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North Hollywood Senior High and Sun Valley Magnet

North Hollywood Senior High scores 84 and Sun Valley Magnet 80 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). North Hollywood Senior High’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.

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Biggest differences

What are the biggest differences?

The biggest difference in test results is in math. North Hollywood Senior High has the highest share and Sun Valley Magnet has the lowest.

Biggest difference

25points

in math. 42% of North Hollywood Senior High students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Sun Valley Magnet it was 17%.

Lowest absence

21in 100

students at Sun Valley Magnet missed 10% or more of school days. It was 31 in 100 at North Hollywood Senior High.

Low-income families

95%

of Sun Valley Magnet’s students are from low-income families. At North Hollywood Senior High it is 72%.

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

North Hollywood Senior High73%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 47%, clearly ahead
Sun Valley Magnet50%Advanced: 19%
California57%Advanced: 27%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Share of students tested

North Hollywood Senior High42%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 26%, clearly ahead
Sun Valley Magnet17%Advanced: 6%
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?

Sun Valley Magnet’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 45% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 50%.

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

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 high school we score.

Chronically absent

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

North Hollywood Senior High31 in 100790 of 2,538 students
Sun Valley Magnet21 in 100Clearly ahead258 of 1,250 students
Average school22 in 100

Suspended at least once

Share of students enrolled at any point in the year

North Hollywood Senior High1.4%36 of 2,583 students
Sun Valley Magnet0.2%2 of 1,278 students
Average school2.9%

2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high 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

North Hollywood Senior HighNot available
Sun Valley Magnet−4points

Math

Points against the expected score

North Hollywood Senior HighNot available
Sun Valley Magnet0points
  • Sun Valley MagnetThe state calls both results Average. 759 students in English, 755 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.

MeasureNorth Hollywood Senior HighSun Valley Magnet
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district.
Students: SafetyNorth Hollywood Senior High58%LAUSD 65% · 1914 answersSun Valley Magnet61%LAUSD 64% · 798 answers
Students: BelongingNorth Hollywood Senior High60%LAUSD 61% · 1830 to 1904 answersSun Valley Magnet53%LAUSD 55% · 538 to 793 answers
Students: Caring adultsNorth Hollywood Senior High59%LAUSD 61% · 1809 to 1908 answersSun Valley Magnet62%LAUSD 61% · 762 to 795 answers
Families: SafetyNorth Hollywood Senior High72%LAUSD 81% · 221 answersSun Valley Magnet78%LAUSD 82% · 165 answers
Families: BelongingNorth Hollywood Senior High89%LAUSD 87% · 217 to 234 answersSun Valley Magnet90%LAUSD 89% · 164 to 174 answers
Staff: SafetyNorth Hollywood Senior High71%LAUSD 93% · 161 answersSun Valley Magnet98%LAUSD 94% · 142 answers
From the staffing records
Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school yearNorth Hollywood Senior High13Sun Valley Magnet13
Teachers in their first year2024–25 school yearNorth Hollywood Senior High5%Sun Valley Magnet4%
Show every subject in the survey
MeasureNorth Hollywood Senior HighSun Valley Magnet
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26
Students: EngagementNorth Hollywood Senior High62%LAUSD 61% · 1822 to 1854 answersSun Valley Magnet57%LAUSD 58% · 762 to 783 answers
Students: High expectationsNorth Hollywood Senior High65%LAUSD 68% · 1816 to 1838 answersSun Valley Magnet73%LAUSD 73% · 783 to 785 answers
Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is betterNorth Hollywood Senior High12%LAUSD 10% · 1877 to 1886 answersSun Valley Magnet21%LAUSD 19% · 539 to 793 answers
Families: Caring adultsNorth Hollywood Senior High87%LAUSD 86% · 230 to 231 answersSun Valley Magnet93%LAUSD 87% · 169 to 170 answers
Families: EngagementNorth Hollywood Senior High81%LAUSD 83% · 232 to 234 answersSun Valley Magnet84%LAUSD 84% · 170 to 173 answers
Families: High expectationsNorth Hollywood Senior High91%LAUSD 89% · 217 to 219 answersSun Valley Magnet86%LAUSD 84% · 151 to 156 answers
Families: Bullying reports taken seriouslyNorth Hollywood Senior High62%LAUSD 78% · 223 answersSun Valley Magnet76%LAUSD 74% · 169 answers
Staff: Caring adultsNorth Hollywood Senior High73%LAUSD 83% · 159 to 170 answersSun Valley Magnet90%LAUSD 84% · 141 to 148 answers
Staff: High expectationsNorth Hollywood Senior High83%LAUSD 90% · 161 to 164 answersSun Valley Magnet95%LAUSD 92% · 141 to 145 answers
Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problemNorth Hollywood Senior High57%LAUSD 81% · 165 answersSun Valley Magnet70%LAUSD 71% · 142 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.

MeasureNorth Hollywood Senior HighSun Valley Magnet
StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25North Hollywood Senior High2,444Sun Valley Magnet1,272
Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63%North Hollywood Senior High72%1,759 of 2,444 studentsSun Valley Magnet95%1,211 of 1,272 students
Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class sizeNorth Hollywood Senior High21Sun Valley Magnet17
Show grades and who runs each school
MeasureNorth Hollywood Senior HighSun Valley Magnet
GradesNorth Hollywood Senior High9–12Sun Valley Magnet6–12
Who runs the schoolNorth Hollywood Senior HighLos Angeles UnifiedSun Valley MagnetLos 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 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).