Playa Vista Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
86
StrongScope Score · 87th percentile
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Playa Vista Elementary
Playa Vista Elementary has a Scope Score of 86 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
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Test results
What are Playa Vista Elementary’s test results?
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
Playa Vista Elementary68%Advanced: 44%
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Playa Vista Elementary71%Advanced: 43%
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 Playa Vista Elementary’s results changed?
Playa Vista Elementary’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 68%.
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202668%Playa Vista Elementary46%California
Math
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202671%Playa Vista Elementary42%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
Playa Vista Elementary15 in 10069 of 469 students
Average school17 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Playa Vista Elementary0%0 of 477 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
Playa Vista Elementary+2points
Math
Points against the expected score
Playa Vista Elementary−2points
- Playa Vista ElementaryThe state calls both results Average. 108 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, 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 | Playa Vista Elementary |
|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | |
| Students: Safety | Playa Vista Elementary83%LAUSD 77% · 95 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Playa Vista Elementary64%LAUSD 68% · 92 to 95 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Playa Vista Elementary74%LAUSD 75% · 91 to 95 answers |
| Families: Safety | Playa Vista Elementary73%LAUSD 91% · 82 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Playa Vista Elementary84%LAUSD 94% · 82 to 84 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Playa Vista Elementary100%LAUSD 97% · 40 answers |
| From the staffing records | |
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Playa Vista Elementary19 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Playa Vista Elementary0% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Playa Vista Elementary |
|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | |
| Students: Engagement | Playa Vista Elementary64%LAUSD 68% · 91 to 94 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Playa Vista Elementary83%LAUSD 84% · 92 to 93 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Playa Vista Elementary26%LAUSD 24% · 90 to 94 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Playa Vista Elementary90%LAUSD 94% · 84 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Playa Vista Elementary78%LAUSD 91% · 84 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Playa Vista Elementary51%LAUSD 80% · 83 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Playa Vista Elementary88%LAUSD 89% · 39 to 43 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Playa Vista Elementary95%LAUSD 95% · 43 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Playa Vista Elementary83%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 Playa Vista Elementary, and how big is it?
The table shows how many students the school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Playa Vista Elementary |
|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Playa Vista Elementary488 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Playa Vista Elementary22%106 of 488 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Playa Vista Elementary22 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Playa Vista Elementary |
|---|---|
| Grades | Playa Vista ElementaryTK–5 |
| Who runs the school | Playa Vista ElementaryLos 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 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).