San Fernando Senior High
Los Angeles Unified
72
DevelopingScope Score · 34th percentile
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San Fernando Senior High and Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet scores 80 and San Fernando Senior High 72 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher. Math is close between the two.
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Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet
Los Angeles Unified
80
SolidScope Score · 71st percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet has the highest share and San Fernando Senior High has the lowest.
Biggest difference
16points
in English. 61% of Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet students scored Proficient or Advanced. At San Fernando Senior High it was 45%.
Lowest absence
24in 100
students at Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet missed 10% or more of school days. It was 33 in 100 at San Fernando Senior High.
Low-income families
95%
of Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet’s students are from low-income families. At San Fernando Senior High it is 93%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California high 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
San Fernando Senior High45%Advanced: 16%
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet61%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 23%
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
San Fernando Senior High21%Advanced: 7%
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet14%Advanced: 6%
California32%Advanced: 16%
Grade 11, 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?
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 37% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 61%.
Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026
Grade 11. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202645%San Fernando Senior High61%Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet57%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202621%San Fernando Senior High14%Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet32%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 high school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
San Fernando Senior High33 in 100522 of 1,580 students
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet24 in 100Clearly ahead129 of 546 students
Average school22 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
San Fernando Senior High0.2%4 of 1,651 students
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet0.4%2 of 562 students
Average school2.9%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high 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
San Fernando Senior HighNot available
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet+4points
Math
Points against the expected score
San Fernando Senior HighNot available
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet−9points
- Sotomayor Arts and Sciences MagnetThe state calls the English result Average and the math result Moderate. 177 students.
Grades 6–8, 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 | San Fernando Senior High | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | San Fernando Senior High69%LAUSD 65% · 1191 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet61%LAUSD 64% · 193 answers |
| Students: Belonging | San Fernando Senior High67%LAUSD 61% · 1166 to 1184 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet51%LAUSD 55% · 136 to 192 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | San Fernando Senior High63%LAUSD 61% · 1151 to 1188 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet57%LAUSD 61% · 187 to 193 answers |
| Families: Safety | San Fernando Senior High79%LAUSD 81% · 639 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet93%LAUSD 82% · 134 answers |
| Families: Belonging | San Fernando Senior High88%LAUSD 87% · 635 to 661 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet96%LAUSD 89% · 135 to 140 answers |
| Staff: Safety | San Fernando Senior High93%LAUSD 93% · 138 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet99%LAUSD 94% · 77 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | San Fernando Senior High17 | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet10 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | San Fernando Senior High2% | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet6% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | San Fernando Senior High | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | San Fernando Senior High63%LAUSD 61% · 1154 to 1170 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet57%LAUSD 58% · 186 to 191 answers |
| Students: High expectations | San Fernando Senior High70%LAUSD 68% · 1152 to 1170 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet71%LAUSD 73% · 190 to 191 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | San Fernando Senior High9%LAUSD 10% · 1171 to 1182 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet16%LAUSD 19% · 135 to 193 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | San Fernando Senior High86%LAUSD 86% · 649 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet94%LAUSD 87% · 136 to 137 answers |
| Families: Engagement | San Fernando Senior High84%LAUSD 83% · 649 to 660 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet88%LAUSD 84% · 136 to 138 answers |
| Families: High expectations | San Fernando Senior High89%LAUSD 89% · 618 to 621 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet93%LAUSD 84% · 120 to 125 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | San Fernando Senior High80%LAUSD 78% · 644 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet86%LAUSD 74% · 137 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | San Fernando Senior High84%LAUSD 83% · 137 to 144 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet83%LAUSD 84% · 78 to 80 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | San Fernando Senior High91%LAUSD 90% · 137 to 141 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet96%LAUSD 92% · 73 to 74 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | San Fernando Senior High78%LAUSD 81% · 141 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet87%LAUSD 71% · 77 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?
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| Measure | San Fernando Senior High | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | San Fernando Senior High1,608 | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet517 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | San Fernando Senior High93%1,499 of 1,608 students | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet95%493 of 517 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | San Fernando Senior High19 | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet16 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | San Fernando Senior High | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | San Fernando Senior High9–12 | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet6–12 |
| Who runs the school | San Fernando Senior HighLos Angeles Unified | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences MagnetLos 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 grade 11. 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).