Mark Twain Middle
Los Angeles Unified
82
StrongScope Score · 82nd percentile
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain has a Scope Score of 82 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
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Test results
What are Mark Twain’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
Mark Twain62%Advanced: 32%
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Mark Twain52%Advanced: 34%
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 Mark Twain’s results changed?
Mark Twain’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 39% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 62%.
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
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202662%Mark Twain49%California
Math
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202652%Mark Twain37%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 middle school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Mark Twain17 in 100171 of 1,030 students
Average school18 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Mark Twain0.2%2 of 1,044 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
Mark Twain+6points
Math
Points against the expected score
Mark Twain+3points
- Mark TwainThe state calls the English result Accelerated and the math result Average. 908 students in English, 907 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, 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 | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | |
| Students: Safety | Mark Twain73%LAUSD 64% · 975 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Mark Twain60%LAUSD 55% · 626 to 971 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Mark Twain63%LAUSD 61% · 937 to 973 answers |
| Families: Safety | Mark Twain86%LAUSD 82% · 484 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Mark Twain90%LAUSD 89% · 485 to 501 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Mark Twain99%LAUSD 94% · 77 answers |
| From the staffing records | |
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Mark Twain12 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Mark Twain6% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | |
| Students: Engagement | Mark Twain63%LAUSD 58% · 939 to 962 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Mark Twain72%LAUSD 73% · 951 to 955 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Mark Twain19%LAUSD 19% · 625 to 970 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Mark Twain83%LAUSD 87% · 494 to 495 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Mark Twain82%LAUSD 84% · 492 to 501 answers |
| Families: High expectations | Mark Twain78%LAUSD 84% · 407 to 439 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Mark Twain63%LAUSD 74% · 487 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Mark Twain89%LAUSD 84% · 78 to 81 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Mark Twain95%LAUSD 92% · 79 to 81 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Mark Twain73%LAUSD 71% · 77 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 Mark Twain, and how big is it?
The table shows how many students the school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Mark Twain974 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Mark Twain58%561 of 974 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Mark Twain19 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Grades | Mark Twain6–8 |
| Who runs the school | Mark TwainLos 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).