Sylmar Charter High
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71
DevelopingScope Score · 31st percentile
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Sylmar Charter and Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet scores 80 and Sylmar Charter 71 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). English (reading and writing) and math are close between the two.
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Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet
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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 Sylmar Charter has the lowest.
Biggest difference
13points
in English. 61% of Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Sylmar Charter it was 48%.
Lowest absence
24in 100
students at Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet missed 10% or more of school days. It was 27 in 100 at Sylmar Charter.
Low-income families
95%
of Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet’s students are from low-income families. At Sylmar Charter it is 87%.
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
Sylmar Charter48%Advanced: 18%
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet61%Advanced: 23%
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Sylmar Charter22%Advanced: 6%
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202648%Sylmar Charter61%Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet57%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202622%Sylmar Charter14%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
Sylmar Charter27 in 100379 of 1,418 students
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet24 in 100129 of 546 students
Average school22 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Sylmar Charter0.6%9 of 1,468 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
Sylmar CharterNot available
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet+4points
Math
Points against the expected score
Sylmar CharterNot 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
How does each school describe itself?
Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.
Sylmar Charter
“Sylmar Charter High School empowers every student to graduate ready to learn, flourish, and positively impact a diverse and ever‑changing world.”
- Math-Science Magnet School
- School for Advanced Studies
From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet
We have not read this school’s website yet.
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 | Sylmar Charter | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Sylmar Charter
| Sotomayor Arts and Sciences MagnetNot read yet |
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Sylmar Charter69%LAUSD 65% · 1283 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet61%LAUSD 64% · 193 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Sylmar Charter62%LAUSD 61% · 1249 to 1275 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet51%LAUSD 55% · 136 to 192 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Sylmar Charter62%LAUSD 61% · 1231 to 1280 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet57%LAUSD 61% · 187 to 193 answers |
| Families: Safety | Sylmar Charter81%LAUSD 81% · 384 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet93%LAUSD 82% · 134 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Sylmar Charter89%LAUSD 87% · 383 to 408 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet96%LAUSD 89% · 135 to 140 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Sylmar Charter94%LAUSD 93% · 169 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet99%LAUSD 94% · 77 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Sylmar Charter14 | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet10 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Sylmar Charter3% | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet6% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Sylmar Charter | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Sylmar Charter61%LAUSD 61% · 1242 to 1258 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet57%LAUSD 58% · 186 to 191 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Sylmar Charter69%LAUSD 68% · 1236 to 1256 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 | Sylmar Charter10%LAUSD 10% · 1265 to 1271 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet16%LAUSD 19% · 135 to 193 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Sylmar Charter87%LAUSD 86% · 395 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet94%LAUSD 87% · 136 to 137 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Sylmar Charter86%LAUSD 83% · 395 to 407 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet88%LAUSD 84% · 136 to 138 answers |
| Families: High expectations | Sylmar Charter90%LAUSD 89% · 367 to 368 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet93%LAUSD 84% · 120 to 125 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Sylmar Charter79%LAUSD 78% · 390 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet86%LAUSD 74% · 137 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Sylmar Charter82%LAUSD 83% · 166 to 175 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet83%LAUSD 84% · 78 to 80 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Sylmar Charter90%LAUSD 90% · 156 to 167 answers | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet96%LAUSD 92% · 73 to 74 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Sylmar Charter80%LAUSD 81% · 173 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?
The table shows how many students each school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Sylmar Charter | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Sylmar Charter1,463 | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet517 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Sylmar Charter87%1,274 of 1,463 students | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet95%493 of 517 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Sylmar Charter19 | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet16 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Sylmar Charter | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Sylmar Charter9–12 | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet6–12 |
| Who runs the school | Sylmar CharterLos Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter) | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences MagnetLos Angeles Unified |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Sylmar CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027 | Sotomayor Arts and Sciences MagnetNot a charter |
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. LAUSD’s affiliated charters are the ones its 2027–28 Choices brochure lists.