Sumac Elementary

Sumac Elementary is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in Agoura, California, operated by Las Virgenes Unified, works with 360 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Las Virgenes Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,754 students; Sumac Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sumac Elementary shows that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 26% White, 15% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sumac Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 36% of students at Sumac Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sumac Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.2%; this one delivers 65.0%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Sumac Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mariposa School of Global Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sumac Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 73.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sumac Elementary has ticked down 5%, going from 377 students in 2018 to 360 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 46% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

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