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Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig

Grades K-5Charter2024–25 data
Los Angeles UnifiedWest Hills, Los Angeles County91307
📍 23456 Welby Way📞 (818) 348-1975🌐 Website
Charter school — publicly funded, independently operated, open enrollment via lottery. Learn more
Strong
84/100
Strong — 98th percentile statewide
#83 of 5,230 CA elementary schools
↓ 2.1 pts since 2019
⭐ High Ceiling

A high-ceiling school — students here are pushed to exceed, not just meet, the standard. Strong outcomes backed by above-average district investment

School Climate
93% of students attend consistently
Chronic absenteeism: 6.9% (state avg: 18.1%)
"Attend consistently" means missing ≤10% of school days (the chronic absenteeism threshold).
Minimal suspensions
0.1% suspension rate (state avg: 1.7%)
Share of students who received at least one suspension during the year.
Source: California Dept. of Education, 2024–25See breakdown by student group →

What the numbers actually mean

Most rating sites report "81% proficient" and stop there. We think that number deserves more context — here's what we found when we looked deeper:

62.6% of students exceeded standard? Level 4 on California's CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment — the state defines four levels: Not Met, Nearly Met, Met, and Exceeded. while 18.8% met it. That exceeded rate is 41.0 points above the state average of 21.6%. That's 43.8 points above the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

CDE CAASPP 2025
Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig
63%
19%
California average
22%
21%
ExceededMet onlyBelow

We tracked the same cohort across years (2023 G3 → 2025 G5): students gained 95 scale score points? Pseudo-cohort tracking: we compare this school's G3 class from a prior year to the G5 class in the current year. Same school, same cohort aged forward. Uses SBAC scale scores designed for cross-year comparison., suggesting this school is adding measurable value over time.

SchoolScope cohort tracking · Same cohort tracked across years using SBAC scale scores — stronger than single-year cross-grade comparison

Chronic absenteeism? Missing 10%+ of enrolled school days. This is an official California Dashboard accountability indicator. is 6.9%, better than the state average of 18.1%.

CDE Attendance 2025

Data you won't find on other sites: School-level per-pupil spending (not just district averages) · Current-year 2025 data direct from CDE · The exceeded vs. met split that most rating sites collapse into one number

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters → · Scope Score is SchoolScope's analysis of CDE data — not an official CDE rating. How we built this score (and what it misses) →

No single score captures a school. This is a starting point — visit, ask questions, trust your instincts.

▸ What this score doesn't capture
  • — Teaching quality, classroom culture, and how teachers connect with students
  • — Arts, athletics, extracurriculars, and enrichment programs
  • — How well the school serves students with IEPs or gifted learners
  • — Parent community engagement and satisfaction
  • — Whether the curriculum aligns with your family's values

Most of our data is updated once per year and may reflect the prior school year.

Before you visit
Questions worth asking and signals worth checking
Who this school is great for
✓Students already performing at or above grade level — 63% of students here push past the standard
✓Families where consistent attendance and school culture matter — absenteeism is well below state average
✓Families looking for a low-discipline-incident environment
△Worth checking: May feel competitive — check that support exists for kids who hit a wall
These reflect data patterns, not guarantees. Your child's experience will depend on their teacher, grade, and classroom — things no score captures.
Score Factors
Academic Performance
✓Exceeded standard: 62.6%
41.0pp above state avg (state avg 21.6%)
43% weight

Exceeded rate gets the highest weight because it separates schools that clear the bar from those that raise it.

Limitation: Reflects tested students only — opt-out rates are not published by CDE.

CDE CAASPP 2025
✓Met or exceeded: 81.4%
38.5pp above state avg (state avg 42.9%)
22% weight

Overall proficiency provides the broadest measure of academic achievement.

Limitation: Combines ‘met’ and ‘exceeded’ — the gap between them matters more than either alone.

CDE CAASPP 2025
✓Growth (G3→G5): +0.6pp
Scores improve across grades (state avg -3.0pp)
15% weight

Growth measures what the school adds, not what families bring. When available, we track the same cohort across years for a stronger signal.

Limitation: Cohort tracking is school-level (not individual students) — transfers and demographic shifts can affect results. Falls back to cross-sectional comparison when historical data is unavailable.

SchoolScope derived
School Climate
✓Chronic absenteeism: 6.9%
11.2pp below state avg (state avg 18.1%)
10% weight

Absenteeism reflects school culture and family engagement — an official CA Dashboard accountability indicator.

Limitation: 10% threshold is the same for all schools regardless of demographics or geography.

CDE Attendance 2025
✓Suspension rate: 0.1%
1.6pp below state avg (state avg 1.7%)
5% weight

Low suspension rates correlate with positive school culture and restorative practices.

Limitation: Schools may differ in reporting practices — some underreport to improve metrics.

CDE Discipline 2025
We make judgment calls about what matters. We believe exceeded scores reveal more than proficiency alone, and that growth matters more than raw test results. Reasonable people could weight these differently — and that's fine. The factors above show exactly what we weighted and why, so you can decide where you agree and where you'd adjust. The elementary Scope Score uses 5 dimensions. How we built this score (and what it misses) →

The Scope Score emphasizes academic performance. It weights test proficiency, the exceeded-vs-met gap, and growth trajectory most heavily. If your family prioritizes arts, athletics, school culture, or teaching philosophy, this score captures some of that indirectly (through absenteeism and suspension) but not all of it. Different families should weight these dimensions differently — the score factors above let you see exactly what drives this number.

