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University High School Charter

University High School Charter has a Scope Score of 74 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

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Test results

What are University High School Charter’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

University High School Charter49%Advanced: 22%
California57%Advanced: 27%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Share of students tested

University High School Charter27%Advanced: 12%
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 University High School Charter’s results changed?

University High School Charter’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 67% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 49%.

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

Math

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

University High School Charter28 in 100368 of 1,326 students
Average school22 in 100

Suspended at least once

Share of students enrolled at any point in the year

University High School Charter0.4%6 of 1,364 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 University High School Charter describe itself?

Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.

University High School Charter

“A school where each student is prepared for higher education and/or technical training, which will lead to productive careers consistent with the demands of the 21st century workforce;”
  • Math, Art, Science, and Technology
  • Advanced Placement and AP Capstone
  • Theater and jazz ensemble

From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026

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.

MeasureUniversity High School Charter
From each school’s website
Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statementsUniversity High School Charter
  • STEM
  • College prep
LanguagesUniversity High School CharterFrench French 1 French 2 French 3Read October 26, 2026
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district.
Students: SafetyUniversity High School Charter62%LAUSD 65% · 928 answers
Students: BelongingUniversity High School Charter58%LAUSD 61% · 886 to 925 answers
Students: Caring adultsUniversity High School Charter58%LAUSD 61% · 865 to 926 answers
Families: SafetyUniversity High School Charter86%LAUSD 81% · 353 answers
Families: BelongingUniversity High School Charter87%LAUSD 87% · 354 to 373 answers
Staff: SafetyUniversity High School Charter97%LAUSD 93% · 128 answers
From the staffing records
Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school yearUniversity High School Charter16
Teachers in their first year2024–25 school yearUniversity High School Charter7%
Show every subject in the survey
MeasureUniversity High School Charter
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26
Students: EngagementUniversity High School Charter61%LAUSD 61% · 874 to 899 answers
Students: High expectationsUniversity High School Charter66%LAUSD 68% · 875 to 888 answers
Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is betterUniversity High School Charter12%LAUSD 10% · 900 to 912 answers
Families: Caring adultsUniversity High School Charter84%LAUSD 86% · 366 to 367 answers
Families: EngagementUniversity High School Charter79%LAUSD 83% · 367 to 373 answers
Families: High expectationsUniversity High School Charter91%LAUSD 89% · 347 to 350 answers
Families: Bullying reports taken seriouslyUniversity High School Charter68%LAUSD 78% · 364 answers
Staff: Caring adultsUniversity High School Charter76%LAUSD 83% · 124 to 129 answers
Staff: High expectationsUniversity High School Charter96%LAUSD 90% · 123 to 124 answers
Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problemUniversity High School Charter86%LAUSD 81% · 128 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 University High School Charter, and how big is it?

The table shows how many students the school has and how many are from low-income families.

MeasureUniversity High School Charter
StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25University High School Charter1,385
Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63%University High School Charter72%1,001 of 1,385 students
Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class sizeUniversity High School Charter19
Show grades and who runs each school
MeasureUniversity High School Charter
GradesUniversity High School Charter9–12
Who runs the schoolUniversity High School CharterLos Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter)
Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term endsUniversity High School CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2031

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.