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Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies and Magnolia Science Academy

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies scores 87 and Magnolia Science Academy 76 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.

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Biggest differences

What are the biggest differences?

The biggest difference in test results is in English. Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies has the highest share and Magnolia Science Academy has the lowest.

Biggest difference

30points

in English. 78% of Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Magnolia Science Academy it was 48%.

Lowest absence

16in 100

students at Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies missed 10% or more of school days. It was 21 in 100 at Magnolia Science Academy.

Low-income families

86%

of Magnolia Science Academy’s students are from low-income families. At Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies it is 58%.

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

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies78%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 50%, clearly ahead
Magnolia Science Academy48%Advanced: 17%
California57%Advanced: 27%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Share of students tested

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies50%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 24%, clearly ahead
Magnolia Science Academy27%Advanced: 12%
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?

Magnolia Science Academy’s English results changed the most. In 2018, 61% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 48%.

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

Math

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

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies16 in 100Clearly ahead264 of 1,655 students
Magnolia Science Academy21 in 100150 of 710 students
Average school22 in 100

Suspended at least once

Share of students enrolled at any point in the year

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies0.1%2 of 1,676 students
Magnolia Science Academy2.1%15 of 726 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

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies+9points
Magnolia Science Academy−20points

Math

Points against the expected score

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies+7points
Magnolia Science Academy−25points
  • Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched StudiesGrades 4–8. The state calls both results Accelerated. 764 students in English, 763 in math.
  • Magnolia Science AcademyGrades 6–8. The state calls the English result Moderate and the math result Minimal. 331 students in English, 330 in math.

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.

MeasureSherman Oaks Center for Enriched StudiesMagnolia Science Academy
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district.
Students: SafetySherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies78%LAUSD 77% · 269 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Students: BelongingSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies64%LAUSD 68% · 263 to 269 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Students: Caring adultsSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies69%LAUSD 75% · 261 to 267 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Families: SafetySherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies81%LAUSD 91% · 131 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Families: BelongingSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies84%LAUSD 94% · 133 to 141 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Staff: SafetySherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies98%LAUSD 97% · 96 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
From the staffing records
Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school yearSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies18Magnolia Science Academy11
Teachers in their first year2024–25 school yearSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies4%Magnolia Science Academy9%
Show every subject in the survey
MeasureSherman Oaks Center for Enriched StudiesMagnolia Science Academy
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26
Students: EngagementSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies65%LAUSD 68% · 262 to 265 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Students: High expectationsSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies74%LAUSD 84% · 265 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is betterSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies24%LAUSD 24% · 263 to 268 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Families: Caring adultsSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies79%LAUSD 94% · 139 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Families: EngagementSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies80%LAUSD 91% · 139 to 141 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Families: Bullying reports taken seriouslySherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies67%LAUSD 80% · 136 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Staff: Caring adultsSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies82%LAUSD 89% · 97 to 101 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Staff: High expectationsSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies96%LAUSD 95% · 98 to 100 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo survey on file
Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problemSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies68%LAUSD 86% · 97 answersMagnolia Science AcademyNo 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.

MeasureSherman Oaks Center for Enriched StudiesMagnolia Science Academy
StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies1,712Magnolia Science Academy746
Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63%Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies58%986 of 1,712 studentsMagnolia Science Academy86%643 of 746 students
Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class sizeSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies23Magnolia Science Academy20
Show grades and who runs each school
MeasureSherman Oaks Center for Enriched StudiesMagnolia Science Academy
GradesSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies4–12Magnolia Science Academy6–12
Who runs the schoolSherman Oaks Center for Enriched StudiesLos Angeles UnifiedMagnolia Science AcademyA charter school
Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term endsSherman Oaks Center for Enriched StudiesNot a charterMagnolia Science AcademyLos Angeles County Office of EducationTerm ends June 30, 2030
Open Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies →Open Magnolia Science Academy →

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). A charter’s approver is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.