Westwood Charter Elementary
Charter school · Los Angeles
92
StrongScope Score · 96th percentile
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Westwood Charter and Nora Sterry
Westwood Charter scores 92 and Nora Sterry 72 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Westwood Charter’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Nora Sterry Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
72
DevelopingScope Score · 28th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in math. Westwood Charter has the highest share and Nora Sterry has the lowest.
Biggest difference
55points
in math. 83% of Westwood Charter students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Nora Sterry it was 28%.
Lowest absence
6in 100
students at Westwood Charter missed 10% or more of school days. It was 21 in 100 at Nora Sterry.
Low-income families
84%
of Nora Sterry’s students are from low-income families. At Westwood Charter it is 20%.
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
Westwood Charter79%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 55%, clearly ahead
Nora Sterry39%Advanced: 15%
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Westwood Charter83%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 58%, clearly ahead
Nora Sterry28%Advanced: 8%
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?
Nora Sterry’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 52% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 39%.
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202679%Westwood Charter39%Nora Sterry46%California
Math
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202683%Westwood Charter28%Nora Sterry42%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
Westwood Charter6 in 100Clearly ahead41 of 685 students
Nora Sterry21 in 10041 of 199 students
Average school17 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Westwood Charter0%0 of 690 students
Nora Sterry0%0 of 206 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
Westwood Charter+1point
Nora Sterry−14points
Math
Points against the expected score
Westwood Charter+13points
Nora Sterry−30points
- Westwood CharterThe state calls the English result Average and the math result Accelerated. 177 students.
- Nora SterryThe state calls the English result Moderate and the math result Minimal. 51 students.
Grades 4–5, 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.
Westwood Charter
“Connected through the theme of interdependence, students are challenged to construct knowledge through meaningful interactions with each other, the community, and the world.”
- Residential School Gate program
- art, music, and gardening
From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026
Nora Sterry
We have not read this school’s website yet.
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 | Westwood Charter | Nora Sterry |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Westwood Charter
| Nora SterryNot read yet |
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Westwood Charter93%LAUSD 77% · 179 answers | Nora Sterry77%LAUSD 77% · 57 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Westwood Charter81%LAUSD 68% · 177 to 179 answers | Nora Sterry76%LAUSD 68% · 56 to 57 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Westwood Charter82%LAUSD 75% · 173 to 179 answers | Nora Sterry84%LAUSD 75% · 56 to 57 answers |
| Families: Safety | Westwood Charter90%LAUSD 91% · 156 answers | Nora Sterry92%LAUSD 91% · 130 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Westwood Charter94%LAUSD 94% · 155 to 167 answers | Nora Sterry94%LAUSD 94% · 130 to 136 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Westwood Charter100%LAUSD 97% · 48 answers | Nora Sterry97%LAUSD 97% · 34 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Westwood Charter20 | Nora Sterry14 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Westwood Charter11% | Nora Sterry27% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Westwood Charter | Nora Sterry |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Westwood Charter76%LAUSD 68% · 176 to 179 answers | Nora Sterry75%LAUSD 68% · 55 to 57 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Westwood Charter86%LAUSD 84% · 178 to 179 answers | Nora Sterry94%LAUSD 84% · 56 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Westwood Charter16%LAUSD 24% · 177 to 179 answers | Nora Sterry23%LAUSD 24% · 57 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Westwood Charter93%LAUSD 94% · 161 answers | Nora Sterry94%LAUSD 94% · 132 to 133 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Westwood Charter88%LAUSD 91% · 161 to 166 answers | Nora Sterry88%LAUSD 91% · 134 to 136 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Westwood Charter68%LAUSD 80% · 158 answers | Nora Sterry75%LAUSD 80% · 131 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Westwood Charter91%LAUSD 89% · 46 to 48 answers | Nora Sterry76%LAUSD 89% · 33 to 36 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Westwood Charter97%LAUSD 95% · 47 answers | Nora Sterry93%LAUSD 95% · 36 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Westwood Charter92%LAUSD 86% · 48 answers | Nora Sterry79%LAUSD 86% · 34 answers |
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 | Westwood Charter | Nora Sterry |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Westwood Charter670 | Nora Sterry188 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Westwood Charter20%131 of 670 students | Nora Sterry84%158 of 188 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Westwood Charter24 | Nora Sterry17 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Westwood Charter | Nora Sterry |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Westwood CharterTK–5 | Nora SterryTK–5 |
| Who runs the school | Westwood CharterLos Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter) | Nora SterryLos Angeles Unified |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Westwood CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2032 | Nora SterryNot a charter |
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. LAUSD’s affiliated charters are the ones its 2027–28 Choices brochure lists.