Garvanza and Richard Riordan Primary Center

Both are in the top quarter among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). English (reading and writing) and math are close between the two.

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All 5,726 California public elementary schools we score, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests.
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How do their test results compare?

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). marks a figure clearly ahead of the other school. California: the same grades statewide.

English: Proficient or Advanced

Grades 3–5, spring 2026

Garvanza
58%Advanced: 37%
Richard Riordan Primary Center
68%Advanced: 30%
California
46%Advanced: 24%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Grades 3–5, spring 2026

Garvanza
56%Advanced: 32%
Richard Riordan Primary Center
60%Advanced: 25%
California
42%Advanced: 21%

Do students show up and stay in class?

Average school: the average California elementary school we score.

Chronically absent

Missed 10% or more of school days · 2025–26 school year

Garvanza
27 in 10066 of 245 students
Richard Riordan Primary Center
21 in 10032 of 156 students
Average school
17 in 100

Suspended at least once

2025–26 school year

Garvanza
0 of 248 students enrolled at any point in the year
Richard Riordan Primary Center
0 of 159 students enrolled at any point in the year
Average school
1.6%

How did results compare with what the state expected?

The state’s matched growth measure compares each student’s results with what the state expected from their earlier scores.

State growth measure, points vs expected

Grades 4–5, spring 2025 · students with scores in both years

Garvanza
−4 pts English −7 pts mathThe state calls them Average in English and Moderate in math · 72 students
Richard Riordan Primary Center
+17 pts English +20 pts mathThe state calls them Accelerated in English and Exceptional in math · 20 students

How are they scored, who runs them, and how big are they?

Percentile among California elementary schools, with the Scope Score

Spring 2026 tests

Garvanza
76th percentileStrongScope Score 51
Richard Riordan Primary Center
75th percentileStrongScope Score 49

Who runs the school

Garvanza
Los Angeles Unified
Richard Riordan Primary Center
Los Angeles Unified

Teachers in their first year

2024–25 school year

Garvanza
0%
Richard Riordan Primary Center
14%

Average years of teaching experience

2024–25 school year

Garvanza
18
Richard Riordan Primary Center
11

Size, grades and staffing help you picture the school. A staffing ratio is not class size.

Students per teacher

Public schools: federal school directory, 2024–25 · a staffing ratio, not class size

Garvanza
23
Richard Riordan Primary Center
19

Grades offered

Garvanza
TK–5
Richard Riordan Primary Center
TK–5

Sources and definitions

Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026: the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, per subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades. A ✓ marks a figure 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 absence and suspension references are the average California school we score at these schools’ level, each school counted once. The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores, for grades 4–8, from the state’s spring 2025 release. Students per teacher is from the federal school directory, 2024–25, which also lists enrollment: Garvanza Elementary School Technology and Leadership Magnet 248; Richard Riordan Primary Center 136. Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only).

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