Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet
Los Angeles Unified
80
SolidScope Score · 73rd percentile
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Thomas Starr King
Thomas Starr King has a Scope Score of 80 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
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Test results
What are Thomas Starr King’s test results?
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
Thomas Starr King61%Advanced: 29%
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Thomas Starr King47%Advanced: 30%
California37%Advanced: 21%
Grades 6–8, 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 Thomas Starr King’s results changed?
Thomas Starr King’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 60% 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
Grades 6–8. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202661%Thomas Starr King49%California
Math
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202647%Thomas Starr King37%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 middle school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Thomas Starr King22 in 100327 of 1,495 students
Average school18 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Thomas Starr King0.1%2 of 1,518 students
Average school3.7%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California middle 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
Thomas Starr King−12points
Math
Points against the expected score
Thomas Starr King−2points
- Thomas Starr KingThe state calls the English result Moderate and the math result Average. 1,354 students in English, 1,353 in math.
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, 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 | Thomas Starr King |
|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | |
| Students: Safety | Thomas Starr King65%LAUSD 64% · 1302 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Thomas Starr King56%LAUSD 55% · 873 to 1297 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Thomas Starr King59%LAUSD 61% · 1249 to 1300 answers |
| Families: Safety | Thomas Starr King76%LAUSD 82% · 659 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Thomas Starr King82%LAUSD 89% · 662 to 711 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Thomas Starr King93%LAUSD 94% · 149 answers |
| From the staffing records | |
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Thomas Starr King17 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Thomas Starr King0% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Thomas Starr King |
|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | |
| Students: Engagement | Thomas Starr King58%LAUSD 58% · 1251 to 1282 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Thomas Starr King74%LAUSD 73% · 1276 to 1278 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Thomas Starr King15%LAUSD 19% · 871 to 1297 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Thomas Starr King79%LAUSD 87% · 686 to 687 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Thomas Starr King73%LAUSD 84% · 686 to 708 answers |
| Families: High expectations | Thomas Starr King76%LAUSD 84% · 576 to 601 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Thomas Starr King65%LAUSD 74% · 676 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Thomas Starr King82%LAUSD 84% · 148 to 154 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Thomas Starr King89%LAUSD 92% · 146 to 149 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Thomas Starr King60%LAUSD 71% · 150 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 Thomas Starr King, and how big is it?
The table shows how many students the school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Thomas Starr King |
|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Thomas Starr KingNot available |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Thomas Starr King75%1,153 of 1,547 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Thomas Starr KingNot available |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Thomas Starr King |
|---|---|
| Grades | Thomas Starr King6–8 |
| Who runs the school | Thomas Starr KingLos Angeles Unified |
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 grades 6–8. 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).