English: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 6–8, spring 2026
- Samuel Gompers
- 23%Advanced: 5%
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- Clearly ahead: 31%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 9%
- California
- 49%Advanced: 19%
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Samuel Gompers and Animo James B. Taylor Charter
Animo James B. Taylor Charter is at the 27th percentile and Samuel Gompers the 14th among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Animo James B. Taylor Charter’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher; math is close between the two.
Samuel Gompers 14th
Animo James B. Taylor Charter 27th
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Samuel Gompers 14th
Animo James B. Taylor Charter 27th
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
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How do their test results compare?
From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). marks a figure clearly ahead of the other school. California: the same grades statewide.
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 6–8, spring 2026
- Samuel Gompers
- 16%Advanced: 7%
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- 16%Advanced: 5%
- California
- 37%Advanced: 21%
Do students show up and stay in class?
Average school: the average California middle school we score.
Chronically absent
Missed 10% or more of school days · 2025–26 school year
- Samuel Gompers
- 33 in 100140 of 425 students
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- 32 in 100150 of 465 students
- Average school
- 18 in 100
Suspended at least once
2025–26 school year
- Samuel Gompers
- 0.7%3 of 449 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- 1.0%5 of 481 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Average school
- 3.7%
How did results compare with what the state expected?
The state’s matched growth measure compares each student’s results with what the state expected from their earlier scores.
State growth measure, points vs expected
Grades 6–8, spring 2025 · students with scores in both years
- Samuel Gompers
- −8 pts English −1 pts mathThe state calls them Moderate in English and Average in math · 288 students in English, 287 in math
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- 0 pts English +5 pts mathThe state calls them Average in English and Accelerated in math · 402 students in English, 406 in math
How are they scored, who runs them, and how big are they?
Percentile among California middle schools, with the Scope Score
Spring 2026 tests
- Samuel Gompers
- 14th percentileNeeds SupportScope Score 24
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- 27th percentileDevelopingScope Score 29
A charter’s authorizer decides whether its charter is renewed when the term ends.
Who runs the school
- Samuel Gompers
- Los Angeles Unified
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- A charter school
Charter approved by, and when the current term ends
- Samuel Gompers
- Not a charter
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- Los Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027
Teachers in their first year
2024–25 school year
- Samuel Gompers
- 8%
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- 4%
Average years of teaching experience
2024–25 school year
- Samuel Gompers
- 10
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- 7
Size, grades and staffing help you picture the school. A staffing ratio is not class size.
Students per teacher
Public schools: federal school directory, 2024–25 · a staffing ratio, not class size
- Samuel Gompers
- 18
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- 19
Grades offered
- Samuel Gompers
- 6–8
- Animo James B. Taylor Charter
- 6–8
Sources and definitions
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026: the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, per subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades. A ✓ marks a figure 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 absence and suspension references are the average California school we score at these schools’ level, each school counted once. The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores, for grades 4–8, from the state’s spring 2025 release. Students per teacher is from the federal school directory, 2024–25, which also lists enrollment: Samuel Gompers Middle 406; Animo James B. Taylor Charter Middle 464. Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only). A charter’s authorizer is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.