El Sereno Middle
Los Angeles Unified
80
SolidScope Score · 73rd percentile
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El Sereno and Belvedere
El Sereno scores 80 and Belvedere 75 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). El Sereno’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Belvedere Middle
Los Angeles Unified
75
DevelopingScope Score · 47th 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 Belvedere has the lowest.
Biggest difference
15points
in math. 45% of El Sereno students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Belvedere it was 30%.
Lowest absence
24in 100
students at El Sereno missed 10% or more of school days. It was 27 in 100 at Belvedere.
Low-income families
96%
of Belvedere’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%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 19%, clearly ahead
Belvedere37%Advanced: 13%
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
El Sereno45%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 27%, clearly ahead
Belvedere30%Advanced: 16%
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?
El Sereno’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 29% 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 Sereno37%Belvedere49%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202645%El Sereno30%Belvedere37%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
Belvedere27 in 100206 of 754 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
Belvedere0.8%6 of 768 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
Belvedere−9points
Math
Points against the expected score
El Sereno+13points
Belvedere−4points
- El SerenoThe state calls the English result Average and the math result Accelerated. 762 students in English, 759 in math.
- BelvedereThe state calls the English result Moderate and the math result Average. 672 students in English, 670 in math.
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 ↗
Belvedere
We have not read this school’s website yet.
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 | Belvedere |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Belvedere61%LAUSD 64% · 654 answers |
| Students: Belonging | El Sereno59%LAUSD 55% · 626 to 818 answers | Belvedere51%LAUSD 55% · 526 to 652 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | El Sereno64%LAUSD 61% · 805 to 817 answers | Belvedere57%LAUSD 61% · 626 to 653 answers |
| Families: Safety | El Sereno84%LAUSD 82% · 443 answers | Belvedere89%LAUSD 82% · 150 answers |
| Families: Belonging | El Sereno86%LAUSD 89% · 446 to 461 answers | Belvedere91%LAUSD 89% · 151 to 164 answers |
| Staff: Safety | El Sereno99%LAUSD 94% · 109 answers | Belvedere92%LAUSD 94% · 85 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | El Sereno16 | Belvedere18 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | El Sereno6% | Belvedere2% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | El Sereno | Belvedere |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | El Sereno62%LAUSD 58% · 808 to 818 answers | Belvedere56%LAUSD 58% · 628 to 642 answers |
| Students: High expectations | El Sereno77%LAUSD 73% · 815 to 817 answers | Belvedere75%LAUSD 73% · 641 to 643 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | El Sereno21%LAUSD 19% · 624 to 816 answers | Belvedere16%LAUSD 19% · 524 to 650 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | El Sereno89%LAUSD 87% · 454 answers | Belvedere87%LAUSD 87% · 159 answers |
| Families: Engagement | El Sereno80%LAUSD 84% · 454 to 460 answers | Belvedere84%LAUSD 84% · 159 to 164 answers |
| Families: High expectations | El Sereno86%LAUSD 84% · 420 to 429 answers | Belvedere91%LAUSD 84% · 141 to 144 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | El Sereno74%LAUSD 74% · 450 answers | Belvedere77%LAUSD 74% · 154 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | El Sereno92%LAUSD 84% · 109 answers | Belvedere77%LAUSD 84% · 86 to 91 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | El Sereno95%LAUSD 92% · 108 to 109 answers | Belvedere88%LAUSD 92% · 88 to 89 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | El Sereno79%LAUSD 71% · 109 answers | Belvedere65%LAUSD 71% · 88 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?
Both schools are run by Los Angeles Unified. Ask the district which school serves your address.
| Measure | El Sereno | Belvedere |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | El Sereno857 | Belvedere734 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | El Sereno92%787 of 857 students | Belvedere96%703 of 734 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | El Sereno17 | Belvedere17 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | El Sereno | Belvedere |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | El Sereno6–8 | Belvedere6–8 |
| Who runs the school | El SerenoLos Angeles Unified | BelvedereLos Angeles Unified |
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).