Westwood Charter Elementary
Charter school · Los Angeles
92
StrongScope Score · 96th percentile
Compare · elementary
Westwood Charter and Overland Avenue
Overland Avenue scores 96 and Westwood Charter 92 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Overland Avenue’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Overland Avenue Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
96
StrongScope Score · 99th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Overland Avenue has the highest share and Westwood Charter has the lowest.
Biggest difference
9points
in English. 88% of Overland Avenue students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Westwood Charter it was 79%.
Chronic absence
6in 100
students missed 10% or more of school days at each of these schools.
Low-income families
20%
of Westwood Charter’s students are from low-income families. At Overland Avenue it is 14%.
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%Advanced: 55%
Overland Avenue88%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 68%, clearly ahead
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Westwood Charter83%Advanced: 58%
Overland Avenue91%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 70%, 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?
Westwood Charter’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 75% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 79%.
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 Charter88%Overland Avenue46%California
Math
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202683%Westwood Charter91%Overland Avenue42%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 10041 of 685 students
Overland Avenue6 in 10032 of 497 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
Overland Avenue0%0 of 498 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
Overland Avenue+22points
Math
Points against the expected score
Westwood Charter+13points
Overland Avenue+25points
- Westwood CharterThe state calls the English result Average and the math result Accelerated. 177 students.
- Overland AvenueThe state calls both results Exceptional. 131 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
Overland Avenue
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 | Overland Avenue |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Westwood Charter
| Overland AvenueNot 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 | Overland Avenue89%LAUSD 77% · 140 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Westwood Charter81%LAUSD 68% · 177 to 179 answers | Overland Avenue76%LAUSD 68% · 137 to 139 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Westwood Charter82%LAUSD 75% · 173 to 179 answers | Overland Avenue79%LAUSD 75% · 137 to 140 answers |
| Families: Safety | Westwood Charter90%LAUSD 91% · 156 answers | Overland Avenue96%LAUSD 91% · 363 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Westwood Charter94%LAUSD 94% · 155 to 167 answers | Overland Avenue95%LAUSD 94% · 366 to 380 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Westwood Charter100%LAUSD 97% · 48 answers | Overland Avenue98%LAUSD 97% · 50 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Westwood Charter20 | Overland Avenue19 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Westwood Charter11% | Overland Avenue0% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Westwood Charter | Overland Avenue |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Westwood Charter76%LAUSD 68% · 176 to 179 answers | Overland Avenue69%LAUSD 68% · 138 to 139 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Westwood Charter86%LAUSD 84% · 178 to 179 answers | Overland Avenue85%LAUSD 84% · 139 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Westwood Charter16%LAUSD 24% · 177 to 179 answers | Overland Avenue19%LAUSD 24% · 136 to 137 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Westwood Charter93%LAUSD 94% · 161 answers | Overland Avenue96%LAUSD 94% · 373 to 374 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Westwood Charter88%LAUSD 91% · 161 to 166 answers | Overland Avenue93%LAUSD 91% · 373 to 379 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Westwood Charter68%LAUSD 80% · 158 answers | Overland Avenue74%LAUSD 80% · 369 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Westwood Charter91%LAUSD 89% · 46 to 48 answers | Overland Avenue94%LAUSD 89% · 51 to 52 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Westwood Charter97%LAUSD 95% · 47 answers | Overland Avenue98%LAUSD 95% · 50 to 51 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Westwood Charter92%LAUSD 86% · 48 answers | Overland Avenue90%LAUSD 86% · 51 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 | Overland Avenue |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Westwood Charter670 | Overland Avenue485 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Westwood Charter20%131 of 670 students | Overland Avenue14%68 of 485 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Westwood Charter24 | Overland Avenue23 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Westwood Charter | Overland Avenue |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Westwood CharterTK–5 | Overland AvenueTK–5 |
| Who runs the school | Westwood CharterLos Angeles Unified (an affiliated charter) | Overland AvenueLos Angeles Unified |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Westwood CharterLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2032 | Overland AvenueNot 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.