Griffith Middle
Los Angeles Unified
75
DevelopingScope Score · 49th percentile
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Griffith and Arts in Action Community
Arts in Action Community scores 75 and Griffith 75 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Griffith’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Arts in Action Community Middle
Charter school · Los Angeles
75
SolidScope Score · 51st percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. Griffith has the highest share and Arts in Action Community has the lowest.
Biggest difference
13points
in math. 29% of Griffith students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Arts in Action Community it was 16%.
Lowest absence
21in 100
students at Arts in Action Community missed 10% or more of school days. It was 22 in 100 at Griffith.
Low-income families
95%
of Arts in Action Community’s students are from low-income families. At Griffith it is 91%.
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
Griffith45%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 13%
Arts in Action Community36%Advanced: 9%
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Griffith29%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 13%, clearly ahead
Arts in Action Community16%Advanced: 7%
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?
Arts in Action Community’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 10% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 36%.
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202645%Griffith36%Arts in Action Community49%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202629%Griffith16%Arts in Action Community37%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
Griffith22 in 100238 of 1,061 students
Arts in Action Community21 in 10056 of 263 students
Average school18 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Griffith2.1%23 of 1,074 students
Arts in Action Community1.5%4 of 269 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
Griffith+6points
Arts in Action Community+9points
Math
Points against the expected score
Griffith−10points
Arts in Action Community+9points
- GriffithThe state calls the English result Accelerated and the math result Moderate. 969 students.
- Arts in Action CommunityThe state calls both results Accelerated. 237 students in English, 236 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.
Griffith
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Arts in Action Community
“To empower, prepare, and inspire students in Los Angeles to achieve their highest potential and become active citizens who work toward building a more just, humane, and sustainable world by providing a democratic arts-enriched and nurturing school environment”
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 | Griffith | Arts in Action Community |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | GriffithNot read yet | Arts in Action Community
|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Griffith65%LAUSD 64% · 966 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Griffith55%LAUSD 55% · 653 to 959 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Griffith62%LAUSD 61% · 925 to 966 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Griffith80%LAUSD 82% · 442 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Griffith83%LAUSD 89% · 441 to 468 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Griffith98%LAUSD 94% · 121 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Griffith19 | Arts in Action Community6 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Griffith0% | Arts in Action Community7% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Griffith | Arts in Action Community |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Griffith60%LAUSD 58% · 935 to 949 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Griffith74%LAUSD 73% · 943 to 947 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Griffith18%LAUSD 19% · 648 to 958 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Griffith84%LAUSD 87% · 452 to 453 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Griffith83%LAUSD 84% · 452 to 466 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | Griffith83%LAUSD 84% · 428 to 431 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Griffith75%LAUSD 74% · 450 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Griffith89%LAUSD 84% · 121 to 130 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Griffith94%LAUSD 92% · 122 to 125 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Griffith75%LAUSD 71% · 124 answers | Arts in Action CommunityNo 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 | Griffith | Arts in Action Community |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Griffith1,070 | Arts in Action Community258 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Griffith91%977 of 1,070 students | Arts in Action Community95%244 of 258 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Griffith21 | Arts in Action Community22 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Griffith | Arts in Action Community |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Griffith6–8 | Arts in Action Community6–8 |
| Who runs the school | GriffithLos Angeles Unified | Arts in Action CommunityA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | GriffithNot a charter | Arts in Action CommunityLos 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.