Phineas Banning Senior High
Los Angeles Unified
73
DevelopingScope Score · 41st percentile
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Phineas Banning and Carson Senior High
Carson Senior High scores 78 and Phineas Banning 73 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Phineas Banning’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher. Math is close between the two.
Carson Senior High
Los Angeles Unified
78
SolidScope Score · 64th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Phineas Banning has the highest share and Carson Senior High has the lowest.
Biggest difference
7points
in English. 65% of Phineas Banning students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Carson Senior High it was 58%.
Lowest absence
25in 100
students at Carson Senior High missed 10% or more of school days. It was 34 in 100 at Phineas Banning.
Low-income families
91%
of Phineas Banning’s students are from low-income families. At Carson Senior High it is 88%.
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
Phineas Banning65%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 30%
Carson Senior High58%Advanced: 28%
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Phineas Banning41%Advanced: 17%
Carson Senior High37%Advanced: 20%
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?
Phineas Banning’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 49% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 65%.
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
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202665%Phineas Banning58%Carson Senior High57%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202641%Phineas Banning37%Carson Senior High32%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 high school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Phineas Banning34 in 100792 of 2,313 students
Carson Senior High25 in 100Clearly ahead362 of 1,454 students
Average school22 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Phineas Banning0.5%12 of 2,365 students
Carson Senior High0.6%9 of 1,487 students
Average school2.9%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high school we score. Source: California Department of Education.
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 | Phineas Banning | Carson Senior High |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Phineas Banning55%LAUSD 65% · 2052 answers | Carson Senior High52%LAUSD 65% · 1048 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Phineas Banning55%LAUSD 61% · 2013 to 2038 answers | Carson Senior High53%LAUSD 61% · 1018 to 1044 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Phineas Banning55%LAUSD 61% · 2001 to 2047 answers | Carson Senior High56%LAUSD 61% · 1014 to 1046 answers |
| Families: Safety | Phineas Banning84%LAUSD 81% · 1602 answers | Carson Senior High80%LAUSD 81% · 881 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Phineas Banning88%LAUSD 87% · 1602 to 1625 answers | Carson Senior High90%LAUSD 87% · 879 to 911 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Phineas Banning85%LAUSD 93% · 244 answers | Carson Senior High87%LAUSD 93% · 119 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Phineas Banning14 | Carson Senior High13 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Phineas Banning9% | Carson Senior High4% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Phineas Banning | Carson Senior High |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Phineas Banning56%LAUSD 61% · 2018 to 2032 answers | Carson Senior High57%LAUSD 61% · 1015 to 1028 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Phineas Banning62%LAUSD 68% · 2014 to 2032 answers | Carson Senior High65%LAUSD 68% · 1012 to 1024 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Phineas Banning10%LAUSD 10% · 2029 to 2038 answers | Carson Senior High13%LAUSD 10% · 1032 to 1037 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Phineas Banning88%LAUSD 86% · 1607 to 1615 answers | Carson Senior High90%LAUSD 86% · 891 to 892 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Phineas Banning87%LAUSD 83% · 1615 to 1623 answers | Carson Senior High86%LAUSD 83% · 897 to 906 answers |
| Families: High expectations | Phineas Banning88%LAUSD 89% · 1580 to 1584 answers | Carson Senior High92%LAUSD 89% · 866 to 868 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Phineas Banning84%LAUSD 78% · 1608 answers | Carson Senior High80%LAUSD 78% · 889 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Phineas Banning73%LAUSD 83% · 245 to 249 answers | Carson Senior High73%LAUSD 83% · 118 to 125 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Phineas Banning84%LAUSD 90% · 236 to 245 answers | Carson Senior High89%LAUSD 90% · 120 to 122 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Phineas Banning75%LAUSD 81% · 248 answers | Carson Senior High60%LAUSD 81% · 121 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.
| Measure | Phineas Banning | Carson Senior High |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Phineas Banning2,422 | Carson Senior High1,407 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Phineas Banning91%2,215 of 2,422 students | Carson Senior High88%1,234 of 1,407 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Phineas Banning18 | Carson Senior High19 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Phineas Banning | Carson Senior High |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Phineas Banning9–12 | Carson Senior High9–12 |
| Who runs the school | Phineas BanningLos Angeles Unified | Carson Senior HighLos 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 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).