Francisco Sepulveda Middle
Los Angeles Unified
72
DevelopingScope Score · 35th percentile
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Francisco Sepulveda and Valor Academy
Valor Academy scores 78 and Francisco Sepulveda 72 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Valor Academy’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher. Math is close between the two.
Valor Academy Middle
Charter school · North Hills
78
SolidScope Score · 64th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Valor Academy has the highest share and Francisco Sepulveda has the lowest.
Biggest difference
14points
in English. 43% of Valor Academy students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Francisco Sepulveda it was 29%.
Lowest absence
11in 100
students at Valor Academy missed 10% or more of school days. It was 28 in 100 at Francisco Sepulveda.
Low-income families
94%
of Francisco Sepulveda’s students are from low-income families. At Valor Academy 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
Francisco Sepulveda29%Advanced: 7%
Valor Academy43%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 16%, clearly ahead
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Francisco Sepulveda22%Advanced: 8%
Valor Academy23%Advanced: 10%
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?
Francisco Sepulveda’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 21% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 29%.
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202629%Francisco Sepulveda43%Valor Academy49%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202622%Francisco Sepulveda23%Valor Academy37%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
Francisco Sepulveda28 in 100293 of 1,038 students
Valor Academy11 in 100Clearly ahead59 of 526 students
Average school18 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Francisco Sepulveda0.3%3 of 1,065 students
Valor Academy0.8%4 of 533 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
Francisco Sepulveda−6points
Valor Academy0points
Math
Points against the expected score
Francisco Sepulveda+12points
Valor Academy−12points
- Francisco SepulvedaGrades 6–8. The state calls the English result Moderate and the math result Accelerated. 891 students in English, 888 in math.
- Valor AcademyGrades 5–8. The state calls the English result Average and the math result Moderate. 500 students in English, 498 in math.
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.
Francisco Sepulveda
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Valor Academy
“At Bright Star Schools, our mission is to provide holistic, inclusive support for all students to achieve academic excellence and grow their unique talents so that they find joy and fulfillment in higher education, career, and life.”
- counselor
- Life Experience Lessons
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 | Francisco Sepulveda | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Francisco SepulvedaNot read yet | Valor Academy
|
| Part of a network | Francisco SepulvedaNot read yet | Valor AcademyBright Star 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 | Francisco Sepulveda66%LAUSD 64% · 779 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Francisco Sepulveda57%LAUSD 55% · 583 to 774 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Francisco Sepulveda63%LAUSD 61% · 757 to 775 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Francisco Sepulveda73%LAUSD 82% · 274 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Francisco Sepulveda90%LAUSD 89% · 273 to 290 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Francisco Sepulveda89%LAUSD 94% · 88 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Francisco Sepulveda18 | Valor Academy9 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Francisco Sepulveda0% | Valor Academy5% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Francisco Sepulveda | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Francisco Sepulveda59%LAUSD 58% · 761 to 767 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Francisco Sepulveda75%LAUSD 73% · 768 to 773 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Francisco Sepulveda16%LAUSD 19% · 578 to 775 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Francisco Sepulveda89%LAUSD 87% · 280 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Francisco Sepulveda88%LAUSD 84% · 280 to 289 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | Francisco Sepulveda86%LAUSD 84% · 263 to 265 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Francisco Sepulveda73%LAUSD 74% · 277 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Francisco Sepulveda89%LAUSD 84% · 85 to 95 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Francisco Sepulveda96%LAUSD 92% · 86 to 88 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Francisco Sepulveda66%LAUSD 71% · 90 answers | Valor AcademyNo 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 | Francisco Sepulveda | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Francisco Sepulveda1,052 | Valor Academy510 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Francisco Sepulveda94%988 of 1,052 students | Valor Academy92%471 of 510 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Francisco Sepulveda18 | Valor Academy28 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Francisco Sepulveda | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Francisco Sepulveda6–8 | Valor Academy5–8 |
| Who runs the school | Francisco SepulvedaLos Angeles Unified | Valor AcademyA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Francisco SepulvedaNot a charter | Valor AcademyLos 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 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.