Vista Middle
Los Angeles Unified
74
DevelopingScope Score · 43rd percentile
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Vista and Valley Charter
Valley Charter scores 76 and Vista 74 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.
Valley Charter Middle
Charter school · Van Nuys
76
SolidScope Score · 54th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Valley Charter has the highest share and Vista has the lowest.
Biggest difference
14points
in English. 47% of Valley Charter students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Vista it was 33%.
Lowest absence
15in 100
students at Valley Charter 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 Valley Charter it is 83%.
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%
Valley Charter47%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 12%
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Vista20%Advanced: 10%, clearly ahead
Valley Charter24%Advanced: 6%
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%Vista47%Valley Charter49%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202620%Vista24%Valley Charter37%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
Valley Charter15 in 100Clearly ahead36 of 242 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
Valley Charter2.4%6 of 245 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
Valley Charter−21points
Math
Points against the expected score
Vista0points
Valley Charter−15points
- VistaThe state calls both results Average. 956 students in English, 947 in math.
- Valley CharterThe state calls the English result Minimal and the math result Moderate. 250 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.
Valley Charter
“The mission of Valley Charter Schools is to provide a holistic and exceptional education to a diverse student body, cultivating in students intellectual curiosity, collaboration, respect for others, and a passion for excellence.”
- Teacher-based curriculum
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 | Valley Charter |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | VistaNot read yet | Valley Charter
|
| 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 | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Vista47%LAUSD 55% · 507 to 767 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Vista55%LAUSD 61% · 749 to 774 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Vista47%LAUSD 82% · 644 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Vista93%LAUSD 89% · 652 to 683 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Vista51%LAUSD 94% · 116 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Vista6 | Valley Charter7 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Vista12% | Valley Charter6% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Vista | Valley Charter |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Vista48%LAUSD 58% · 747 to 763 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Vista66%LAUSD 73% · 760 to 762 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Vista17%LAUSD 19% · 507 to 769 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Vista93%LAUSD 87% · 670 to 672 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Vista91%LAUSD 84% · 670 to 681 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | Vista92%LAUSD 84% · 639 to 642 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Vista48%LAUSD 74% · 662 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Vista65%LAUSD 84% · 112 to 118 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Vista76%LAUSD 92% · 113 to 116 answers | Valley CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Vista34%LAUSD 71% · 117 answers | Valley CharterNo 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 | Valley Charter |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Vista1,080 | Valley Charter264 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Vista97%1,045 of 1,080 students | Valley Charter83%220 of 264 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Vista18 | Valley Charter20 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Vista | Valley Charter |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Vista6–8 | Valley Charter6–8 |
| Who runs the school | VistaLos Angeles Unified | Valley CharterA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | VistaNot a charter | Valley CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2028 |
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.