El Sereno Middle
Los Angeles Unified
80
SolidScope Score · 73rd percentile
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El Sereno and Florence Nightingale
El Sereno scores 80 and Florence Nightingale 78 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.
Florence Nightingale Middle
Los Angeles Unified
78
SolidScope Score · 68th 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 Florence Nightingale has the lowest.
Biggest difference
8points
in math. 45% of El Sereno students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Florence Nightingale it was 37%.
Lowest absence
21in 100
students at Florence Nightingale missed 10% or more of school days. It was 24 in 100 at El Sereno.
Low-income families
92%
of El Sereno’s students are from low-income families. At Florence Nightingale it is 87%.
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%, clearly ahead
Florence Nightingale49%Advanced: 15%
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
El Sereno45%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 27%, clearly ahead
Florence Nightingale37%Advanced: 22%
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 Sereno49%Florence Nightingale49%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202645%El Sereno37%Florence Nightingale37%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
Florence Nightingale21 in 100177 of 843 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
Florence Nightingale0.5%4 of 864 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
Florence Nightingale−1point
Math
Points against the expected score
El Sereno+13points
Florence Nightingale0points
- El SerenoThe state calls the English result Average and the math result Accelerated. 762 students in English, 759 in math.
- Florence NightingaleThe state calls both results Average. 683 students in English, 682 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 ↗
Florence Nightingale
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 | Florence Nightingale |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Florence Nightingale62%LAUSD 64% · 750 answers |
| Students: Belonging | El Sereno59%LAUSD 55% · 626 to 818 answers | Florence Nightingale56%LAUSD 55% · 507 to 745 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | El Sereno64%LAUSD 61% · 805 to 817 answers | Florence Nightingale61%LAUSD 61% · 713 to 748 answers |
| Families: Safety | El Sereno84%LAUSD 82% · 443 answers | Florence Nightingale77%LAUSD 82% · 256 answers |
| Families: Belonging | El Sereno86%LAUSD 89% · 446 to 461 answers | Florence Nightingale88%LAUSD 89% · 255 to 267 answers |
| Staff: Safety | El Sereno99%LAUSD 94% · 109 answers | Florence Nightingale96%LAUSD 94% · 96 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | El Sereno16 | Florence Nightingale16 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | El Sereno6% | Florence Nightingale4% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | El Sereno | Florence Nightingale |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | El Sereno62%LAUSD 58% · 808 to 818 answers | Florence Nightingale60%LAUSD 58% · 716 to 735 answers |
| Students: High expectations | El Sereno77%LAUSD 73% · 815 to 817 answers | Florence Nightingale74%LAUSD 73% · 733 to 735 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | El Sereno21%LAUSD 19% · 624 to 816 answers | Florence Nightingale21%LAUSD 19% · 505 to 742 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | El Sereno89%LAUSD 87% · 454 answers | Florence Nightingale86%LAUSD 87% · 259 answers |
| Families: Engagement | El Sereno80%LAUSD 84% · 454 to 460 answers | Florence Nightingale80%LAUSD 84% · 259 to 267 answers |
| Families: High expectations | El Sereno86%LAUSD 84% · 420 to 429 answers | Florence Nightingale85%LAUSD 84% · 245 to 250 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | El Sereno74%LAUSD 74% · 450 answers | Florence Nightingale71%LAUSD 74% · 259 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | El Sereno92%LAUSD 84% · 109 answers | Florence Nightingale84%LAUSD 84% · 96 to 99 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | El Sereno95%LAUSD 92% · 108 to 109 answers | Florence Nightingale94%LAUSD 92% · 93 to 99 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | El Sereno79%LAUSD 71% · 109 answers | Florence Nightingale69%LAUSD 71% · 98 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 | Florence Nightingale |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | El Sereno857 | Florence Nightingale773 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | El Sereno92%787 of 857 students | Florence Nightingale87%675 of 773 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | El Sereno17 | Florence Nightingale17 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | El Sereno | Florence Nightingale |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | El Sereno6–8 | Florence Nightingale6–8 |
| Who runs the school | El SerenoLos Angeles Unified | Florence NightingaleLos 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).