El Sereno Middle
Los Angeles Unified
80
SolidScope Score · 73rd percentile
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El Sereno and Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter
El Sereno scores 80 and Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter 76 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). El Sereno’s math results are clearly higher. English (reading and writing) is close between the two.
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter Middle
Charter school · Los Angeles
76
SolidScope Score · 55th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. El Sereno has the highest share and Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter has the lowest.
Biggest difference
15points
in math. 45% of El Sereno students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter it was 30%.
Lowest absence
17in 100
students at Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter missed 10% or more of school days. It was 24 in 100 at El Sereno.
Low-income families
95%
of Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter’s students are from low-income families. At El Sereno it is 92%.
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
El Sereno49%Advanced: 19%
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter49%Advanced: 16%
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
El Sereno45%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 27%, clearly ahead
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter30%Advanced: 14%
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?
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 25% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 49%.
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
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202649%El Sereno49%Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter49%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202645%El Sereno30%Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter37%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 middle school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
El Sereno24 in 100213 of 877 students
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter17 in 100Clearly ahead47 of 277 students
Average school18 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
El Sereno0%0 of 895 students
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter0%0 of 281 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
El Sereno+1point
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter+18points
Math
Points against the expected score
El Sereno+13points
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter+10points
- El SerenoThe state calls the English result Average and the math result Accelerated. 762 students in English, 759 in math.
- Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterThe state calls both results Accelerated. 255 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.
El Sereno
International Baccalaureate (Middle Years)Whole school, listed by International Baccalaureate Organization ↗
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter
“Our school is named after the first Latina Astronaut in space, inspiring our STEM forward curriculum.”
- College classes and college credit
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 | El Sereno | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | El SerenoNot read yet | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter
|
| Part of a network | El SerenoNot read yet | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterGreen Dot Public SchoolsRead October 26, 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 | El Sereno66%LAUSD 64% · 821 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | El Sereno59%LAUSD 55% · 626 to 818 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | El Sereno64%LAUSD 61% · 805 to 817 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | El Sereno84%LAUSD 82% · 443 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | El Sereno86%LAUSD 89% · 446 to 461 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | El Sereno99%LAUSD 94% · 109 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | El Sereno16 | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter12 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | El Sereno6% | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter0% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | El Sereno | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | El Sereno62%LAUSD 58% · 808 to 818 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | El Sereno77%LAUSD 73% · 815 to 817 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | El Sereno21%LAUSD 19% · 624 to 816 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | El Sereno89%LAUSD 87% · 454 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | El Sereno80%LAUSD 84% · 454 to 460 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | El Sereno86%LAUSD 84% · 420 to 429 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | El Sereno74%LAUSD 74% · 450 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | El Sereno92%LAUSD 84% · 109 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | El Sereno95%LAUSD 92% · 108 to 109 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | El Sereno79%LAUSD 71% · 109 answers | Animo Ellen Ochoa 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 | El Sereno | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | El Sereno857 | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter280 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | El Sereno92%787 of 857 students | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter95%267 of 280 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | El Sereno17 | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter19 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | El Sereno | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | El Sereno6–8 | Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter6–8 |
| Who runs the school | El SerenoLos Angeles Unified | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | El SerenoNot a charter | Animo Ellen Ochoa CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2031 |
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.