Sylmar Charter High
Charter school · Sylmar
71
DevelopingScope Score · 31st percentile
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Sylmar Charter and Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet
Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet scores 81 and Sylmar Charter 71 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). English (reading and writing) and math are close between the two.
Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet
Los Angeles Unified
81
StrongScope Score · 76th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet has the highest share and Sylmar Charter has the lowest.
Biggest difference
11points
in English. 59% of Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Sylmar Charter it was 48%.
Lowest absence
12in 100
students at Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet missed 10% or more of school days. It was 27 in 100 at Sylmar Charter.
Low-income families
95%
of Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering 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%
Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet59%Advanced: 24%
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Sylmar Charter22%Advanced: 6%
Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet24%Advanced: 4%
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?
Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 35% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 59%.
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%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202648%Sylmar Charter59%Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet57%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202622%Sylmar Charter24%Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering 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
Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet12 in 100Clearly ahead25 of 209 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
Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet0.5%1 of 215 students
Average school2.9%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high school we score. Source: California Department of Education.
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
Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering 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 | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Sylmar Charter
| Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering 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 | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet80%LAUSD 65% · 176 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Sylmar Charter62%LAUSD 61% · 1249 to 1275 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet70%LAUSD 61% · 173 to 176 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Sylmar Charter62%LAUSD 61% · 1231 to 1280 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet73%LAUSD 61% · 171 to 176 answers |
| Families: Safety | Sylmar Charter81%LAUSD 81% · 384 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet92%LAUSD 81% · 118 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Sylmar Charter89%LAUSD 87% · 383 to 408 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet98%LAUSD 87% · 118 to 125 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Sylmar Charter94%LAUSD 93% · 169 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering MagnetToo few answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Sylmar Charter14 | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet14 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Sylmar Charter3% | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet0% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Sylmar Charter | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Sylmar Charter61%LAUSD 61% · 1242 to 1258 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet70%LAUSD 61% · 171 to 174 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Sylmar Charter69%LAUSD 68% · 1236 to 1256 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet84%LAUSD 68% · 173 to 174 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Sylmar Charter10%LAUSD 10% · 1265 to 1271 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet12%LAUSD 10% · 174 to 175 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Sylmar Charter87%LAUSD 86% · 395 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet97%LAUSD 86% · 119 to 120 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Sylmar Charter86%LAUSD 83% · 395 to 407 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet95%LAUSD 83% · 120 to 125 answers |
| Families: High expectations | Sylmar Charter90%LAUSD 89% · 367 to 368 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet98%LAUSD 89% · 116 to 117 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Sylmar Charter79%LAUSD 78% · 390 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet92%LAUSD 78% · 119 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Sylmar Charter82%LAUSD 83% · 166 to 175 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering MagnetToo few answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Sylmar Charter90%LAUSD 90% · 156 to 167 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering MagnetToo few answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Sylmar Charter80%LAUSD 81% · 173 answers | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering MagnetToo few 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 | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Sylmar Charter1,463 | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet205 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Sylmar Charter87%1,274 of 1,463 students | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet95%195 of 205 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Sylmar Charter19 | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet17 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Sylmar Charter | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Sylmar Charter9–12 | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet9–12 |
| Who runs the school | Sylmar CharterLos Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter) | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering 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 | Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering 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 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.