Pinewood Avenue Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
76
SolidScope Score · 55th percentile
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Pinewood Avenue and Plainview Academic Charter Academy
Pinewood Avenue scores 76 and Plainview Academic Charter Academy 73 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Pinewood Avenue’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher. Math is close between the two.
Plainview Academic Charter Academy
Charter school · Tujunga
73
DevelopingScope Score · 37th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Pinewood Avenue has the highest share and Plainview Academic Charter Academy has the lowest.
Biggest difference
16points
in English. 40% of Pinewood Avenue students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Plainview Academic Charter Academy it was 24%.
Lowest absence
17in 100
students at Plainview Academic Charter Academy 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 Plainview Academic Charter Academy it is 88%.
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%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 18%, clearly ahead
Plainview Academic Charter Academy24%Advanced: 6%
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Pinewood Avenue31%Advanced: 14%
Plainview Academic Charter Academy21%Advanced: 8%
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?
Plainview Academic Charter Academy’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 31% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 24%.
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%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202640%Pinewood Avenue24%Plainview Academic Charter Academy46%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202631%Pinewood Avenue21%Plainview Academic Charter Academy42%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
Plainview Academic Charter Academy17 in 100Clearly ahead39 of 236 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
Plainview Academic Charter Academy0%0 of 240 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
Plainview Academic Charter Academy+13points
Math
Points against the expected score
Pinewood Avenue+6points
Plainview Academic Charter Academy+5points
- Pinewood AvenueThe state calls the English result Exceptional and the math result Accelerated. 54 students.
- Plainview Academic Charter AcademyThe state calls both results Accelerated. 80 students.
Grades 4–5, 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.
Pinewood Avenue
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Plainview Academic Charter Academy
“Our mission is to provide a vibrant, safe, and thriving neighborhood school, where enrichment and creative learning are incorporated in a rigorous academic program.”
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 | Pinewood Avenue | Plainview Academic 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 | Pinewood Avenue70%LAUSD 77% · 80 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy80%LAUSD 77% · 82 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Pinewood Avenue64%LAUSD 68% · 78 to 80 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy65%LAUSD 68% · 81 to 82 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Pinewood Avenue79%LAUSD 75% · 77 to 80 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy77%LAUSD 75% · 77 to 82 answers |
| Families: Safety | Pinewood Avenue91%LAUSD 91% · 183 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy89%LAUSD 91% · 168 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Pinewood Avenue96%LAUSD 94% · 184 to 191 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy94%LAUSD 94% · 168 to 172 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Pinewood Avenue100%LAUSD 97% · 46 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy100%LAUSD 97% · 40 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Pinewood Avenue13 | Plainview Academic Charter Academy20 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Pinewood Avenue21% | Plainview Academic Charter Academy8% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Pinewood Avenue | Plainview Academic Charter Academy |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Pinewood Avenue77%LAUSD 68% · 78 to 80 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy66%LAUSD 68% · 79 to 81 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Pinewood Avenue95%LAUSD 84% · 79 to 80 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy80%LAUSD 84% · 81 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Pinewood Avenue45%LAUSD 24% · 78 to 80 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy24%LAUSD 24% · 82 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Pinewood Avenue95%LAUSD 94% · 186 to 187 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy95%LAUSD 94% · 169 to 170 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Pinewood Avenue92%LAUSD 91% · 186 to 191 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy88%LAUSD 91% · 169 to 173 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Pinewood Avenue87%LAUSD 80% · 186 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy64%LAUSD 80% · 167 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Pinewood Avenue94%LAUSD 89% · 45 to 49 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy95%LAUSD 89% · 41 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Pinewood Avenue100%LAUSD 95% · 43 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy100%LAUSD 95% · 39 to 40 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Pinewood Avenue87%LAUSD 86% · 46 answers | Plainview Academic Charter Academy83%LAUSD 86% · 41 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?
The table shows how many students each school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Pinewood Avenue | Plainview Academic Charter Academy |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Pinewood Avenue215 | Plainview Academic Charter Academy248 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Pinewood Avenue96%206 of 215 students | Plainview Academic Charter Academy88%218 of 248 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Pinewood Avenue15 | Plainview Academic Charter Academy19 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Pinewood Avenue | Plainview Academic Charter Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Pinewood AvenueTK–5 | Plainview Academic Charter AcademyTK–5 |
| Who runs the school | Pinewood AvenueLos Angeles Unified | Plainview Academic Charter AcademyLos Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter) |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Pinewood AvenueNot a charter | Plainview Academic Charter AcademyLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2030 |
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). A charter’s approver 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.