the mid-sixties, suggesting a trajectory where older students in the school tend to perform stronger in reading and writing. Mathematics showed steadier performance across grades, with third and fourth graders both in the high seventies to low eighties, though fifth grade dipped to the mid-sixties. Science assessment, available only for fifth grade, placed about two-thirds of students at proficiency. Across the tested grades and subjects, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among elementary schools countywide in Los Angeles County.

The school has only one year of data in this assessment cycle, so longer-term trends are not yet available. Parents should understand this as a snapshot rather than a pattern. The data does not include information on chronic absenteeism, discipline, special education enrollment, English learner population, or staffing composition, so a parent wanting a fuller picture of school operations and supports would benefit from contacting the school directly.

Willow Elementary sits within Las Virgenes Unified, a district serving Agoura Hills and adjacent communities. The district is midway through a modernization phase backed by a voter-approved facilities bond approved in 2022 that will fund improvements across its campuses through the end of the decade with no increase to property tax rates from their previous level. An earlier bond proposal failed in 2020, which delayed major repairs and upgrades, so families in the district benefited when voters approved the replacement measure two years later.

Agoura Hills itself is a slowly growing residential community characterized by family orientation and extensive parks and open space rather than dense commercial development. The housing market is high-cost, with home values well above state and national medians; rents are also elevated. Growth is constrained by geography and planning; the city is adding housing through state-mandated zoning on existing commercial sites, particularly around a planned Agoura Village mixed-use district meant to create more walkability, though this has drawn community debate. Fixed-route public transit is limited, and most daily life centers on neighborhood schools, municipal parks, and nearby shopping areas like Whizin Market Square.

For families considering Willow, the school offers solid proficiency in the core subjects, particularly in upper elementary English language arts, sits in a well-resourced suburban district with ongoing campus investment, and serves a community focused on schools and family life. The trade-off is that Agoura Hills is a higher-cost housing market with car-dependent daily patterns and limited public transit, so the school works best for families already settled in or relocating to the area.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 380%

School 80% · District 71% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 479%

School 79% · District 70% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 60% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 65% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 476%

School 76% · District 70% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 583%

School 83% · District 75% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Science

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 55% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

This schoolLas Virgenes Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income59%Higher-income64%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income68%Higher-income78%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income61%Higher-income89%28 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income71%Higher-income83%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income73%Higher-income81%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income53%Higher-income70%17 pp gap