Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
74
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Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte
Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte has a Scope Score of 74 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
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Test results
What are Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte’s test results?
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
Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte33%Advanced: 12%
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte26%Advanced: 6%
California42%Advanced: 21%
Grades 3–5, 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 Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte’s results changed?
Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 23% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 33%.
Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026
Grades 3–5. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202633%Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte46%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202626%Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte42%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 elementary school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte24 in 100104 of 434 students
Average school17 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte0%0 of 452 students
Average school1.6%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California elementary 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
Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte+5points
Math
Points against the expected score
Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte+11points
- Marguerite Poindexter LaMotteThe state calls both results Accelerated. 145 students.
Grades 4–5, spring 2025. Students with scores in both years. The measure describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education growth model.
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 | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte |
|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | |
| Students: Safety | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte69%LAUSD 77% · 150 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte67%LAUSD 68% · 144 to 148 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte75%LAUSD 75% · 142 to 149 answers |
| Families: Safety | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte93%LAUSD 91% · 192 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte95%LAUSD 94% · 192 to 198 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte95%LAUSD 97% · 59 answers |
| From the staffing records | |
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte16 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte0% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte |
|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | |
| Students: Engagement | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte67%LAUSD 68% · 141 to 146 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte85%LAUSD 84% · 146 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte29%LAUSD 24% · 141 to 145 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte97%LAUSD 94% · 193 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte93%LAUSD 91% · 191 to 198 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte90%LAUSD 80% · 191 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte88%LAUSD 89% · 56 to 60 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte97%LAUSD 95% · 58 to 59 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte83%LAUSD 86% · 59 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 Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, and how big is it?
The table shows how many students the school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte |
|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte449 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte98%439 of 449 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte20 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte |
|---|---|
| Grades | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotteTK–5 |
| Who runs the school | Marguerite Poindexter LaMotteLos 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 3–5. 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).