Chatsworth Charter High: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Chatsworth Charter posts 42% meeting the standard against 36% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53 | 20% | 42% | 93.2% | 59.1% | 27.6% | 0.8% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Chatsworth Charter High scores 53 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 71st percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “42% proficient” and call it done. Chatsworth Charter deserves a closer read. The school sits in Chatsworth, where two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
As a charter, Chatsworth Charter enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 71st percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 42% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 61% | 55% | 40% | 56% | 51% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 29% | 27% | 23% | 31% | 34% |
The story this school is actually telling
Of 100 students here: 42 are proficient by 11th grade → 93 graduate → 59 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Chatsworth Charter High in Chatsworth, 44.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Chatsworth Charter High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 3.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (30.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (41.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 45.5 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 249 students tested.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$1,481 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 27% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 27
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 378 | 23% | 28% | 25% | 25% | 51% | +3 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 375 | 16% | 18% | 22% | 44% | 34% | +10 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 389 | 7% | 20% | 61% | 12% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 249 | 44.6% | +4 | +6 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 248 | 41.5% | +1 | +3 |
| Asian | 47 | 80.8% | +1 | +6 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatsworth Charter High ← | — | 53 | 19.5% | 42.1% | — | 0.8% |
| Grover Cleveland Charter High | 3.1 mi | 59 | 26.7% | 53.0% | — | 0.3% |
| Stoney Point Continuation | 0.2 mi | 15 | 0.0% | 9.3% | — | 1.2% |
| William Tell Aggeler Opportunity High | 0.8 mi | 9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 6.4% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 53 | 66 | #686 | 12.7% | 44.9% | 21.7% | 0.4% | — |
| 2022 | 52 | 72 | #593 | 14.8% | 41.2% | 29.3% | 0.8% | — |
| 2023 | 49 | 66 | #738 | 14.1% | 31.2% | 29.3% | 0.6% | — |
| 2024 | 53 | 74 | #566 | 19.3% | 43.3% | 26.4% | 0.7% | — |
| 2025 | 53 | 71 | #633 | 19.5% | 42.1% | 27.6% | 0.8% | — |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 24.7% | 31.5% | +6.8pp |
| Male | 18.8% | 24.3% | +5.5pp |
| Asian | 10.5% | 8.7% | -1.8pp |
| Black/African American | 24.3% | 31.6% | +7.3pp |
| White | 9.9% | 12.3% | +2.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 23.4% | 32.6% | +9.2pp |
| Two or More Races | 5.3% | 16.7% | +11.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 27.2% | 32.8% | +5.6pp |
| English Learners | 32.1% | 37.0% | +4.9pp |
| Foster Youth | 41.7% | 18.2% | -23.5pp |
| Homeless | 34.0% | 34.9% | +0.9pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 23.8% | 32.2% | +8.4pp |
| All Students | 21.5% | 27.4% | +5.9pp |
| Filipino | — | 26.1% | — |
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