English: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 6–8, spring 2026
- Valley Charter
- Clearly ahead: 47%Advanced: 12%
- Van Nuys Middle
- 38%Advanced: 12%
- California
- 49%Advanced: 19%
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Valley Charter and Van Nuys Middle
Valley Charter is at the 54th percentile and Van Nuys Middle the 39th among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Valley Charter’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher; math is close between the two.
Van Nuys Middle 39th
Valley Charter 54th
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Van Nuys Middle 39th
Valley Charter 54th
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
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How do their test results compare?
From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). marks a figure clearly ahead of the other school. California: the same grades statewide.
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 6–8, spring 2026
- Valley Charter
- 24%Advanced: 6%
- Van Nuys Middle
- 26%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 11%
- California
- 37%Advanced: 21%
Do students show up and stay in class?
Average school: the average California middle school we score.
Chronically absent
Missed 10% or more of school days · 2025–26 school year
- Valley Charter
- Clearly ahead: 15 in 10036 of 242 students
- Van Nuys Middle
- 24 in 100176 of 729 students
- Average school
- 18 in 100
Suspended at least once
2025–26 school year
- Valley Charter
- 2.4%6 of 245 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Van Nuys Middle
- 2.1%16 of 750 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Average school
- 3.7%
How did results compare with what the state expected?
The state’s matched growth measure compares each student’s results with what the state expected from their earlier scores.
State growth measure, points vs expected
Grades 6–8, spring 2025 · students with scores in both years
- Valley Charter
- −21 pts English −15 pts mathThe state calls them Minimal in English and Moderate in math · 250 students
- Van Nuys Middle
- +2 pts English 0 pts mathThe state calls both Average · 620 students in English, 606 in math
How are they scored, who runs them, and how big are they?
Percentile among California middle schools, with the Scope Score
Spring 2026 tests
- Valley Charter
- 54th percentileSolidScope Score 40
- Van Nuys Middle
- 39th percentileDevelopingScope Score 33
A charter’s authorizer decides whether its charter is renewed when the term ends.
Who runs the school
- Valley Charter
- A charter school
- Van Nuys Middle
- Los Angeles Unified
Charter approved by, and when the current term ends
- Valley Charter
- Los Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2028
- Van Nuys Middle
- Not a charter
Teachers in their first year
2024–25 school year
- Valley Charter
- 6%
- Van Nuys Middle
- 7%
Average years of teaching experience
2024–25 school year
- Valley Charter
- 7
- Van Nuys Middle
- 10
Size, grades and staffing help you picture the school. A staffing ratio is not class size.
Students per teacher
Public schools: federal school directory, 2024–25 · a staffing ratio, not class size
- Valley Charter
- 20
- Van Nuys Middle
- 18
Grades offered
- Valley Charter
- 6–8
- Van Nuys Middle
- 6–8
Sources and definitions
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026: the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, per subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades. A ✓ marks a figure 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 absence and suspension references are the average California school we score at these schools’ level, each school counted once. The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores, for grades 4–8, from the state’s spring 2025 release. Students per teacher is from the federal school directory, 2024–25, which also lists enrollment: Valley Charter Middle 264; Van Nuys Middle 726. Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only). A charter’s authorizer is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.