Emerson Community Charter
Charter school · Los Angeles
80
SolidScope Score · 72nd percentile
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Emerson Community Charter and Palms
Palms scores 81 and Emerson Community Charter 80 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). English (reading and writing) and math are close between the two.
Palms Middle
Los Angeles Unified
81
StrongScope Score · 77th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. Palms has the highest share and Emerson Community Charter has the lowest.
Biggest difference
3points
in math. 47% of Palms students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Emerson Community Charter it was 44%.
Lowest absence
17in 100
students at Palms missed 10% or more of school days. It was 20 in 100 at Emerson Community Charter.
Low-income families
72%
of Palms’s students are from low-income families. At Emerson Community Charter it is 58%.
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
Emerson Community Charter58%Advanced: 28%
Palms60%Advanced: 25%
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Emerson Community Charter44%Advanced: 28%
Palms47%Advanced: 30%
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?
Emerson Community Charter’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 45% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 58%.
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202658%Emerson Community Charter60%Palms49%California
Math
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202644%Emerson Community Charter47%Palms37%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
Emerson Community Charter20 in 10091 of 463 students
Palms17 in 100177 of 1,038 students
Average school18 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Emerson Community Charter0.6%3 of 477 students
Palms2.2%23 of 1,058 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
Emerson Community Charter+9points
Palms−8points
Math
Points against the expected score
Emerson Community Charter−4points
Palms−6points
- Emerson Community CharterThe state calls the English result Accelerated and the math result Average. 398 students.
- PalmsThe state calls both results Moderate. 984 students in English, 986 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.
Emerson Community Charter
“Our goal of nurturing accomplished, responsible, and well rounded students is summed up in our motto, "Scholarship, Citizenship, Achievement."”
- Academy System
- Academy Day
- Emerson Accelerated Pathway
From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026
Palms
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 | Emerson Community Charter | Palms |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Uniform | Emerson Community CharterUniform required: solid navy blue or black pants/shorts/skirts; white/navy/grey polo shirts Monday-Thursday; closed-toe shoesRead October 27, 2026 | PalmsNot read yet |
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Emerson Community Charter65%LAUSD 64% · 434 answers | Palms65%LAUSD 64% · 926 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Emerson Community Charter56%LAUSD 55% · 303 to 434 answers | Palms54%LAUSD 55% · 613 to 920 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Emerson Community Charter58%LAUSD 61% · 412 to 433 answers | Palms60%LAUSD 61% · 876 to 923 answers |
| Families: Safety | Emerson Community Charter80%LAUSD 82% · 270 answers | Palms80%LAUSD 82% · 265 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Emerson Community Charter90%LAUSD 89% · 271 to 288 answers | Palms88%LAUSD 89% · 265 to 286 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Emerson Community Charter91%LAUSD 94% · 44 answers | Palms95%LAUSD 94% · 99 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Emerson Community Charter15 | Palms15 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Emerson Community Charter4% | Palms7% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Emerson Community Charter | Palms |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Emerson Community Charter57%LAUSD 58% · 412 to 425 answers | Palms59%LAUSD 58% · 879 to 912 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Emerson Community Charter71%LAUSD 73% · 419 to 423 answers | Palms71%LAUSD 73% · 893 to 899 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Emerson Community Charter22%LAUSD 19% · 299 to 430 answers | Palms19%LAUSD 19% · 612 to 918 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Emerson Community Charter81%LAUSD 87% · 280 answers | Palms85%LAUSD 87% · 275 to 276 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Emerson Community Charter79%LAUSD 84% · 281 to 287 answers | Palms78%LAUSD 84% · 276 to 285 answers |
| Families: High expectations | Emerson Community Charter74%LAUSD 84% · 240 to 250 answers | Palms80%LAUSD 84% · 223 to 250 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Emerson Community Charter62%LAUSD 74% · 276 answers | Palms59%LAUSD 74% · 270 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Emerson Community Charter79%LAUSD 84% · 43 to 46 answers | Palms80%LAUSD 84% · 95 to 107 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Emerson Community Charter87%LAUSD 92% · 43 answers | Palms88%LAUSD 92% · 102 to 105 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Emerson Community Charter60%LAUSD 71% · 45 answers | Palms60%LAUSD 71% · 101 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?
The table shows how many students each school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Emerson Community Charter | Palms |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Emerson Community Charter454 | Palms1,081 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Emerson Community Charter58%263 of 454 students | Palms72%773 of 1,081 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Emerson Community Charter21 | Palms20 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Emerson Community Charter | Palms |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Emerson Community Charter6–8 | Palms6–8 |
| Who runs the school | Emerson Community CharterLos Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter) | PalmsLos Angeles Unified |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Emerson Community CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027 | PalmsNot a charter |
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. LAUSD’s affiliated charters are the ones its 2027–28 Choices brochure lists.