Manual Arts Senior High
Los Angeles Unified
67
Needs SupportScope Score · 12th percentile
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Manual Arts and Wallis Annenberg
Wallis Annenberg scores 77 and Manual Arts 67 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Wallis Annenberg’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Wallis Annenberg High
Charter school · Los Angeles
77
SolidScope Score · 59th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Wallis Annenberg has the highest share and Manual Arts has the lowest.
Biggest difference
34points
in English. 69% of Wallis Annenberg students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Manual Arts it was 35%.
Lowest absence
12in 100
students at Wallis Annenberg missed 10% or more of school days. It was 38 in 100 at Manual Arts.
Low-income families
98%
of Manual Arts’s students are from low-income families. At Wallis Annenberg it is 96%.
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
Manual Arts35%Advanced: 12%
Wallis Annenberg69%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 22%, clearly ahead
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Manual Arts10%Advanced: 3%
Wallis Annenberg31%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?
Wallis Annenberg’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 65% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 69%.
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%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202635%Manual Arts69%Wallis Annenberg57%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202610%Manual Arts31%Wallis Annenberg32%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
Manual Arts38 in 100360 of 960 students
Wallis Annenberg12 in 100Clearly ahead58 of 492 students
Average school22 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Manual Arts0.3%3 of 1,010 students
Wallis Annenberg0%0 of 496 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.
Manual Arts
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Wallis Annenberg
“The Wallis Annenberg High School serves students in 9th through 12th grades, and focuses on encouraging students to achieve personal success, a strong sense of self and community, along with a deep appreciation for lifelong learning.”
- Basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer
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 | Manual Arts | Wallis Annenberg |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Manual ArtsNot read yet | Wallis Annenberg
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| Part of a network | Manual ArtsNot read yet | Wallis AnnenbergThe Accelerated 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 | Manual Arts46%LAUSD 65% · 660 answers | Wallis AnnenbergNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Manual Arts48%LAUSD 61% · 629 to 656 answers | Wallis AnnenbergNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Manual Arts54%LAUSD 61% · 613 to 657 answers | Wallis AnnenbergNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Manual Arts92%LAUSD 93% · 84 answers | Wallis AnnenbergNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Manual Arts12 | Wallis Annenberg10 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Manual Arts8% | Wallis Annenberg6% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Manual Arts | Wallis Annenberg |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Manual Arts54%LAUSD 61% · 622 to 639 answers | Wallis AnnenbergNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Manual Arts63%LAUSD 68% · 624 to 631 answers | Wallis AnnenbergNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Manual Arts11%LAUSD 10% · 646 to 652 answers | Wallis AnnenbergNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Manual Arts58%LAUSD 83% · 84 to 87 answers | Wallis AnnenbergNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Manual Arts74%LAUSD 90% · 83 answers | Wallis AnnenbergNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Manual Arts64%LAUSD 81% · 84 answers | Wallis AnnenbergNo 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 | Manual Arts | Wallis Annenberg |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Manual Arts1,001 | Wallis Annenberg484 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Manual Arts98%976 of 1,001 students | Wallis Annenberg96%463 of 484 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Manual Arts16 | Wallis Annenberg19 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Manual Arts | Wallis Annenberg |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Manual Arts9–12 | Wallis Annenberg9–12 |
| Who runs the school | Manual ArtsLos Angeles Unified | Wallis AnnenbergA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Manual ArtsNot a charter | Wallis AnnenbergLos 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.