West Adams Preparatory High
Los Angeles Unified
68
Needs SupportScope Score · 14th percentile
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West Adams Preparatory and New Designs Charter
New Designs Charter scores 85 and West Adams Preparatory 68 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). New Designs Charter’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
New Designs Charter
Charter school · Los Angeles
85
StrongScope Score · 86th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. New Designs Charter has the highest share and West Adams Preparatory has the lowest.
Biggest difference
66points
in math. 74% of New Designs Charter students scored Proficient or Advanced. At West Adams Preparatory it was 8%.
Lowest absence
8in 100
students at New Designs Charter missed 10% or more of school days. It was 39 in 100 at West Adams Preparatory.
Low-income families
98%
of West Adams Preparatory’s students are from low-income families. At New Designs Charter it is 80%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California high 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
West Adams Preparatory32%Advanced: 8%
New Designs Charter75%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 37%, clearly ahead
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
West Adams Preparatory8%Advanced: 3%
New Designs Charter74%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 54%, clearly ahead
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 their results changed?
New Designs Charter’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 80% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 75%.
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
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202632%West Adams Preparatory75%New Designs Charter57%California
Math
25%50%75%No comparable tests201720182019202220232024202520268%West Adams Preparatory74%New Designs Charter32%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 high school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
West Adams Preparatory39 in 100325 of 840 students
New Designs Charter8 in 100Clearly ahead64 of 788 students
Average school22 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
West Adams Preparatory0.5%4 of 884 students
New Designs Charter1.1%9 of 818 students
Average school2.9%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high 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
West Adams PreparatoryNot available
New Designs Charter−4points
Math
Points against the expected score
West Adams PreparatoryNot available
New Designs Charter−23points
- New Designs CharterThe state calls the English result Average and the math result Minimal. 309 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.
West Adams Preparatory
We have not read this school’s website yet.
New Designs Charter
“New Designs Charter Schools are committed to the development of a college-preparatory learning environment that enables students to become literate, self-motivated, and lifelong learners.”
- Career pathway
- Integrated projects robotics
- College classes partnership
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 | West Adams Preparatory | New Designs Charter |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | West Adams PreparatoryNot read yet | New Designs 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 | West Adams Preparatory49%LAUSD 65% · 754 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | West Adams Preparatory46%LAUSD 61% · 727 to 746 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | West Adams Preparatory50%LAUSD 61% · 723 to 751 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | West Adams Preparatory82%LAUSD 81% · 300 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | West Adams Preparatory90%LAUSD 87% · 292 to 339 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | West Adams Preparatory94%LAUSD 93% · 99 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | West Adams Preparatory10 | New Designs Charter6 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | West Adams Preparatory17% | New Designs Charter5% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | West Adams Preparatory | New Designs Charter |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | West Adams Preparatory47%LAUSD 61% · 729 to 735 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | West Adams Preparatory56%LAUSD 68% · 726 to 738 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | West Adams Preparatory12%LAUSD 10% · 739 to 748 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | West Adams Preparatory90%LAUSD 86% · 334 to 336 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | West Adams Preparatory87%LAUSD 83% · 333 to 337 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | West Adams Preparatory88%LAUSD 89% · 293 to 295 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | West Adams Preparatory80%LAUSD 78% · 339 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | West Adams Preparatory77%LAUSD 83% · 100 to 103 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | West Adams Preparatory82%LAUSD 90% · 98 to 99 answers | New Designs CharterNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | West Adams Preparatory80%LAUSD 81% · 102 answers | New Designs 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 | West Adams Preparatory | New Designs Charter |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | West Adams Preparatory942 | New Designs Charter784 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | West Adams Preparatory98%920 of 942 students | New Designs Charter80%630 of 784 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | West Adams Preparatory17 | New Designs Charter44 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | West Adams Preparatory | New Designs Charter |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | West Adams Preparatory9–12 | New Designs Charter6–12 |
| Who runs the school | West Adams PreparatoryLos Angeles Unified | New Designs CharterA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | West Adams PreparatoryNot a charter | New Designs CharterLos 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 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.