English: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 6–8, spring 2026
- Palms
- 60%Advanced: 25%
- Emerson Community Charter
- 58%Advanced: 28%
- California
- 49%Advanced: 19%
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Palms and Emerson Community Charter
Palms is at the 77th percentile and Emerson Community Charter the 72nd among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). English (reading and writing) and math are close between the two.
Emerson Community Charter 72nd
Palms 77th
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Emerson Community Charter 72nd
Palms 77th
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
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How do their test results compare?
From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). marks a figure clearly ahead of the other school. California: the same grades statewide.
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 6–8, spring 2026
- Palms
- 47%Advanced: 30%
- Emerson Community Charter
- 44%Advanced: 28%
- California
- 37%Advanced: 21%
Do students show up and stay in class?
Average school: the average California middle school we score.
Chronically absent
Missed 10% or more of school days · 2025–26 school year
- Palms
- 17 in 100177 of 1,038 students
- Emerson Community Charter
- 20 in 10091 of 463 students
- Average school
- 18 in 100
Suspended at least once
2025–26 school year
- Palms
- 2.2%23 of 1,058 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Emerson Community Charter
- 0.6%3 of 477 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Average school
- 3.7%
How did results compare with what the state expected?
The state’s matched growth measure compares each student’s results with what the state expected from their earlier scores.
State growth measure, points vs expected
Grades 6–8, spring 2025 · students with scores in both years
- Palms
- −8 pts English −6 pts mathThe state calls both Moderate · 984 students in English, 986 in math
- Emerson Community Charter
- +9 pts English −4 pts mathThe state calls them Accelerated in English and Average in math · 398 students
How are they scored, who runs them, and how big are they?
Percentile among California middle schools, with the Scope Score
Spring 2026 tests
- Palms
- 77th percentileStrongScope Score 51
- Emerson Community Charter
- 72nd percentileSolidScope Score 49
A charter’s authorizer decides whether its charter is renewed when the term ends.
Who runs the school
- Palms
- Los Angeles Unified
- Emerson Community Charter
- Los Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter)
Charter approved by, and when the current term ends
- Palms
- Not a charter
- Emerson Community Charter
- Los Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027
Teachers in their first year
2024–25 school year
- Palms
- 7%
- Emerson Community Charter
- 4%
Average years of teaching experience
2024–25 school year
- Palms
- 15
- Emerson Community Charter
- 15
Size, grades and staffing help you picture the school. A staffing ratio is not class size.
Students per teacher
Public schools: federal school directory, 2024–25 · a staffing ratio, not class size
- Palms
- 20
- Emerson Community Charter
- 21
Grades offered
- Palms
- 6–8
- Emerson Community Charter
- 6–8
Sources and definitions
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026: the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, per subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades. A ✓ marks a figure 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 absence and suspension references are the average California school we score at these schools’ level, each school counted once. The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores, for grades 4–8, from the state’s spring 2025 release. Students per teacher is from the federal school directory, 2024–25, which also lists enrollment: Palms Middle 1,081; Emerson Community Charter 454. Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only). A charter’s authorizer is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database. LAUSD’s affiliated charters are the ones its 2027–28 Choices brochure lists.