How to use this
  • –Use for long-term academic patterns, not this week's classroom experience
  • –Verify with a recent visit — scores can't capture a school mid-transformation
  • –Combine with local context — talk to parents, attend a school board meeting, trust your gut
Community Profile
Context — not part of the Scope Score

Student demographics

Hispanic17.0%
White31.5%
Asian29.6%
Black1.0%
Other20.9%
GenderFemale 49.8%Male 50.2%
Resources & Access
Per-Pupil Spending
$16,469
District avg: $18,180 · CA avg: $14,815 · School-level · CDE ESSA
Teacher Salary Range
$60,420 – $122,706
District schedule · CA median ~$98K
At Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig in West Hills, 69.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig outperforms its district average for low-income students by 28.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (69.5% Math proficient); White students (80.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 13.0 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 105 students tested.
Equity Gaps
Absenteeism · Low-Income+4.6pp
11.5% vs 6.9% overall · n=226
Math · Hispanic−24.0pp
57.5% vs 81.4% overall · n=61
3 more gaps by subject
ELA · Hispanic−13.0pp
68.4% vs 81.5% overall · n=61
ELA Exceeded · Low-Income−19.4pp
43.7% vs 63.1% overall · n=105
Math Exceeded · Hispanic−21.1pp
41.1% vs 62.2% overall · n=61

Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.

Subgroup Proficiency
Low-Income105 tested
ELA 69.5%·Math 69.5%· +28.6pp vs district
White134 tested
ELA 80.6%·Math 79.8%· +11.7pp vs district
Asian124 tested
ELA 86.3%·Math 89.5%· +6.6pp vs district

Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.

Subgroup Growth by Grade
Change in proficiency from lowest tested grade. Shows which groups are gaining ground.

Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 7.5pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.

Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Funding Breakdown
Instruction 55%Support 40%Other 4%

Source: NCES F-33 (2019–2020) · Full district breakdown →

Neighborhood Context
Median Income
$131K
$46K above CA median
Median Home Value
$880K
$221K above CA median
Bachelor's+
52%
17pp above CA avg
Whole Child
Teacher experience, college/career readiness, and more. Context only — never part of the Scope Score.
Teacher Experience
19.5 years avg experience
32 teachers · 3% second-year
Teacher Credentials
100% fully credentialed

Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25

Community Profile provides context about who attends this school and the resources available. These factors are never part of the Scope Score. Learn why →

5-year trend

8684'19'22'23'24'25
↓ 2.1 points since 2019
Rank: #296 → #124 → #27 → #88 → #83Exceeded: 62% → 64% → 61% → 59% → 63%
2019 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · No testing 2020–21 (COVID) · Scope Score based on CAASPP, absenteeism & suspension data

How Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig compares

Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig vs. California averages — 2025 CAASPP data
MetricThis schoolCA avg
Exceeded Standard62.6%21.6%
Met or Exceeded81.4%42.9%
Chronic Absenteeism6.9%18.1%
Suspension Rate0.1%1.7%
Cohort GrowthStrongAverage

Source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025 · Analyzed by SchoolScope

Grade trajectory

How proficiency compares across grade levels this year (different students, same test year)

ELA Trajectory
78.3%80.7%G3G4G5
Math Trajectory
79.7%78.5%G3G4G5

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd13855.1%23.2%13.8%8.0%78.3%
4th14372.7%12.6%8.4%6.3%85.3%
5th13561.5%19.3%12.6%6.7%80.7%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd13853.6%26.1%14.5%5.8%79.7%
4th14369.2%16.8%11.2%2.8%86.0%
5th13563.7%14.8%11.8%9.6%78.5%

Science scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
5th13542.2%28.1%25.2%4.4%70.4%

135 students tested · CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually like ELA/Math. Not included in the Scope Score. · Data source: CDE CAST 2025

K-12 Feeder Path
Elementary
Welby Way Charter Elementary S…Charter
84/100
This school

Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

Schools nearby

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.

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7:1Private3.9 mi
Woodland Hills Private School-Oxnard St. Campus
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8:1Private1.9 mi
Woodland Hills Private School - Oxnard
Oxnard St · Nonsectarian · Grades Pre-K-5 · 179 students
11:1Private1.4 mi
Egremont Schools
Devonshire St · Nonsectarian · Grades Pre-K-5 · 85 students
10:1Private6 mi
Hill Point Montessori Preparatory School
Valley Cir Blvd · Nonsectarian · Grades N · 40 students
10:1Private1.1 mi
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Frequently asked questions

Is Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig a good elementary school?
Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig has a Scope Score of 84 out of 100, placing it in the 98th percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #83 statewide. 62.6% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 41.0 percentage points above the California average of 21.6%. The Scope Score weights five dimensions: the exceeded-vs-met split (45%), proficiency (25%), grade-level growth (15%), chronic absenteeism (10%), and suspension rate (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 81.4% of students at Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 62.6% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 18.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 62.6% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 832 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig rank in California?
Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig ranks #83 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 98th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), grade-level growth (Grade 3 to grade 5 growth), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig getting better or worse?
Based on 2025 CAASPP data, proficiency at Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig increases by 0.6 percentage points from Grade 3 to grade 5 growth. This upward trajectory suggests the school is adding measurable value — students leave with higher proficiency rates than they entered with. Growth trajectory is weighted at 15% in the elementary Scope Score because it measures what the school does, not just who walks in the door.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig?
6.9% of students at Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 18.1%. The suspension rate is 0.1%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig compare to other schools in West Hills?
Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig scores 84/100 (98th percentile) among California elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. Use the schools in West Hills page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig in West Hills, 69.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-Hig outperforms its district average for low-income students by 28.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (69.5% Math proficient); White students (80.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 13.0 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 105 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
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