The top reported proficiency rate is 36% in Math. The lowest is 29% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Roscoe Elementary
Roscoe Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Sun Valley, a mixed residential and industrial neighborhood in the northeastern San Fernando Valley. The school sits within Los Angeles Unified, the county's largest district, which recently adopted a district-wide cellphone ban and secured a major school facilities bond that will raise property taxes for residents over a long term.
Sun Valley itself is a working, diverse community where manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics firms anchor the economy along San Fernando Road. The neighborhood blends suburban residential streets with industrial parks and semi-rural properties; it is moderately walkable and served by the Sun Valley Metrolink station on the Antelope Valley Line, plus Metro bus routes and the 5 Freeway. The area is experiencing growth tied to transit-oriented housing and environmental projects, including a planned wetlands park on a former landfill. Civic life centers on the Branch Library, recreation centers, and local commercial strips rather than a downtown core. The neighborhood has a visible culinary diversity reflecting its residents: Salvadoran, Mexican, Filipino, Armenian, Middle Eastern, and Thai family-run establishments are part of daily life.
Roscoe's enrollment is small for its grade band, drawing from a neighborhood that is predominantly Hispanic and economically stretched. The vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is almost entirely Hispanic, with very small numbers of white, Black, and Asian students and a handful from other backgrounds. Demographic data on English learners and students with IEPs were not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those populations and the support services in place.
State test results from spring 2025 show proficiency well below the midpoint among Los Angeles County districts' schools. In mathematics, the school's overall proficiency rate was low across third, fourth, and fifth grades, with fourth and fifth grade showing the lowest performance. In English language arts, proficiency was similarly low, though fifth grade performed somewhat better than fourth. In science, tested only in fifth grade, proficiency was also low. These patterns suggest sustained academic challenges across both core subjects and grade levels, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what instructional supports and interventions are in place and what progress is being tracked.
The school has only one year of recent data, so trend information is not available to tell whether these results represent a stable condition or a recent shift.
Housing in the Sun Valley ZIP code is moderately priced relative to Los Angeles County overall and has declined slightly over the past year. Rents are near county averages. For a buyer with a typical down payment, a home would carry a substantial monthly mortgage, and rent-to-income ratios are high relative to national norms, reflecting the cost-of-living pressures typical of the broader region. The neighborhood is reshaping through new affordable housing developments near the Metrolink station and on local streets, a sign of both growth and ongoing affordability challenges.
Roscoe is a public elementary school without specialized programs or magnet status. Its grade-band structure and location in a working neighborhood with tight economic margins mean that many families here rely on what the school provides as their primary educational resource. The school's test performance warrants direct conversation with administration about curriculum, support for students below grade level, and how the school is moving scores upward. Parents should also ask what English learner services and special-education supports exist, since enrollment data were incomplete.
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