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Joseph Le Conte and Hubert Howe Bancroft

Hubert Howe Bancroft scores 77 and Joseph Le Conte 72 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Hubert Howe Bancroft’s math results are clearly higher. English (reading and writing) is close between the two.

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Biggest differences

What are the biggest differences?

The biggest difference in test results is in math. Hubert Howe Bancroft has the highest share and Joseph Le Conte has the lowest.

Biggest difference

6points

in math. 29% of Hubert Howe Bancroft students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Joseph Le Conte it was 23%.

Lowest absence

23in 100

students at Hubert Howe Bancroft missed 10% or more of school days. It was 27 in 100 at Joseph Le Conte.

Low-income families

95%

of Joseph Le Conte’s students are from low-income families. At Hubert Howe Bancroft 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

Joseph Le Conte37%Advanced: 9%
Hubert Howe Bancroft41%Advanced: 12%
California49%Advanced: 19%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Share of students tested

Joseph Le Conte23%Advanced: 9%
Hubert Howe Bancroft29%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 16%, clearly ahead
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?

Hubert Howe Bancroft’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 35% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 41%.

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

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 middle school we score.

Chronically absent

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

Joseph Le Conte27 in 100167 of 626 students
Hubert Howe Bancroft23 in 100108 of 464 students
Average school18 in 100

Suspended at least once

Share of students enrolled at any point in the year

Joseph Le Conte0.3%2 of 647 students
Hubert Howe Bancroft0.4%2 of 473 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

Joseph Le Conte−10points
Hubert Howe Bancroft−2points

Math

Points against the expected score

Joseph Le Conte−13points
Hubert Howe Bancroft+11points
  • Joseph Le ConteThe state calls both results Moderate. 547 students in English, 544 in math.
  • Hubert Howe BancroftThe state calls the English result Average and the math result Accelerated. 387 students in English, 385 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.

Joseph Le Conte

We have not read this school’s website yet.

Hubert Howe Bancroft

International Baccalaureate (Middle Years)Whole school, listed by International Baccalaureate Organization ↗

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.

MeasureJoseph Le ConteHubert Howe Bancroft
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district.
Students: SafetyJoseph Le Conte66%LAUSD 64% · 553 answersHubert Howe Bancroft55%LAUSD 64% · 419 answers
Students: BelongingJoseph Le Conte57%LAUSD 55% · 452 to 551 answersHubert Howe Bancroft52%LAUSD 55% · 311 to 417 answers
Students: Caring adultsJoseph Le Conte62%LAUSD 61% · 543 to 552 answersHubert Howe Bancroft52%LAUSD 61% · 406 to 417 answers
Families: SafetyJoseph Le Conte86%LAUSD 82% · 459 answersHubert Howe Bancroft84%LAUSD 82% · 148 answers
Families: BelongingJoseph Le Conte91%LAUSD 89% · 459 to 483 answersHubert Howe Bancroft94%LAUSD 89% · 142 to 156 answers
Staff: SafetyJoseph Le Conte93%LAUSD 94% · 69 answersHubert Howe Bancroft96%LAUSD 94% · 74 answers
From the staffing records
Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school yearJoseph Le Conte12Hubert Howe Bancroft11
Teachers in their first year2024–25 school yearJoseph Le Conte8%Hubert Howe Bancroft12%
Show every subject in the survey
MeasureJoseph Le ConteHubert Howe Bancroft
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26
Students: EngagementJoseph Le Conte60%LAUSD 58% · 544 to 549 answersHubert Howe Bancroft54%LAUSD 58% · 408 to 416 answers
Students: High expectationsJoseph Le Conte74%LAUSD 73% · 549 answersHubert Howe Bancroft65%LAUSD 73% · 411 to 414 answers
Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is betterJoseph Le Conte18%LAUSD 19% · 450 to 550 answersHubert Howe Bancroft21%LAUSD 19% · 309 to 418 answers
Families: Caring adultsJoseph Le Conte88%LAUSD 87% · 468 to 470 answersHubert Howe Bancroft87%LAUSD 87% · 151 to 152 answers
Families: EngagementJoseph Le Conte85%LAUSD 84% · 471 to 483 answersHubert Howe Bancroft84%LAUSD 84% · 150 to 156 answers
Families: High expectationsJoseph Le Conte84%LAUSD 84% · 428 to 435 answersHubert Howe Bancroft82%LAUSD 84% · 128 to 136 answers
Families: Bullying reports taken seriouslyJoseph Le Conte80%LAUSD 74% · 464 answersHubert Howe Bancroft76%LAUSD 74% · 150 answers
Staff: Caring adultsJoseph Le Conte77%LAUSD 84% · 67 to 74 answersHubert Howe Bancroft90%LAUSD 84% · 72 to 76 answers
Staff: High expectationsJoseph Le Conte82%LAUSD 92% · 70 to 72 answersHubert Howe Bancroft97%LAUSD 92% · 70 to 71 answers
Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problemJoseph Le Conte76%LAUSD 71% · 70 answersHubert Howe Bancroft83%LAUSD 71% · 75 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.

MeasureJoseph Le ConteHubert Howe Bancroft
StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25Joseph Le Conte627Hubert Howe Bancroft457
Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63%Joseph Le Conte95%594 of 627 studentsHubert Howe Bancroft91%418 of 457 students
Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class sizeJoseph Le Conte17Hubert Howe Bancroft15
Show grades and who runs each school
MeasureJoseph Le ConteHubert Howe Bancroft
GradesJoseph Le Conte6–8Hubert Howe Bancroft6–8
Who runs the schoolJoseph Le ConteLos Angeles UnifiedHubert Howe BancroftLos Angeles Unified

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).