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West Adams Preparatory and University Preparatory Value

University Preparatory Value scores 78 and West Adams Preparatory 68 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). University Preparatory Value’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.

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Biggest differences

What are the biggest differences?

The biggest difference in test results is in English. University Preparatory Value has the highest share and West Adams Preparatory has the lowest.

Biggest difference

31points

in English. 63% of University Preparatory Value students scored Proficient or Advanced. At West Adams Preparatory it was 32%.

Lowest absence

21in 100

students at University Preparatory Value 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 University Preparatory Value it is 92%.

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%
University Preparatory Value63%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 25%, clearly ahead
California57%Advanced: 27%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Share of students tested

West Adams Preparatory8%Advanced: 3%
University Preparatory Value24%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 9%, 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?

University Preparatory Value’s English results changed the most. In 2018, 62% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 63%.

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

Math

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
University Preparatory Value21 in 100Clearly ahead105 of 505 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
University Preparatory Value0%0 of 514 students
Average school2.9%

2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high school we score. Source: California Department of Education.

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.

University Preparatory Value

“The Value Schools mission is to establish and support high quality, values based elementary and secondary charter schools for populations of students who have been historically underserved by the public school system.”
  • Financial Literacy
  • Studio Art and Graphic Design
  • Advanced placement classes
  • UP Process

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.

MeasureWest Adams PreparatoryUniversity Preparatory Value
From each school’s website
Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statementsWest Adams PreparatoryNot read yetUniversity Preparatory Value
  • College prep
LanguagesWest Adams PreparatoryNot read yetUniversity Preparatory ValueSpanish world-language classesRead October 27, 2026
Part of a networkWest Adams PreparatoryNot read yetUniversity Preparatory ValueValue SchoolsRead 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: SafetyWest Adams Preparatory49%LAUSD 65% · 754 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Students: BelongingWest Adams Preparatory46%LAUSD 61% · 727 to 746 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Students: Caring adultsWest Adams Preparatory50%LAUSD 61% · 723 to 751 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Families: SafetyWest Adams Preparatory82%LAUSD 81% · 300 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Families: BelongingWest Adams Preparatory90%LAUSD 87% · 292 to 339 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Staff: SafetyWest Adams Preparatory94%LAUSD 93% · 99 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
From the staffing records
Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school yearWest Adams Preparatory10University Preparatory Value7
Teachers in their first year2024–25 school yearWest Adams Preparatory17%University Preparatory Value16%
Show every subject in the survey
MeasureWest Adams PreparatoryUniversity Preparatory Value
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26
Students: EngagementWest Adams Preparatory47%LAUSD 61% · 729 to 735 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Students: High expectationsWest Adams Preparatory56%LAUSD 68% · 726 to 738 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is betterWest Adams Preparatory12%LAUSD 10% · 739 to 748 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Families: Caring adultsWest Adams Preparatory90%LAUSD 86% · 334 to 336 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Families: EngagementWest Adams Preparatory87%LAUSD 83% · 333 to 337 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Families: High expectationsWest Adams Preparatory88%LAUSD 89% · 293 to 295 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Families: Bullying reports taken seriouslyWest Adams Preparatory80%LAUSD 78% · 339 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Staff: Caring adultsWest Adams Preparatory77%LAUSD 83% · 100 to 103 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Staff: High expectationsWest Adams Preparatory82%LAUSD 90% · 98 to 99 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo survey on file
Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problemWest Adams Preparatory80%LAUSD 81% · 102 answersUniversity Preparatory ValueNo 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.

MeasureWest Adams PreparatoryUniversity Preparatory Value
StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25West Adams Preparatory942University Preparatory Value493
Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63%West Adams Preparatory98%920 of 942 studentsUniversity Preparatory Value92%452 of 493 students
Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class sizeWest Adams Preparatory17University Preparatory Value20
Show grades and who runs each school
MeasureWest Adams PreparatoryUniversity Preparatory Value
GradesWest Adams Preparatory9–12University Preparatory Value9–12
Who runs the schoolWest Adams PreparatoryLos Angeles UnifiedUniversity Preparatory ValueA charter school
Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term endsWest Adams PreparatoryNot a charterUniversity Preparatory ValueLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2028
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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 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.