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Downtown Business High
Los Angeles Unified
89
StrongScope Score · 92nd percentile
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Downtown Business and Alliance Ted K. Tajima
Downtown Business scores 89 and Alliance Ted K. Tajima 86 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Downtown Business’s math results are clearly higher. English (reading and writing) is close between the two.
Alliance Ted K. Tajima High
Charter school · Los Angeles
86
StrongScope Score · 86th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. Downtown Business has the highest share and Alliance Ted K. Tajima has the lowest.
Biggest difference
41points
in math. 65% of Downtown Business students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Alliance Ted K. Tajima it was 24%.
Lowest absence
15in 100
students at Downtown Business missed 10% or more of school days. It was 17 in 100 at Alliance Ted K. Tajima.
Low-income families
98%
of Alliance Ted K. Tajima’s students are from low-income families. At Downtown Business it is 81%.
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
Downtown Business83%Advanced: 52%, clearly ahead
Alliance Ted K. Tajima80%Advanced: 35%
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Downtown Business65%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 30%, clearly ahead
Alliance Ted K. Tajima24%Advanced: 6%
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?
Downtown Business’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 97% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 83%.
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
50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202683%Downtown Business80%Alliance Ted K. Tajima57%California
Math
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202665%Downtown Business24%Alliance Ted K. Tajima32%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
Downtown Business15 in 100119 of 790 students
Alliance Ted K. Tajima17 in 10083 of 497 students
Average school22 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Downtown Business0%0 of 807 students
Alliance Ted K. Tajima1.0%5 of 505 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.
Downtown Business
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Alliance Ted K. Tajima
“Our vision at Alliance Ted K. Tajima High School is for all scholars, through a shared love of learning, to graduate from college and become enthusiastic, self-aware and influential leaders who, by uplifting their communities, positively impact the world.”
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 | Downtown Business | Alliance Ted K. Tajima |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Downtown BusinessNot read yet | Alliance Ted K. Tajima
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| Part of a network | Downtown BusinessNot read yet | Alliance Ted K. TajimaAlliance College-Ready Public 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 | Downtown Business75%LAUSD 65% · 742 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Downtown Business70%LAUSD 61% · 728 to 738 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Downtown Business66%LAUSD 61% · 722 to 740 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Downtown Business88%LAUSD 81% · 330 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Downtown Business90%LAUSD 87% · 329 to 339 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Downtown Business96%LAUSD 93% · 68 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Downtown Business14 | Alliance Ted K. Tajima9 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Downtown Business0% | Alliance Ted K. Tajima4% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Downtown Business | Alliance Ted K. Tajima |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Downtown Business67%LAUSD 61% · 720 to 729 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Downtown Business71%LAUSD 68% · 718 to 729 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Downtown Business8%LAUSD 10% · 724 to 732 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Downtown Business90%LAUSD 86% · 332 to 333 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Downtown Business84%LAUSD 83% · 333 to 337 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | Downtown Business94%LAUSD 89% · 324 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Downtown Business83%LAUSD 78% · 331 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Downtown Business87%LAUSD 83% · 67 to 71 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Downtown Business90%LAUSD 90% · 65 to 71 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Downtown Business93%LAUSD 81% · 70 answers | Alliance Ted K. TajimaNo 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 | Downtown Business | Alliance Ted K. Tajima |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Downtown Business819 | Alliance Ted K. Tajima484 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Downtown Business81%667 of 819 students | Alliance Ted K. Tajima98%472 of 484 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Downtown Business18 | Alliance Ted K. Tajima21 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Downtown Business | Alliance Ted K. Tajima |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Downtown Business9–12 | Alliance Ted K. Tajima9–12 |
| Who runs the school | Downtown BusinessLos Angeles Unified | Alliance Ted K. TajimaA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Downtown BusinessNot a charter | Alliance Ted K. TajimaLos 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.