Pacoima Middle
Los Angeles Unified
73
DevelopingScope Score · 35th percentile
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Pacoima Middle and PUC Inspire Charter Academy
PUC Inspire Charter Academy scores 73 and Pacoima Middle 73 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Pacoima Middle’s math results are clearly higher. English (reading and writing) is close between the two.
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PUC Inspire Charter Academy
Charter school · Pacoima
73
DevelopingScope Score · 37th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. Pacoima Middle has the highest share and PUC Inspire Charter Academy has the lowest.
Biggest difference
12points
in math. 28% of Pacoima Middle students scored Proficient or Advanced. At PUC Inspire Charter Academy it was 16%.
Lowest absence
24in 100
students at Pacoima Middle missed 10% or more of school days. It was 26 in 100 at PUC Inspire Charter Academy.
Low-income families
97%
of PUC Inspire Charter Academy’s students are from low-income families. At Pacoima Middle it is 92%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California middle 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
Pacoima Middle44%Advanced: 12%
PUC Inspire Charter Academy39%Advanced: 11%
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Pacoima Middle28%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 14%, clearly ahead
PUC Inspire Charter Academy16%Advanced: 7%
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 their results changed?
Pacoima Middle’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 30% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 44%.
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202644%Pacoima Middle39%PUC Inspire Charter Academy49%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202628%Pacoima Middle16%PUC Inspire Charter Academy37%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
Pacoima Middle24 in 100182 of 772 students
PUC Inspire Charter Academy26 in 10064 of 249 students
Average school18 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Pacoima Middle0.1%1 of 797 students
PUC Inspire Charter Academy0%0 of 254 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
Pacoima Middle−1point
PUC Inspire Charter Academy+6points
Math
Points against the expected score
Pacoima Middle−2points
PUC Inspire Charter Academy−10points
- Pacoima MiddleThe state calls both results Average. 752 students in English, 750 in math.
- PUC Inspire Charter AcademyThe state calls the English result Accelerated and the math result Moderate. 194 students.
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
How does each school describe itself?
Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.
Pacoima Middle
We have not read this school’s website yet.
PUC Inspire Charter Academy
“We work hard to get to know our students and their families on an individual basis so that we can personalize classroom instruction for each child.”
- Art and Theater
- Physical Education and Dance
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 | Pacoima Middle | PUC Inspire Charter Academy |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Pacoima MiddleNot read yet | PUC Inspire Charter Academy
|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Pacoima Middle72%LAUSD 64% · 725 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Pacoima Middle59%LAUSD 55% · 474 to 725 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Pacoima Middle63%LAUSD 61% · 706 to 725 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Pacoima Middle84%LAUSD 82% · 648 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Pacoima Middle88%LAUSD 89% · 643 to 689 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Pacoima Middle97%LAUSD 94% · 103 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Pacoima Middle18 | PUC Inspire Charter Academy7 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Pacoima Middle4% | PUC Inspire Charter Academy20% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Pacoima Middle | PUC Inspire Charter Academy |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Pacoima Middle62%LAUSD 58% · 709 to 722 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Pacoima Middle79%LAUSD 73% · 713 to 720 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Pacoima Middle16%LAUSD 19% · 477 to 722 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Pacoima Middle88%LAUSD 87% · 665 to 666 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Pacoima Middle84%LAUSD 84% · 669 to 685 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | Pacoima Middle86%LAUSD 84% · 626 to 637 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Pacoima Middle77%LAUSD 74% · 659 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Pacoima Middle93%LAUSD 84% · 103 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Pacoima Middle96%LAUSD 92% · 97 to 102 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Pacoima Middle88%LAUSD 71% · 104 answers | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyNo 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 | Pacoima Middle | PUC Inspire Charter Academy |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Pacoima Middle823 | PUC Inspire Charter Academy210 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Pacoima Middle92%756 of 823 students | PUC Inspire Charter Academy97%204 of 210 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Pacoima Middle18 | PUC Inspire Charter Academy18 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Pacoima Middle | PUC Inspire Charter Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Pacoima Middle6–8 | PUC Inspire Charter Academy6–8 |
| Who runs the school | Pacoima MiddleLos Angeles Unified | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Pacoima MiddleNot a charter | PUC Inspire Charter AcademyLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027 |
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). A charter’s approver is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.