Pinewood Avenue Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
76
SolidScope Score · 55th percentile
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Pinewood Avenue and Dunsmore
Dunsmore scores 86 and Pinewood Avenue 76 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Dunsmore’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Dunsmore Elementary
Glendale Unified
86
StrongScope Score · 87th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. Dunsmore has the highest share and Pinewood Avenue has the lowest.
Biggest difference
42points
in math. 73% of Dunsmore students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Pinewood Avenue it was 31%.
Lowest absence
6in 100
students at Dunsmore missed 10% or more of school days. It was 26 in 100 at Pinewood Avenue.
Low-income families
96%
of Pinewood Avenue’s students are from low-income families. At Dunsmore it is 39%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California elementary 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
Pinewood Avenue40%Advanced: 18%
Dunsmore70%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 39%, clearly ahead
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Pinewood Avenue31%Advanced: 14%
Dunsmore73%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 46%, clearly ahead
California42%Advanced: 21%
Grades 3–5, 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?
Dunsmore’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 63% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 70%.
Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026
Grades 3–5. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202640%Pinewood Avenue70%Dunsmore46%California
Math
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202631%Pinewood Avenue73%Dunsmore42%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 elementary school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Pinewood Avenue26 in 10065 of 252 students
Dunsmore6 in 100Clearly ahead36 of 631 students
Average school17 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Pinewood Avenue0%0 of 259 students
Dunsmore2.1%13 of 631 students
Average school1.6%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California elementary 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
Pinewood Avenue+22points
Dunsmore−2points
Math
Points against the expected score
Pinewood Avenue+6points
Dunsmore+14points
- Pinewood AvenueGrades 4–5. The state calls the English result Exceptional and the math result Accelerated. 54 students.
- DunsmoreGrades 4–6. The state calls the English result Average and the math result Accelerated. 237 students.
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 | Pinewood Avenue | Dunsmore |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Pinewood Avenue70%LAUSD 77% · 80 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Pinewood Avenue64%LAUSD 68% · 78 to 80 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Pinewood Avenue79%LAUSD 75% · 77 to 80 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Pinewood Avenue91%LAUSD 91% · 183 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Pinewood Avenue96%LAUSD 94% · 184 to 191 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Pinewood Avenue100%LAUSD 97% · 46 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Pinewood Avenue13 | Dunsmore15 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Pinewood Avenue21% | Dunsmore0% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Pinewood Avenue | Dunsmore |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Pinewood Avenue77%LAUSD 68% · 78 to 80 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Pinewood Avenue95%LAUSD 84% · 79 to 80 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Pinewood Avenue45%LAUSD 24% · 78 to 80 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Pinewood Avenue95%LAUSD 94% · 186 to 187 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Pinewood Avenue92%LAUSD 91% · 186 to 191 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Pinewood Avenue87%LAUSD 80% · 186 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Pinewood Avenue94%LAUSD 89% · 45 to 49 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Pinewood Avenue100%LAUSD 95% · 43 answers | DunsmoreNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Pinewood Avenue87%LAUSD 86% · 46 answers | DunsmoreNo 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 | Pinewood Avenue | Dunsmore |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Pinewood Avenue215 | Dunsmore589 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Pinewood Avenue96%206 of 215 students | Dunsmore39%229 of 589 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Pinewood Avenue15 | Dunsmore23 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Pinewood Avenue | Dunsmore |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Pinewood AvenueTK–5 | DunsmoreTK–6 |
| Who runs the school | Pinewood AvenueLos Angeles Unified | DunsmoreGlendale 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 3–5. 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).