Westport Heights Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
73
DevelopingScope Score · 38th percentile
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Westport Heights and WISH Community
WISH Community scores 88 and Westport Heights 73 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). WISH Community’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
WISH Community
Charter school · Los Angeles
88
StrongScope Score · 91st percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. WISH Community has the highest share and Westport Heights has the lowest.
Biggest difference
41points
in math. 69% of WISH Community students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Westport Heights it was 28%.
Lowest absence
4in 100
students at WISH Community missed 10% or more of school days. It was 23 in 100 at Westport Heights.
Low-income families
82%
of Westport Heights’s students are from low-income families. At WISH Community it is 17%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California elementary 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
Westport Heights38%Advanced: 12%
WISH Community74%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 49%, clearly ahead
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Westport Heights28%Advanced: 9%
WISH Community69%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 44%, clearly ahead
California42%Advanced: 21%
Grades 3–5, 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?
WISH Community’s English results changed the most. In 2018, 77% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 74%.
Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026
Grades 3–5. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202638%Westport Heights74%WISH Community46%California
Math
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202628%Westport Heights69%WISH Community42%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 elementary school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Westport Heights23 in 10047 of 208 students
WISH Community4 in 100Clearly ahead38 of 849 students
Average school17 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Westport Heights0%0 of 213 students
WISH Community0.9%8 of 856 students
Average school1.6%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California elementary 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
Westport Heights−3points
WISH Community+7points
Math
Points against the expected score
Westport Heights+3points
WISH Community−4points
- Westport HeightsGrades 4–5. The state calls both results Average. 46 students.
- WISH CommunityGrades 4–8. The state calls the English result Accelerated and the math result Average. 450 students in English, 447 in math.
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.
Westport Heights
We have not read this school’s website yet.
WISH Community
“The WISH instructional philosophy rests upon the concepts of hands-on learning, meaningful and systematic instruction, and a collaborative group of professionals working together to make the learning environment exciting for students.”
- STEM Automation and Robotics Engineering
- GATE Gifted and Talented Education
- Weekly art classes
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 | Westport Heights | WISH Community |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Westport HeightsNot read yet | WISH Community
|
| Class sizeAs the school states it | Westport HeightsNot read yet | WISH CommunityKindergarten through 3rd-grade classrooms have approximately 20 students; Grades 4 through 9 have approximately 25 studentsRead 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 | Westport Heights80%LAUSD 77% · 51 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Westport Heights65%LAUSD 68% · 49 to 51 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Westport Heights70%LAUSD 75% · 49 to 51 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Westport Heights98%LAUSD 91% · 108 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Westport Heights99%LAUSD 94% · 108 to 114 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Westport Heights100%LAUSD 97% · 28 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Westport Heights20 | WISH Community10 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Westport Heights0% | WISH Community6% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Westport Heights | WISH Community |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Westport Heights70%LAUSD 68% · 49 to 50 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Westport Heights86%LAUSD 84% · 49 to 50 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Westport Heights28%LAUSD 24% · 47 to 49 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Westport Heights99%LAUSD 94% · 111 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Westport Heights96%LAUSD 91% · 111 to 114 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Westport Heights79%LAUSD 80% · 111 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Westport Heights82%LAUSD 89% · 28 to 29 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Westport Heights94%LAUSD 95% · 25 to 26 answers | WISH CommunityNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Westport Heights83%LAUSD 86% · 29 answers | WISH CommunityNo 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 | Westport Heights | WISH Community |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Westport Heights166 | WISH Community860 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Westport Heights82%136 of 166 students | WISH Community17%146 of 860 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Westport Heights18 | WISH CommunityNot available |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Westport Heights | WISH Community |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Westport HeightsTK–5 | WISH CommunityTK–8 |
| Who runs the school | Westport HeightsLos Angeles Unified | WISH CommunityA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Westport HeightsNot a charter | WISH CommunityLos 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 3–5. 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.