Vista Middle
Los Angeles Unified
74
DevelopingScope Score · 43rd percentile
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Vista and Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles scores 75 and Vista 74 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher. Math is close between the two.
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Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles
Charter school · Van Nuys, CA
75
SolidScope Score · 50th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles has the highest share and Vista has the lowest.
Biggest difference
13points
in English. 46% of Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Vista it was 33%.
Lowest absence
20in 100
students at Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles missed 10% or more of school days. It was 30 in 100 at Vista.
Low-income families
97%
of Vista’s students are from low-income families. At Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles it is 71%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California middle 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
Vista33%Advanced: 8%
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles46%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 16%, clearly ahead
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Vista20%Advanced: 10%
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles24%Advanced: 8%
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 their results changed?
Vista’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 17% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 33%.
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202633%Vista46%Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles49%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202620%Vista24%Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles37%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
Vista30 in 100297 of 1,006 students
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles20 in 100Clearly ahead48 of 239 students
Average school18 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Vista1.0%10 of 1,031 students
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles0.4%1 of 253 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
Vista+4points
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles+18points
Math
Points against the expected score
Vista0points
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles+5points
- VistaThe state calls both results Average. 956 students in English, 947 in math.
- Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesThe state calls both results Accelerated. 146 students.
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
How does each school describe itself?
Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.
Vista
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles
“The Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles (GALS LA) provides a rigorous, college-preparatory curriculum for middle school girls.”
- Dual enrollment
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.
| Measure | Vista | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | VistaNot read yet | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles
|
| Class sizeAs the school states it | VistaNot read yet | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesAverage class size of about 20 and student-teacher ratio of roughly 15 to 1Read October 27, 2026 |
| Uniform | VistaNot read yet | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesUniform required: GALS LA-branded t-shirts and athletic wear in purple and blackRead October 27, 2026 |
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Vista54%LAUSD 64% · 777 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Vista47%LAUSD 55% · 507 to 767 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Vista55%LAUSD 61% · 749 to 774 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Vista47%LAUSD 82% · 644 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Vista93%LAUSD 89% · 652 to 683 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Vista51%LAUSD 94% · 116 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Vista6 | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles6 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Vista12% | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles17% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Vista | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Vista48%LAUSD 58% · 747 to 763 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Vista66%LAUSD 73% · 760 to 762 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Vista17%LAUSD 19% · 507 to 769 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Vista93%LAUSD 87% · 670 to 672 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Vista91%LAUSD 84% · 670 to 681 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | Vista92%LAUSD 84% · 639 to 642 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Vista48%LAUSD 74% · 662 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Vista65%LAUSD 84% · 112 to 118 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Vista76%LAUSD 92% · 113 to 116 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Vista34%LAUSD 71% · 117 answers | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesNo survey on file |
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 | Vista | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Vista1,080 | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles161 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Vista97%1,045 of 1,080 students | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles71%115 of 161 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Vista18 | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles15 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Vista | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Vista6–8 | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles6–8 |
| Who runs the school | VistaLos Angeles Unified | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | VistaNot a charter | Girls Athletic Leadership School Los AngelesLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027 |
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). A charter’s approver is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.