How does Lindero Canyon Middle compare to other middle schools in Agoura?

Lindero Canyon Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 54.5/100, placing it at the 81st percentile statewide. 30% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,478 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Lindero Canyon Middle?

30.1% of students at Lindero Canyon Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 60.3% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Lindero Canyon Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Lindero Canyon Middle's proficiency rate decreases by 5.5 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Lindero Canyon Middle?

9.2% of students at Lindero Canyon Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Lindero Canyon Middle

Middle School

Las Virgenes Unified AgouraLos Angeles County91301

📍 5844 Larboard Lane

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

763 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

23:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

28%

Teachers

33 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Declined

-12.8 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Maintained

+2.0 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

35.7%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 14 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic18.1%

White68.8%

Asian5.0%

Black1.1%

Other7.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Lindero Canyon Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	30.1%
Met Standard	30.2%
Below Standard	39.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "60% proficient" for Lindero Canyon Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

30.1% of students exceeded standard while 30.2% met it. That exceeded rate is 12.8 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 5.0 points below the Las Virgenes Unified district average of 35.2%. The 1 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 45.0% exceeded — 14.9 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 5.5 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance declined and Math maintained year-over-year. 35.7% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 9.2%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

30.1%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

60.3%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-5.5pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

9.2%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

3.3%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,478

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	255	29.0%	40.4%	18.8%	11.8%	69.4%
7th	249	29.7%	37.4%	18.9%	14.1%	67.1%
8th	238	26.1%	31.5%	21.9%	20.6%	57.6%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	254	33.9%	22.4%	25.6%	18.1%	56.3%
7th	244	31.1%	23.4%	25.4%	20.1%	54.5%
8th	238	31.1%	26.1%	21.9%	21.0%	57.1%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Yerba Buena Elementary

62.085th pctile

Sumac Elementary

58.681st pctile

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Middle

Lindero Canyon Middle

54.581st pctile

This school

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High School

Agoura High

65.485th pctile

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.