Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000030
Willow Elementary
11733 East 205th St., Lakewood, CA 90715 · (562) 229-7910 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
278 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.9pp since 2014
Math
22.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.0% | 20.9% | 28.0% | 40.1% |
| Math | 8.1% | 14.6% | 27.0% | 50.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 15.9% |
| 2022-23 | 37.8% | 21.5% |
| 2021-22 | 43.2% | 21.3% |
| 2018-19 | 54.8% | 35.8% |
| 2017-18 | 50.0% | 33.0% |
| 2016-17 | 42.6% | 28.4% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 18.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Willow Elementary
Willow Elementary's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Elementary this school | 346 | 80.3% | 25.6% |
| Van Deene Avenue Elementary Torrance | 320 | 80.3% | 45.6% |
| La Presa Elementary Spring Valley | 346 | 79.8% | 33.9% |
| Lake Elementary San Pablo | 350 | 84.0% | 11.2% |
| Vista Grande Elementary Ontario | 358 | 77.9% | 49.4% |
| Michelle Obama Elementary Richmond | 431 | 77.7% | 23.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Willow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #4,007 of 5,151 | #982 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #4,025 of 5,172 ▲ 574 | #1,003 of 1,129 ▲ 76 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,787 of 5,172 ▼ 391 | #928 of 1,129 ▼ 111 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.9pp | #573 of 5,116 | #93 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #4,313 of 5,915 | #935 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,107 of 5,352 | #341 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #3,093 of 5,354 | #517 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #2,159 of 5,625 | #689 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #1,168 of 3,837 | #426 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
346
-59 (-15%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 25.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 346 | 17 | 20.4:1 | 80% (278) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 18 | 20.3:1 | 83% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 18 | 21.6:1 | 77% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 16 | 25.3:1 | 79% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 17 | 26.2:1 | 87% (388) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 18 | 25.6:1 | 89% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | N/A | N/A | 88% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 744 | 39 | 19.1:1 | 81% (603) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 25 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (445 to 346); teachers unchanged (17 to 17).
About Willow Elementary
Willow Elementary is a small elementary school in Lakewood, California, one of the schools in ABC Unified. It has an enrollment of 346 students in kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
ABC Unified has 17,570 students in 30 schools, and Willow Elementary is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Willow Elementary are Hispanic (72%). Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% White. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
On staff are 17 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. Willow Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 80%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Willow Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 15% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.5% at Willow Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.6%.
For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Willow Elementary among them.
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is the nearest public school to Willow Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Willow Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Willow Elementary comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Willow Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 25.3:1 to 20.4:1.
The discussion board for Willow Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ABC Unified
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Mayfair HighHigh · 2,422 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Intensive Learning CenterElementary · 646 students
- Esther Lindstrom ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Hoover MiddleMiddle · 505 students
Other Willow Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Willow Elementary. Willow Elementary is the 7th largest of the 9.
- Willow ElementarySan Ysidro, CA · 643 students
- Willow ElementaryAgoura, CA · 510 students
- Willow ElementaryNapa, CA · 472 students
- Willow ElementarySouth Gate, CA · 420 students
- Willow ElementaryGlendora, CA · 388 students
Nearby schools
- Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle0.3 mi · 403
- Artesia High0.5 mi · 1,384
- Aloha Elementary0.6 mi · 302
- Nixon (Patricia) Elementary0.7 mi · 681
- Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle0.7 mi · 291
- Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle0.9 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Willow ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Willow Elementary?
Willow Elementary enrolls approximately 346 students in grades KG-06.
Is Willow Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willow Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Willow Elementary have?
Willow Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Willow Elementary?
Student demographics at Willow Elementary are roughly 3% White, 72% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Willow Elementary?
Willow Elementary is overseen by ABC Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.