Colfax Charter Elementary
Charter school · Valley Village
90
StrongScope Score · 94th percentile
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Colfax Charter and Carpenter Community Charter
Carpenter Community Charter scores 97 and Colfax Charter 90 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Carpenter Community Charter’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Carpenter Community Charter
Charter school · Studio City
97
StrongScope Score · 99th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Carpenter Community Charter has the highest share and Colfax Charter has the lowest.
Biggest difference
7points
in English. 87% of Carpenter Community Charter students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Colfax Charter it was 80%.
Lowest absence
5in 100
students at Carpenter Community Charter missed 10% or more of school days. It was 9 in 100 at Colfax Charter.
Low-income families
31%
of Colfax Charter’s students are from low-income families. At Carpenter Community Charter it is 13%.
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
Colfax Charter80%Advanced: 60%
Carpenter Community Charter87%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 67%, clearly ahead
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Colfax Charter79%Advanced: 55%
Carpenter Community Charter85%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 61%
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?
Carpenter Community Charter’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 80% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 87%.
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202680%Colfax Charter87%Carpenter Community Charter46%California
Math
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202679%Colfax Charter85%Carpenter Community Charter42%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
Colfax Charter9 in 10070 of 795 students
Carpenter Community Charter5 in 100Clearly ahead48 of 903 students
Average school17 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Colfax Charter0%0 of 798 students
Carpenter Community Charter0.2%2 of 908 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
Colfax Charter+2points
Carpenter Community Charter+17points
Math
Points against the expected score
Colfax Charter+3points
Carpenter Community Charter+17points
- Colfax CharterThe state calls both results Average. 230 students.
- Carpenter Community CharterThe state calls both results Accelerated. 256 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
How does each school describe itself?
Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.
Colfax Charter
“At Colfax our vision is to ensure all children achieve academic, personal and social success through a developmentally appropriate curriculum.”
- Suzuki Violin
- Farm and garden
- Science Lab
- Organic garden
From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026
Carpenter Community Charter
“At Carpenter Community Charter, our school motto is Building Young Minds for the Modern World.”
- Engineering is Elementary
- Art history and instruction
- Dance program
- Robotics 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.
| Measure | Colfax Charter | Carpenter Community Charter |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Colfax Charter
| Carpenter Community Charter
|
| Class sizeAs the school states it | Colfax CharterNot stated on the pages we read | Carpenter Community Charter20 children per classroom for Transitional KindergartenRead 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 | Colfax Charter81%LAUSD 77% · 237 answers | Carpenter Community Charter90%LAUSD 77% · 242 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Colfax Charter67%LAUSD 68% · 236 to 237 answers | Carpenter Community Charter81%LAUSD 68% · 240 to 241 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Colfax Charter69%LAUSD 75% · 235 to 237 answers | Carpenter Community Charter81%LAUSD 75% · 238 to 242 answers |
| Families: Safety | Colfax Charter93%LAUSD 91% · 528 answers | Carpenter Community Charter95%LAUSD 91% · 321 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Colfax Charter95%LAUSD 94% · 529 to 547 answers | Carpenter Community Charter97%LAUSD 94% · 322 to 336 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Colfax Charter97%LAUSD 97% · 70 answers | Carpenter Community Charter98%LAUSD 97% · 66 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Colfax Charter18 | Carpenter Community Charter20 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Colfax Charter0% | Carpenter Community Charter0% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Colfax Charter | Carpenter Community Charter |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Colfax Charter69%LAUSD 68% · 234 to 237 answers | Carpenter Community Charter78%LAUSD 68% · 240 to 241 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Colfax Charter78%LAUSD 84% · 236 to 237 answers | Carpenter Community Charter90%LAUSD 84% · 240 to 241 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Colfax Charter27%LAUSD 24% · 233 to 234 answers | Carpenter Community Charter21%LAUSD 24% · 240 to 242 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Colfax Charter94%LAUSD 94% · 536 to 537 answers | Carpenter Community Charter94%LAUSD 94% · 323 to 327 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Colfax Charter92%LAUSD 91% · 540 to 549 answers | Carpenter Community Charter94%LAUSD 91% · 327 to 336 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Colfax Charter72%LAUSD 80% · 535 answers | Carpenter Community Charter76%LAUSD 80% · 322 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Colfax Charter92%LAUSD 89% · 70 to 71 answers | Carpenter Community Charter97%LAUSD 89% · 63 to 67 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Colfax Charter99%LAUSD 95% · 71 answers | Carpenter Community Charter100%LAUSD 95% · 67 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Colfax Charter92%LAUSD 86% · 71 answers | Carpenter Community Charter94%LAUSD 86% · 67 answers |
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 | Colfax Charter | Carpenter Community Charter |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Colfax Charter774 | Carpenter Community Charter863 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Colfax Charter31%238 of 774 students | Carpenter Community Charter13%114 of 863 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Colfax Charter26 | Carpenter Community Charter25 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Colfax Charter | Carpenter Community Charter |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Colfax CharterTK–5 | Carpenter Community CharterTK–5 |
| Who runs the school | Colfax CharterLos Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter) | Carpenter Community CharterLos Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter) |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Colfax CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2032 | Carpenter Community CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2028 |
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). A charter’s approver is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database. LAUSD’s affiliated charters are the ones its 2027–28 Choices brochure lists.