Taft Charter High
Charter school · Woodland Hills
81
StrongScope Score · 75th percentile
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Taft Charter and Canoga Park Senior High
Taft Charter scores 81 and Canoga Park Senior High 74 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Taft Charter’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Canoga Park Senior High
Los Angeles Unified
74
DevelopingScope Score · 43rd percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. Taft Charter has the highest share and Canoga Park Senior High has the lowest.
Biggest difference
19points
in math. 42% of Taft Charter students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Canoga Park Senior High it was 23%.
Lowest absence
26in 100
students at Taft Charter missed 10% or more of school days. It was 31 in 100 at Canoga Park Senior High.
Low-income families
92%
of Canoga Park Senior High’s students are from low-income families. At Taft Charter it is 57%.
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
Taft Charter65%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 40%, clearly ahead
Canoga Park Senior High53%Advanced: 25%
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Taft Charter42%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 23%, clearly ahead
Canoga Park Senior High23%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?
Canoga Park Senior High’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 57% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 53%.
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202665%Taft Charter53%Canoga Park Senior High57%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202642%Taft Charter23%Canoga Park Senior High32%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
Taft Charter26 in 100Clearly ahead578 of 2,207 students
Canoga Park Senior High31 in 100416 of 1,331 students
Average school22 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Taft Charter0.2%5 of 2,269 students
Canoga Park Senior High0.5%7 of 1,387 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.
Taft Charter
“Taft Charter High School will serve our diverse student community by preparing students for the 21st century through rigorous classes providing college and career readiness.”
- Gifted STEAM Magnet
- Humanitas Interdisciplinary Pierce Program
- Creative Arts Program
From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026
Canoga Park Senior High
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 | Taft Charter | Canoga Park Senior High |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Taft Charter
| Canoga Park Senior HighNot read yet |
| Languages | Taft CharterWorld Language (American Sign Language, French, Korean, or Spanish)Read October 28, 2026 | Canoga Park Senior HighNot 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 | Taft Charter60%LAUSD 65% · 2053 answers | Canoga Park Senior High62%LAUSD 65% · 1188 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Taft Charter56%LAUSD 61% · 1971 to 2027 answers | Canoga Park Senior High56%LAUSD 61% · 1155 to 1181 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Taft Charter55%LAUSD 61% · 1945 to 2040 answers | Canoga Park Senior High57%LAUSD 61% · 1136 to 1179 answers |
| Families: Safety | Taft Charter72%LAUSD 81% · 440 answers | Canoga Park Senior High75%LAUSD 81% · 371 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Taft Charter78%LAUSD 87% · 440 to 462 answers | Canoga Park Senior High78%LAUSD 87% · 372 to 396 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Taft Charter95%LAUSD 93% · 198 answers | Canoga Park Senior High92%LAUSD 93% · 144 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Taft Charter15 | Canoga Park Senior High14 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Taft Charter8% | Canoga Park Senior High8% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Taft Charter | Canoga Park Senior High |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Taft Charter55%LAUSD 61% · 1950 to 1995 answers | Canoga Park Senior High57%LAUSD 61% · 1148 to 1165 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Taft Charter58%LAUSD 68% · 1944 to 1978 answers | Canoga Park Senior High64%LAUSD 68% · 1154 to 1166 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Taft Charter14%LAUSD 10% · 2008 to 2025 answers | Canoga Park Senior High9%LAUSD 10% · 1165 to 1181 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Taft Charter73%LAUSD 86% · 454 to 455 answers | Canoga Park Senior High76%LAUSD 86% · 385 to 386 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Taft Charter72%LAUSD 83% · 454 to 457 answers | Canoga Park Senior High73%LAUSD 83% · 387 to 394 answers |
| Families: High expectations | Taft Charter82%LAUSD 89% · 434 to 435 answers | Canoga Park Senior High82%LAUSD 89% · 361 to 362 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Taft Charter64%LAUSD 78% · 449 answers | Canoga Park Senior High70%LAUSD 78% · 379 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Taft Charter81%LAUSD 83% · 196 to 204 answers | Canoga Park Senior High82%LAUSD 83% · 141 to 147 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Taft Charter92%LAUSD 90% · 190 to 194 answers | Canoga Park Senior High88%LAUSD 90% · 141 to 143 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Taft Charter83%LAUSD 81% · 201 answers | Canoga Park Senior High82%LAUSD 81% · 144 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 | Taft Charter | Canoga Park Senior High |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Taft Charter2,221 | Canoga Park Senior High1,389 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Taft Charter57%1,257 of 2,221 students | Canoga Park Senior High92%1,283 of 1,389 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Taft Charter22 | Canoga Park Senior High18 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Taft Charter | Canoga Park Senior High |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Taft Charter9–12 | Canoga Park Senior High9–12 |
| Who runs the school | Taft CharterLos Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter) | Canoga Park Senior HighLos Angeles Unified |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Taft CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2031 | Canoga Park Senior HighNot 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.