Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet
Los Angeles Unified
83
StrongScope Score · 82nd percentile
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Carthay and Horace Mann
Horace Mann scores 90 and Carthay 83 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Horace Mann’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Horace Mann Elementary
Beverly Hills Unified
90
StrongScope Score · 93rd percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Horace Mann has the highest share and Carthay has the lowest.
Biggest difference
21points
in English. 75% of Horace Mann students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Carthay it was 54%.
Lowest absence
11in 100
students at Horace Mann missed 10% or more of school days. It was 23 in 100 at Carthay.
Low-income families
69%
of Carthay’s students are from low-income families. At Horace Mann it is 30%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California elementary 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
Carthay54%Advanced: 31%
Horace Mann75%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 54%, clearly ahead
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Carthay55%Advanced: 35%
Horace Mann75%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 52%, clearly ahead
California42%Advanced: 21%
Grades 3–5, 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?
Carthay’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 37% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 54%.
Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026
Grades 3–5. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202654%Carthay75%Horace Mann46%California
Math
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202655%Carthay75%Horace Mann42%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 elementary school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Carthay23 in 10085 of 365 students
Horace Mann11 in 100Clearly ahead60 of 566 students
Average school17 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Carthay0%0 of 370 students
Horace Mann0%0 of 571 students
Average school1.6%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California elementary school we score. Source: California Department of Education.
State growth measure
How did results compare with what the state expected?
The state sets an expected score for each student from that student’s earlier scores. A bar to the right means students scored above it.
English
Points against the expected score
Carthay−2points
Horace Mann−3points
Math
Points against the expected score
Carthay+8points
Horace Mann+2points
- CarthayThe state calls the English result Average and the math result Accelerated. 75 students.
- Horace MannThe state calls both results Average. 150 students.
Grades 4–5, spring 2025. Students with scores in both years. The measure describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education growth model.
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 | Carthay | Horace Mann |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Carthay61%LAUSD 77% · 94 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Carthay49%LAUSD 68% · 88 to 94 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Carthay61%LAUSD 75% · 87 to 94 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Carthay86%LAUSD 91% · 255 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Carthay94%LAUSD 94% · 252 to 270 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Carthay97%LAUSD 97% · 37 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Carthay12 | Horace Mann19 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Carthay20% | Horace Mann2% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Carthay | Horace Mann |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Carthay54%LAUSD 68% · 87 to 91 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Carthay71%LAUSD 84% · 90 to 91 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Carthay23%LAUSD 24% · 86 to 94 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Carthay92%LAUSD 94% · 262 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Carthay86%LAUSD 91% · 262 to 269 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Carthay62%LAUSD 80% · 258 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Carthay81%LAUSD 89% · 37 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Carthay88%LAUSD 95% · 34 answers | Horace MannNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Carthay78%LAUSD 86% · 36 answers | Horace MannNo 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 | Carthay | Horace Mann |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Carthay327 | Horace Mann578 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Carthay69%225 of 327 students | Horace Mann30%171 of 578 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Carthay22 | Horace Mann14 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Carthay | Horace Mann |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | CarthayTK–5 | Horace MannTK–5 |
| Who runs the school | CarthayLos Angeles Unified | Horace MannBeverly Hills Unified |
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 state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores. It covers grades 4–8 and comes from the state’s spring 2025 release.
The year-by-year chart shows each spring’s results for grades 3–5. 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).