English: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 3–5, spring 2026
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- 65%Advanced: 43%
- Kester Avenue
- Clearly ahead: 80%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 60%
- California
- 46%Advanced: 24%
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Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter and Kester Avenue
Both are in the top quarter among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Kester Avenue’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher; math is close between the two.
Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter 87th
Kester Avenue 97th
California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter 87th
Kester Avenue 97th
California’s public elementary 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 3–5, spring 2026
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- 66%Advanced: 40%
- Kester Avenue
- 72%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 56%
- California
- 42%Advanced: 21%
Do students show up and stay in class?
Average school: the average California elementary school we score.
Chronically absent
Missed 10% or more of school days · 2025–26 school year
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- 14 in 10073 of 508 students
- Kester Avenue
- Clearly ahead: 9 in 10077 of 896 students
- Average school
- 17 in 100
Suspended at least once
2025–26 school year
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- 0 of 523 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Kester Avenue
- 0 of 914 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Average school
- 1.6%
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 4–5, spring 2025 · students with scores in both years
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- +3 pts English +10 pts mathThe state calls them Average in English and Accelerated in math · 136 students
- Kester Avenue
- +12 pts English +16 pts mathThe state calls both Accelerated · 238 students
How are they scored, who runs them, and how big are they?
Percentile among California elementary schools, with the Scope Score
Spring 2026 tests
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- 87th percentileStrongScope Score 62
- Kester Avenue
- 97th percentileStrongScope Score 79
A charter’s authorizer decides whether its charter is renewed when the term ends.
Who runs the school
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- Los Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter)
- Kester Avenue
- Los Angeles Unified
Charter approved by, and when the current term ends
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- Los Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027
- Kester Avenue
- Not a charter
Teachers in their first year
2024–25 school year
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- 4%
- Kester Avenue
- 6%
Average years of teaching experience
2024–25 school year
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- 20
- Kester Avenue
- 23
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
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- 22
- Kester Avenue
- 25
Grades offered
- Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter
- TK–5
- Kester Avenue
- TK–5
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: Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter 511; Kester Avenue Elementary 886. 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. LAUSD’s affiliated charters are the ones its 2027–28 Choices brochure lists.