Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet
Los Angeles Unified
79
SolidScope Score · 69th percentile
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Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet and Birmingham Community Charter
Birmingham Community Charter scores 81 and Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet 79 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). English (reading and writing) and math are close between the two.
Birmingham Community Charter High
Charter school · Lake Balboa
81
SolidScope Score · 73rd percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet has the highest share and Birmingham Community Charter has the lowest.
Biggest difference
5points
in English. 79% of Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Birmingham Community Charter it was 74%.
Lowest absence
15in 100
students at Birmingham Community Charter missed 10% or more of school days. It was 32 in 100 at Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet.
Low-income families
90%
of Birmingham Community Charter’s students are from low-income families. At Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet it is 79%.
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
Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet79%Advanced: 30%
Birmingham Community Charter74%Advanced: 35%
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet39%Advanced: 18%
Birmingham Community Charter35%Advanced: 11%
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?
Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet’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 79%.
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%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202679%Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet74%Birmingham Community Charter57%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202639%Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet35%Birmingham Community Charter32%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
Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet32 in 10051 of 158 students
Birmingham Community Charter15 in 100Clearly ahead498 of 3,336 students
Average school22 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet1.2%2 of 163 students
Birmingham Community Charter1.2%41 of 3,404 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.
Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Birmingham Community Charter
“The Birmingham Community Charter High School is a thriving, collaborative community that provides an academically challenging, personalized, and supportive environment that prepares individual students to be the best version of themselves and pursue their post high school academic and career goals.”
- Team sports
- SAS program
- Grade Level Academies
- Career Pathways
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 | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet | Birmingham Community Charter |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet70%LAUSD 65% · 137 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet70%LAUSD 61% · 133 to 137 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet72%LAUSD 61% · 133 to 137 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet77%LAUSD 81% · 73 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet94%LAUSD 87% · 74 to 78 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet91%LAUSD 93% · 35 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet12 | Birmingham Community Charter11 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet21% | Birmingham Community Charter4% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet | Birmingham Community Charter |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet73%LAUSD 61% · 135 to 136 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet76%LAUSD 68% · 136 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet11%LAUSD 10% · 136 to 137 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet85%LAUSD 86% · 75 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet88%LAUSD 83% · 75 to 78 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet93%LAUSD 89% · 74 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet77%LAUSD 78% · 74 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet90%LAUSD 83% · 35 to 36 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet97%LAUSD 90% · 33 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet88%LAUSD 81% · 34 answers | Birmingham Community CharterNo 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 | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet | Birmingham Community Charter |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet183 | Birmingham Community Charter3,162 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet79%144 of 183 students | Birmingham Community Charter90%2,846 of 3,162 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet14 | Birmingham Community Charter23 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet | Birmingham Community Charter |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet9–12 | Birmingham Community Charter9–12 |
| Who runs the school | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications MagnetLos Angeles Unified | Birmingham Community CharterA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications MagnetNot a charter | Birmingham Community CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027 |
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.