Community day school · Los Angeles Unified · Los Angeles, California

CDS Secondary

Los Angeles · 6–8 · 17 students (2024–25)

727 South Wilson Street, 90021elemsec-cds.lausd.org ↗(213) 239-5656

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Common questions

How are students placed here?

Students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion. Confirm placement with Los Angeles Unified. Evidence ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In spring 2026, no student scored Advanced in English (reading and writing), and 8% did in math. 67% scored below the standard in English and 83% in math. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

36 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (10 of 28), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 4.3% of students (2 of 46) were suspended at least once in 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 33% of the students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English; 17% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 24 in English, 12 in math
Comparison
None shown: students here are placed rather than chosen, so other schools’ students are not a like group.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 24 tested

Advanced
0%
Proficient
33%
Below the standard
67%

33% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grade 8 · spring 2026 · 12 tested

Advanced
8%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
83%

17% Proficient or Advanced in grade 8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 7 and 8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced23%45%
Advanced0%0%
Proficient23%45%
Developing level39%10%
Minimal38%45%
Tested1311

Math

Math, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressed17%
Advancedsuppressed8%
Proficientsuppressed9%
Developing levelsuppressed8%
Minimalsuppressed75%
Tested1012

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

Have results changed?

English went from 8% to 33% and math from 0% to 17%.

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

20258%26 tested
→
202633%24 tested

This school

Math · top two levels · grade 8

20250%18 tested
→
202617%12 tested

This school

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 7 and 8 · This school0%33%25%42%24
Math, grade 8 · This school8%9%8%75%12

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026.

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Each grade’s results: English ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This school
0%50%100%20172022202633%
Math top two levels, grade 8
This school
0%50%100%20172022202617%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

2026 was the highest year in this series in both subjects. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis school
201711%
54 tested
201813%
55 tested
20197%
43 tested
202215%
27 tested
202329%
28 tested
202424%
29 tested
20258%
26 tested
202633%
24 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 8
YearThis school
201710%
31 tested
20184%
28 tested
20193%
34 tested
20225%
21 tested
202311%
18 tested
20246%
16 tested
20250%
18 tested
202617%
12 tested

What you can do

Who can act on CDS Secondary’s results?

Los Angeles Unified’s board decides CDS Secondary’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed CDS Secondary in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Students at CDS Secondary are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion.

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Los Angeles Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Los Angeles Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Los Angeles Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Los Angeles Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

36 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 4.3% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 10 of 28 students counted for it; suspension: 2 of 46 students enrolled during the year

Chronically absent, 2025–26

36 in 100This school

10 of 28 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

4.3%

of students were suspended at least once (2 of 46).

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at CDS Secondary

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 79%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 79%Unallocated share: 21%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino79%
  2. White—
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share21%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

94%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 16 of 17.

4teachers, 2024–25

16 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

16%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school set learning goals for each student placed here, and how does it share progress with families?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino79%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 16% of teaching positions, 0.1 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 1 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How are students placed here?

Confirm placement with Los Angeles Unified.

School website: elemsec-cds.lausd.org ↗Office: (213) 239-5656Administrator: Mirian Rubalcava

Location and visiting

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727 South Wilson Street, Los Angeles 90021

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Questions for your visit

  1. How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (213) 239-5656727 South Wilson Street, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English240%33%
2026 · Math225%14%
2025 · English260%8%
2025 · Math260%0%
2024 · English290%24%
2024 · Math290%7%
2023 · English287%29%
2023 · Math293%17%
2022 · English270%15%
2022 · Math280%7%
2019 · English430%7%
2019 · Math442%5%
2018 · English552%13%
2018 · Math580%2%
2017 · English542%11%
2017 · Math550%5%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 7 · English8—
2025 · Grade 8 · English186%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math8—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math180%
2024 · Grade 7 · English1315%
2024 · Grade 8 · English1631%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math138%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math166%
2023 · Grade 7 · English1136%
2023 · Grade 8 · English1724%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math1127%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math1811%
2022 · Grade 7 · English7—
2022 · Grade 8 · English2010%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math7—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math215%
2019 · Grade 7 · English9—
2019 · Grade 8 · English346%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2019 · Grade 8 · Math343%
2018 · Grade 7 · English287%
2018 · Grade 8 · English2719%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math300%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math284%
2017 · Grade 7 · English250%
2017 · Grade 8 · English2921%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math240%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math3110%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide110%9%55%36%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 65 in 100 → 2025–26 · 36 in 100 · −29 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 13.0% (7 of 54) → 2025–26 · 4.3% (2 of 46) · −8.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26
Female67 in 100—
Male55 in 10041 in 100
Black or African American85 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino47 in 10041 in 100
Students with disabilities50 in 100—
English learners50 in 100—
Low-income56 in 10032 in 100
All students58 in 10036 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$18,180 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 460,633 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$844 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 17

Central federal expenditures attributed here$553 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 17

District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,292 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 52%Instruction support 17%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$5,655,379,38451.81%52%
Instruction support$1,791,152,34816.41%17%
Student services$1,344,873,23212.32%12%
Administration$763,652,7807.00%7%
Buildings & maintenance$1,099,649,06210.07%10%
Other$260,356,5952.39%2%
Total$10,915,063,400100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $10,915,063,400 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$18,180 per pupil
2020$16,355 per pupil
2019$15,793 per pupil
2018$13,247 per pupil
2017$13,549 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 90021 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90021 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$32,222
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23%
ZIP-area population2,897
Median age40.5 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. See all schools in ZIP code 90021 →

Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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