Arleta High
Los Angeles Unified
70
Needs SupportScope Score · 23rd percentile
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Arleta High and Valor Academy
Valor Academy scores 80 and Arleta High 70 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Valor Academy’s math results are clearly higher. English (reading and writing) is close between the two.
Valor Academy High
Charter school · North Hills
80
SolidScope Score · 70th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. Valor Academy has the highest share and Arleta High has the lowest.
Biggest difference
17points
in math. 29% of Valor Academy students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Arleta High it was 12%.
Lowest absence
21in 100
students at Valor Academy missed 10% or more of school days. It was 24 in 100 at Arleta High.
Low-income families
95%
of Valor Academy’s students are from low-income families. At Arleta High it is 89%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California high schools. Chronic absence is the 2025–26 school year. Students from low-income families are students eligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25.
Test results
How do their test results compare?
The dark part of each bar is students who scored Advanced. The light part is students who scored Proficient. The dashed line is California for the same grades.
English: Proficient or Advanced
Reading and writing
Arleta High46%Advanced: 12%
Valor Academy49%Advanced: 19%
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Arleta High12%Advanced: 4%
Valor Academy29%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 17%, clearly ahead
California32%Advanced: 16%
Grade 11, spring 2026. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.
Year by year
How have their results changed?
Valor Academy’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 62% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 49%.
Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026
Grade 11. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202646%Arleta High49%Valor Academy57%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202612%Arleta High29%Valor Academy32%California
The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional. Each figure is our combination of the grades’ published results, weighted by students tested. Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.
Life at school
Do students show up and stay in class?
A shorter bar is better here. The dashed line is the average California high school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Arleta High24 in 100244 of 1,023 students
Valor Academy21 in 100106 of 509 students
Average school22 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Arleta High0.3%3 of 1,059 students
Valor Academy0.8%4 of 518 students
Average school2.9%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high school we score. Source: California Department of Education.
Culture
How does each school describe itself?
Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.
Arleta High
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Valor Academy
“At Valor Academy High School, we protect the Den: where every Lion feels seen, safe, and known. In this space, students are present, engaged, curious & joy builders.”
- Advanced Placement (AP) program
- Life Experience Lessons
- Life Experience Lessons
From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026
Culture, side by side
What do the school, its families and the records say?
A school’s words are its claims. The district’s survey and the staffing records are evidence.
| Measure | Arleta High | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Arleta HighNot read yet | Valor Academy
|
| Languages | Arleta HighNot read yet | Valor AcademySpanish language class for all studentsRead October 27, 2026 |
| Part of a network | Arleta HighNot read yet | Valor AcademyBright Star SchoolsRead October 27, 2026 |
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Arleta High65%LAUSD 65% · 856 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Arleta High56%LAUSD 61% · 832 to 852 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Arleta High57%LAUSD 61% · 812 to 853 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Arleta High83%LAUSD 81% · 132 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Arleta High87%LAUSD 87% · 133 to 147 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Arleta High100%LAUSD 93% · 82 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Arleta High18 | Valor Academy8 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Arleta High0% | Valor Academy3% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Arleta High | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Arleta High55%LAUSD 61% · 822 to 837 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Arleta High64%LAUSD 68% · 823 to 835 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Arleta High10%LAUSD 10% · 840 to 846 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Arleta High82%LAUSD 86% · 137 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Arleta High83%LAUSD 83% · 137 to 147 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | Arleta High89%LAUSD 89% · 127 to 128 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Arleta High78%LAUSD 78% · 135 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Arleta High95%LAUSD 83% · 82 to 85 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Arleta High99%LAUSD 90% · 82 to 84 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Arleta High96%LAUSD 81% · 82 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
School statements are from each school’s own website on the date shown. A survey figure averages the questions on that subject: the share who agreed, or for student bullying the share it happened to. Teacher records are from the California Department of Education. Nothing here is about a named person.
Who attends
Who attends, and how big are they?
The table shows how many students each school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Arleta High | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Arleta High1,038 | Valor Academy492 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Arleta High89%923 of 1,038 students | Valor Academy95%465 of 492 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Arleta High18 | Valor Academy18 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Arleta High | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Arleta High9–12 | Valor Academy9–12 |
| Who runs the school | Arleta HighLos Angeles Unified | Valor AcademyA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Arleta HighNot a charter | Valor AcademyLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2031 |
Sources
Sources and definitions
75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How we score schools
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026. Each figure is the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, for one subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades.
“Clearly ahead” marks a figure that is ahead of the others by more than twice the margin of error. On chronic absence, ahead means lower.
Chronic absence and suspensions are the California Department of Education’s 2025–26 counts. “Chronically absent” means a student missed 10% or more of school days. The average school is the average California school we score at these schools’ level, with each school counted once.
The year-by-year chart shows each spring’s results for grade 11. Each year is a different group of students, so the chart does not show how the same students changed.
Students and students per teacher are from the federal school directory, 2024–25. Students from low-income families are students counted as eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the California Department of Education’s 2024–25 count.
Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only). A charter’s approver is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.