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Charles Maclay and PUC Lakeview Charter Academy

PUC Lakeview Charter Academy scores 77 and Charles Maclay 72 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). PUC Lakeview Charter Academy’s math results are clearly higher. English (reading and writing) is close between the two.

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Biggest differences

What are the biggest differences?

The biggest difference in test results is in math. PUC Lakeview Charter Academy has the highest share and Charles Maclay has the lowest.

Biggest difference

12points

in math. 29% of PUC Lakeview Charter Academy students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Charles Maclay it was 17%.

Lowest absence

30in 100

students at PUC Lakeview Charter Academy missed 10% or more of school days. It was 36 in 100 at Charles Maclay.

Low-income families

98%

of Charles Maclay’s students are from low-income families. At PUC Lakeview Charter Academy it is 95%.

Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California middle 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

Charles Maclay33%Advanced: 8%
PUC Lakeview Charter Academy38%Advanced: 11%
California49%Advanced: 19%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Share of students tested

Charles Maclay17%Advanced: 5%
PUC Lakeview Charter Academy29%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 11%, clearly ahead
California37%Advanced: 21%

Grades 6–8, 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?

Charles Maclay’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 27% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 33%.

Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 6–8. Each year is a different group of students.

English

Math

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 middle school we score.

Chronically absent

Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days

Charles Maclay36 in 10082 of 227 students
PUC Lakeview Charter Academy30 in 100105 of 345 students
Average school18 in 100

Suspended at least once

Share of students enrolled at any point in the year

Charles Maclay0%0 of 247 students
PUC Lakeview Charter Academy0%0 of 353 students
Average school3.7%

2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California middle 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

Charles Maclay+2points
PUC Lakeview Charter Academy+12points

Math

Points against the expected score

Charles Maclay−4points
PUC Lakeview Charter Academy+20points
  • Charles MaclayThe state calls both results Average. 192 students in English, 193 in math.
  • PUC Lakeview Charter AcademyThe state calls the English result Accelerated and the math result Exceptional. 303 students.

Grades 6–8, spring 2025. Students with scores in both years. The measure describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education growth model.

Culture

How does each school describe itself?

Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.

Charles Maclay

We have not read this school’s website yet.

PUC Lakeview Charter Academy

“At PUC, we believe that physical education and the arts are critical in developing students to be leaders in their community.”
  • Clinical Counseling Program

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.

MeasureCharles MaclayPUC Lakeview Charter Academy
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district.
Students: SafetyCharles Maclay58%LAUSD 64% · 172 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Students: BelongingCharles Maclay44%LAUSD 55% · 122 to 170 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Students: Caring adultsCharles Maclay51%LAUSD 61% · 164 to 169 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Families: SafetyCharles Maclay88%LAUSD 82% · 83 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Families: BelongingCharles Maclay89%LAUSD 89% · 84 to 86 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Staff: SafetyCharles Maclay90%LAUSD 94% · 30 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
From the staffing records
Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school yearCharles Maclay16PUC Lakeview Charter Academy9
Teachers in their first year2024–25 school yearCharles Maclay5%PUC Lakeview Charter Academy5%
Show every subject in the survey
MeasureCharles MaclayPUC Lakeview Charter Academy
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26
Students: EngagementCharles Maclay54%LAUSD 58% · 164 to 171 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Students: High expectationsCharles Maclay62%LAUSD 73% · 169 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is betterCharles Maclay21%LAUSD 19% · 119 to 169 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Families: Caring adultsCharles Maclay87%LAUSD 87% · 85 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Families: EngagementCharles Maclay88%LAUSD 84% · 86 to 87 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Families: High expectationsCharles Maclay86%LAUSD 84% · 81 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Families: Bullying reports taken seriouslyCharles Maclay79%LAUSD 74% · 85 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Staff: Caring adultsCharles Maclay81%LAUSD 84% · 30 to 32 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Staff: High expectationsCharles Maclay87%LAUSD 92% · 29 to 31 answersPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyNo survey on file
Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problemCharles Maclay81%LAUSD 71% · 31 answersPUC Lakeview Charter 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.

MeasureCharles MaclayPUC Lakeview Charter Academy
StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25Charles Maclay238PUC Lakeview Charter Academy334
Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63%Charles Maclay98%234 of 238 studentsPUC Lakeview Charter Academy95%316 of 334 students
Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class sizeCharles Maclay13PUC Lakeview Charter Academy21
Show grades and who runs each school
MeasureCharles MaclayPUC Lakeview Charter Academy
GradesCharles Maclay6–8PUC Lakeview Charter Academy6–8
Who runs the schoolCharles MaclayLos Angeles UnifiedPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyA charter school
Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term endsCharles MaclayNot a charterPUC Lakeview Charter AcademyLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027
Open Charles Maclay →Open PUC Lakeview Charter Academy →

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 6–8. 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.