Playa Vista Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
86
StrongScope Score · 87th percentile
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Playa Vista Elementary and Ocean Charter
Playa Vista Elementary scores 86 and Ocean Charter 83 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Playa Vista Elementary’s math results are clearly higher. English (reading and writing) is close between the two.
Ocean Charter
Charter school · Los Angeles
83
StrongScope Score · 81st percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. Playa Vista Elementary has the highest share and Ocean Charter has the lowest.
Biggest difference
21points
in math. 71% of Playa Vista Elementary students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Ocean Charter it was 50%.
Lowest absence
8in 100
students at Ocean Charter missed 10% or more of school days. It was 15 in 100 at Playa Vista Elementary.
Low-income families
23%
of Ocean Charter’s students are from low-income families. At Playa Vista Elementary it is 22%.
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
Playa Vista Elementary68%Advanced: 44%, clearly ahead
Ocean Charter65%Advanced: 31%
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Playa Vista Elementary71%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 43%, clearly ahead
Ocean Charter50%Advanced: 18%
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?
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 Elementary65%Ocean Charter46%California
Math
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202671%Playa Vista Elementary50%Ocean Charter42%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
Ocean Charter8 in 100Clearly ahead45 of 569 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
Ocean Charter0.7%4 of 575 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
Ocean Charter+12points
Math
Points against the expected score
Playa Vista Elementary−2points
Ocean Charter+6points
- Playa Vista ElementaryGrades 4–5. The state calls both results Average. 108 students.
- Ocean CharterGrades 4–8. The state calls both results Accelerated. 298 students.
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.
Playa Vista Elementary
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Ocean Charter
“OCS is a community of families and educators using Waldorf teaching methods to nurture and educate children in a multicultural, urban environment.”
WaldorfWhole school, listed by Alliance for Public Waldorf Education ↗
- Multi-age, play-based kindergarten
- Organic garden
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 | Playa Vista Elementary | Ocean Charter |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Playa Vista ElementaryNot read yet | Ocean Charter
|
| Same teacher over years, or mixed ages | Playa Vista ElementaryNot read yet | Ocean CharterLooping: in 1st grade, class community formed with main lesson teacher who stays with students throughout OCS experience and graduates with them as 8th graders; typically teacher stays 3-5 years such as 1st-5th grade; may loop all the way from 1st to 8th gradeRead October 27, 2026 |
| Languages | Playa Vista ElementaryNot read yet | Ocean CharterWorld Language(s) (core) – Japanese is taught through plays, songs, rhythms, and games.Read October 28, 2026 |
| 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 | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Playa Vista Elementary64%LAUSD 68% · 92 to 95 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Playa Vista Elementary74%LAUSD 75% · 91 to 95 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Playa Vista Elementary73%LAUSD 91% · 82 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Playa Vista Elementary84%LAUSD 94% · 82 to 84 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Playa Vista Elementary100%LAUSD 97% · 40 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Playa Vista Elementary19 | Ocean Charter10 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Playa Vista Elementary0% | Ocean Charter0% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Playa Vista Elementary | Ocean Charter |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Playa Vista Elementary64%LAUSD 68% · 91 to 94 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Playa Vista Elementary83%LAUSD 84% · 92 to 93 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Playa Vista Elementary26%LAUSD 24% · 90 to 94 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Playa Vista Elementary90%LAUSD 94% · 84 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Playa Vista Elementary78%LAUSD 91% · 84 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Playa Vista Elementary51%LAUSD 80% · 83 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Playa Vista Elementary88%LAUSD 89% · 39 to 43 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Playa Vista Elementary95%LAUSD 95% · 43 answers | Ocean CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Playa Vista Elementary83%LAUSD 86% · 41 answers | Ocean CharterNo 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 | Playa Vista Elementary | Ocean Charter |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Playa Vista Elementary488 | Ocean Charter563 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Playa Vista Elementary22%106 of 488 students | Ocean Charter23%128 of 563 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Playa Vista Elementary22 | Ocean Charter26 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Playa Vista Elementary | Ocean Charter |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Playa Vista ElementaryTK–5 | Ocean CharterTK–8 |
| Who runs the school | Playa Vista ElementaryLos Angeles Unified | Ocean CharterA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Playa Vista ElementaryNot a charter | Ocean CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2031 |
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.