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James Monroe and Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences

Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences scores 79 and James Monroe 68 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.

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Biggest differences

What are the biggest differences?

The biggest difference in test results is in English. Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences has the highest share and James Monroe has the lowest.

Biggest difference

27points

in English. 64% of Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences students scored Proficient or Advanced. At James Monroe it was 37%.

Lowest absence

23in 100

students at Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences missed 10% or more of school days. It was 40 in 100 at James Monroe.

Low-income families

94%

of James Monroe’s students are from low-income families. At Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences it is 72%.

Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California high 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

James Monroe37%Advanced: 11%
Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences64%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 27%, clearly ahead
California57%Advanced: 27%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Share of students tested

James Monroe11%Advanced: 4%
Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences22%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 7%
California32%Advanced: 16%

Grade 11, 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?

Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 76% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 64%.

Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grade 11. Each year is a different group of students.

English

Math

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 high school we score.

Chronically absent

Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days

James Monroe40 in 100722 of 1,792 students
Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences23 in 100Clearly ahead156 of 691 students
Average school22 in 100

Suspended at least once

Share of students enrolled at any point in the year

James Monroe0.1%1 of 1,862 students
Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences0.1%1 of 709 students
Average school2.9%

2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high school we score. Source: California Department of Education.

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.

MeasureJames MonroeValley Academy of Arts and Sciences
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district.
Students: SafetyJames Monroe65%LAUSD 65% · 1137 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences78%LAUSD 65% · 628 answers
Students: BelongingJames Monroe59%LAUSD 61% · 1095 to 1133 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences70%LAUSD 61% · 615 to 627 answers
Students: Caring adultsJames Monroe61%LAUSD 61% · 1084 to 1136 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences68%LAUSD 61% · 614 to 627 answers
Families: SafetyJames Monroe79%LAUSD 81% · 276 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences89%LAUSD 81% · 269 answers
Families: BelongingJames Monroe93%LAUSD 87% · 277 to 295 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences91%LAUSD 87% · 267 to 278 answers
Staff: SafetyJames Monroe97%LAUSD 93% · 162 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences96%LAUSD 93% · 94 answers
From the staffing records
Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school yearJames Monroe13Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences12
Teachers in their first year2024–25 school yearJames Monroe5%Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences4%
Show every subject in the survey
MeasureJames MonroeValley Academy of Arts and Sciences
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26
Students: EngagementJames Monroe62%LAUSD 61% · 1083 to 1113 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences70%LAUSD 61% · 613 to 621 answers
Students: High expectationsJames Monroe71%LAUSD 68% · 1087 to 1101 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences72%LAUSD 68% · 613 to 620 answers
Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is betterJames Monroe9%LAUSD 10% · 1122 to 1129 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences12%LAUSD 10% · 620 to 625 answers
Families: Caring adultsJames Monroe93%LAUSD 86% · 286 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences85%LAUSD 86% · 271 to 272 answers
Families: EngagementJames Monroe90%LAUSD 83% · 285 to 294 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences85%LAUSD 83% · 270 to 278 answers
Families: High expectationsJames Monroe93%LAUSD 89% · 260 to 261 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences91%LAUSD 89% · 262 answers
Families: Bullying reports taken seriouslyJames Monroe82%LAUSD 78% · 281 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences74%LAUSD 78% · 269 answers
Staff: Caring adultsJames Monroe79%LAUSD 83% · 160 to 163 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences87%LAUSD 83% · 92 to 96 answers
Staff: High expectationsJames Monroe88%LAUSD 90% · 158 to 161 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences90%LAUSD 90% · 89 to 95 answers
Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problemJames Monroe82%LAUSD 81% · 162 answersValley Academy of Arts and Sciences90%LAUSD 81% · 95 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.

MeasureJames MonroeValley Academy of Arts and Sciences
StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25James Monroe1,905Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences757
Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63%James Monroe94%1,792 of 1,905 studentsValley Academy of Arts and Sciences72%548 of 757 students
Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class sizeJames Monroe17Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences17
Show grades and who runs each school
MeasureJames MonroeValley Academy of Arts and Sciences
GradesJames Monroe9–12Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences9–12
Who runs the schoolJames MonroeLos Angeles UnifiedValley Academy of Arts and SciencesLos Angeles Unified
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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 year-by-year chart shows each spring’s results for grade 11. 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).