James Monroe High
Los Angeles Unified
68
Needs SupportScope Score · 14th percentile
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James Monroe and Valor Academy
Valor Academy scores 80 and James Monroe 68 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Valor Academy’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Valor Academy High
Charter school · North Hills
80
SolidScope Score · 70th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. Valor Academy has the highest share and James Monroe has the lowest.
Biggest difference
18points
in math. 29% of Valor Academy students scored Proficient or Advanced. At James Monroe it was 11%.
Lowest absence
21in 100
students at Valor Academy missed 10% or more of school days. It was 40 in 100 at James Monroe.
Low-income families
95%
of Valor Academy’s students are from low-income families. At James Monroe it is 94%.
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%
Valor Academy49%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 19%, clearly ahead
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
James Monroe11%Advanced: 4%
Valor Academy29%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 17%, clearly ahead
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?
Valor Academy’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 62% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 49%.
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
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202637%James Monroe49%Valor Academy57%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202611%James Monroe29%Valor Academy32%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 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
Valor Academy21 in 100Clearly ahead106 of 509 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
Valor Academy0.8%4 of 518 students
Average school2.9%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high school we score. Source: California Department of Education.
Culture
How does each school describe itself?
Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.
James Monroe
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Valor Academy
“At Valor Academy High School, we protect the Den: where every Lion feels seen, safe, and known. In this space, students are present, engaged, curious & joy builders.”
- Advanced Placement (AP) program
- Life Experience Lessons
- 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 | James Monroe | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | James MonroeNot read yet | Valor Academy
|
| Languages | James MonroeNot read yet | Valor AcademySpanish language class for all studentsRead October 27, 2026 |
| Part of a network | James MonroeNot 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 | James Monroe65%LAUSD 65% · 1137 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | James Monroe59%LAUSD 61% · 1095 to 1133 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | James Monroe61%LAUSD 61% · 1084 to 1136 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | James Monroe79%LAUSD 81% · 276 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | James Monroe93%LAUSD 87% · 277 to 295 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | James Monroe97%LAUSD 93% · 162 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | James Monroe13 | Valor Academy8 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | James Monroe5% | Valor Academy3% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | James Monroe | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | James Monroe62%LAUSD 61% · 1083 to 1113 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | James Monroe71%LAUSD 68% · 1087 to 1101 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | James Monroe9%LAUSD 10% · 1122 to 1129 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | James Monroe93%LAUSD 86% · 286 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | James Monroe90%LAUSD 83% · 285 to 294 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | James Monroe93%LAUSD 89% · 260 to 261 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | James Monroe82%LAUSD 78% · 281 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | James Monroe79%LAUSD 83% · 160 to 163 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | James Monroe88%LAUSD 90% · 158 to 161 answers | Valor AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | James Monroe82%LAUSD 81% · 162 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 | James Monroe | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | James Monroe1,905 | Valor Academy492 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | James Monroe94%1,792 of 1,905 students | Valor Academy95%465 of 492 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | James Monroe17 | Valor Academy18 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | James Monroe | Valor Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | James Monroe9–12 | Valor Academy9–12 |
| Who runs the school | James MonroeLos Angeles Unified | Valor AcademyA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | James MonroeNot a charter | Valor AcademyLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2031 |
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). A charter’s approver is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.