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Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte and West Vernon Avenue

West Vernon Avenue scores 80 and Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte 74 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). West Vernon Avenue’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. West Vernon Avenue has the highest share and Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte has the lowest.

Biggest difference

14points

in math. 40% of West Vernon Avenue students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte it was 26%.

Lowest absence

20in 100

students at West Vernon Avenue missed 10% or more of school days. It was 24 in 100 at Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte.

Low-income families

99%

of West Vernon Avenue’s students are from low-income families. At Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte it is 98%.

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

Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte33%Advanced: 12%
West Vernon Avenue40%Advanced: 18%
California46%Advanced: 24%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Share of students tested

Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte26%Advanced: 6%
West Vernon Avenue40%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 22%, clearly ahead
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 their 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

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 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
West Vernon Avenue20 in 10091 of 454 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
West Vernon Avenue0%0 of 465 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
West Vernon Avenue+19points

Math

Points against the expected score

Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte+11points
West Vernon Avenue+30points
  • Marguerite Poindexter LaMotteThe state calls both results Accelerated. 145 students.
  • West Vernon AvenueThe state calls the English result Accelerated and the math result Exceptional. 151 students in English, 150 in math.

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.

MeasureMarguerite Poindexter LaMotteWest Vernon Avenue
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district.
Students: SafetyMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte69%LAUSD 77% · 150 answersWest Vernon Avenue77%LAUSD 77% · 155 answers
Students: BelongingMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte67%LAUSD 68% · 144 to 148 answersWest Vernon Avenue67%LAUSD 68% · 151 to 155 answers
Students: Caring adultsMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte75%LAUSD 75% · 142 to 149 answersWest Vernon Avenue73%LAUSD 75% · 146 to 154 answers
Families: SafetyMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte93%LAUSD 91% · 192 answersWest Vernon Avenue90%LAUSD 91% · 393 answers
Families: BelongingMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte95%LAUSD 94% · 192 to 198 answersWest Vernon Avenue91%LAUSD 94% · 394 to 400 answers
Staff: SafetyMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte95%LAUSD 97% · 59 answersWest Vernon Avenue100%LAUSD 97% · 60 answers
From the staffing records
Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school yearMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte16West Vernon Avenue24
Teachers in their first year2024–25 school yearMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte0%West Vernon Avenue0%
Show every subject in the survey
MeasureMarguerite Poindexter LaMotteWest Vernon Avenue
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26
Students: EngagementMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte67%LAUSD 68% · 141 to 146 answersWest Vernon Avenue64%LAUSD 68% · 146 to 152 answers
Students: High expectationsMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte85%LAUSD 84% · 146 answersWest Vernon Avenue85%LAUSD 84% · 149 to 151 answers
Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is betterMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte29%LAUSD 24% · 141 to 145 answersWest Vernon Avenue19%LAUSD 24% · 152 to 154 answers
Families: Caring adultsMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte97%LAUSD 94% · 193 answersWest Vernon Avenue87%LAUSD 94% · 394 to 397 answers
Families: EngagementMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte93%LAUSD 91% · 191 to 198 answersWest Vernon Avenue91%LAUSD 91% · 397 to 399 answers
Families: Bullying reports taken seriouslyMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte90%LAUSD 80% · 191 answersWest Vernon Avenue91%LAUSD 80% · 398 answers
Staff: Caring adultsMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte88%LAUSD 89% · 56 to 60 answersWest Vernon Avenue98%LAUSD 89% · 62 to 64 answers
Staff: High expectationsMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte97%LAUSD 95% · 58 to 59 answersWest Vernon Avenue100%LAUSD 95% · 62 to 63 answers
Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problemMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte83%LAUSD 86% · 59 answersWest Vernon Avenue92%LAUSD 86% · 63 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.

MeasureMarguerite Poindexter LaMotteWest Vernon Avenue
StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte449West Vernon Avenue470
Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63%Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte98%439 of 449 studentsWest Vernon Avenue99%465 of 470 students
Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class sizeMarguerite Poindexter LaMotte20West Vernon Avenue21
Show grades and who runs each school
MeasureMarguerite Poindexter LaMotteWest Vernon Avenue
GradesMarguerite Poindexter LaMotteTK–5West Vernon AvenueTK–5
Who runs the schoolMarguerite Poindexter LaMotteLos Angeles UnifiedWest Vernon AvenueLos Angeles Unified
Open Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte →Open West Vernon Avenue →

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).