English: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 6–8, spring 2026
- Walter Reed
- Clearly ahead: 66%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 33%
- Louis Armstrong
- 55%Advanced: 22%
- California
- 49%Advanced: 19%
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Walter Reed and Louis Armstrong
Walter Reed is at the 82nd percentile and Louis Armstrong the 64th among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Walter Reed’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Louis Armstrong 64th
Walter Reed 82nd
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
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Louis Armstrong 64th
Walter Reed 82nd
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 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
- Walter Reed
- Clearly ahead: 53%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 36%
- Louis Armstrong
- 41%Advanced: 24%
- 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
- Walter Reed
- Clearly ahead: 17 in 100270 of 1,584 students
- Louis Armstrong
- 21 in 100242 of 1,160 students
- Average school
- 18 in 100
Suspended at least once
2025–26 school year
- Walter Reed
- 0.5%8 of 1,601 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Louis Armstrong
- 0.8%9 of 1,176 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
- Walter Reed
- 0 pts English 0 pts mathThe state calls both Average · 1,441 students in English, 1,436 in math
- Louis Armstrong
- −1 pts English −8 pts mathThe state calls them Average in English and Moderate in math · 1,046 students in English, 1,043 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
- Walter Reed
- 82nd percentileStrongScope Score 56
- Louis Armstrong
- 64th percentileSolidScope Score 44
A charter’s authorizer decides whether its charter is renewed when the term ends.
Who runs the school
- Walter Reed
- Los Angeles Unified
- Louis Armstrong
- Los Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter)
Charter approved by, and when the current term ends
- Walter Reed
- Not a charter
- Louis Armstrong
- Los Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2030
Teachers in their first year
2024–25 school year
- Walter Reed
- 5%
- Louis Armstrong
- 9%
Average years of teaching experience
2024–25 school year
- Walter Reed
- 17
- Louis Armstrong
- 14
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
- Walter Reed
- 25
- Louis Armstrong
- 22
Grades offered
- Walter Reed
- 6–8
- Louis Armstrong
- 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: Walter Reed Middle 1,580; Louis Armstrong Middle 1,174. 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. LAUSD’s affiliated charters are the ones its 2027–28 Choices brochure lists.