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Colfax Charter Elementary — Rating & test scores

4935 Colfax Avenue, Valley Village · 774 students · Grades TK–5

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Scope Score 90

StrongScope Score · 94th percentile. Higher than 94 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 80% and 79% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 363
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

Overview

Is Colfax Charter a good elementary school?

Strong. Colfax Charter is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in math and attendance. Colfax Charter is lower than most on progress in English.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced9580%
Math, Proficient or Advanced9579%
English, Advanced9760%
Math, Advanced9555%

Progress in a year, 2025

English47+2 pts
Math52+3 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance779 in 100
Colfax Charter’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Los Angeles Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 60% of students tested in English and 55% in math scored Advanced, against 24% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Colfax Charter’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5: 363. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Colfax Charter say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“We are rooted in education and we reach for the stars!”
colfaxcharteres.lausd.org (opens in a new tab), read October 18, 2026

Every line here is from colfaxcharteres.lausd.org, read October 18, 2026.

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 2 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 3 points higher, which the state calls Average.

English

+2

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White124+4 points
Low-income77−9 points
Hispanic or Latino64−2 points
Two or More Races17+4 points
Students with disabilities14−5 points

Math

+3

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White124+4 points
Low-income770 points
Hispanic or Latino64+1 points
Two or More Races17+1 points
Students with disabilities14−19 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 230 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 2 points above that expected score, and in math 3 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 40th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

1 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Colfax Charter. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 1.6 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Carpenter Community CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 9799th
  2. Colfax CharterScope Score 9094th
  3. Toluca LakeNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8073rd
  4. Citizens of the World Charter School East ValleyCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7967th
  5. Rio VistaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7863rd
  6. Burbank BoulevardNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7551st
  7. Maurice SendakNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7548th
  8. LankershimNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7124th
Los Angeles UnifiedCharter

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

7 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Colfax Charter compare with schools like it?

Colfax Charter’s Scope Score is 90. 570 California elementary schools, counting Colfax Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 83. Colfax Charter’s result is higher than 522 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 570

  1. Students from low-income families: 27%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 25%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

570 California public elementary schools where 25% to 37% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 25% to 37% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Colfax Charter’s share. The count includes Colfax Charter. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 81% to 80% and math from 80% to 79%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202638%80%80%Colfax CharterThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia46%Los Angeles UnifiedDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202633%78%79%Colfax CharterThis school45%Los Angeles UnifiedDistrict42%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Los Angeles Unified’s line combines its 576 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Los Angeles Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringColfax CharterLos Angeles UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201780%38%45%317
201882%43%49%314
201980%44%50%318
202283%40%45%277
202380%40%44%320
202480%42%45%344
202581%45%46%354
202680%46%46%363
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringColfax CharterLos Angeles UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201778%33%40%318
201876%36%42%315
201979%38%44%318
202281%34%38%279
202374%37%40%328
202481%39%41%344
202580%42%41%355
202679%45%42%363

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

80%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

152060
Los Angeles Unified46%California46%

Math

79%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

162455
Los Angeles Unified44%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 80% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 79% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

School patterns · grades 3–5 · spring 2026

High ceiling
A high share of students here scored Advanced, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad base
Most students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

What patterns mean

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced87%73%81%
Advanced70%57%52%
Proficient17%16%29%
Developing level10%18%16%
Minimal3%9%3%
Tested126116121
California44%46%49%
Difference+43+27+32

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced87%74%76%
Advanced67%43%54%
Proficient20%31%22%
Developing level9%22%17%
Minimal4%4%7%
Tested126116121
California47%42%37%
Difference+40+32+39

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school60%20%15%5%363
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Los Angeles Unified23%23%22%32%108,229
Math, grades 3–5 · This school55%24%16%5%363
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Los Angeles Unified22%22%25%31%108,401

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 363 tested in English, 363 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 40% of students. 70 of 795 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

9in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (70 of 795 students).

At the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school: 20 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 0 students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

774

students in grades TK–5.

White 40%Hispanic or Latino 25%Not reported 16%Two or more races 11%Asian 4%Black or African American 3%Filipino 2%

Family income

31%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 238 of 774. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

31

teachers, with 18 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

100% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

92%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (11 of 12 students).

Los Angeles Unified: 52%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White40%
Hispanic or Latino25%
Not reported16%
Two or more races11%
Asian4%
Black or African American3%
Filipino2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 26 of 26 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White172 tested85%California 56%
  • Two or more races63 tested81%California 55%
  • Hispanic or Latino92 tested67%California 31%
  • Low-income129 tested65%California 31%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 65% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 31% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 67% in math, against 31% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5 math, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Los Angeles Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 129 tested
English64%+2440%+2836%
Math65%+2639%+3431%
White · 172 tested
English84%+1668%+2460%
Math85%+1867%+2956%
Hispanic or Latino · 92 tested
English71%+3041%+3536%
Math67%+2839%+3631%
Two or more races · 63 tested
English84%+2064%+2460%
Math81%+1962%+2655%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Los Angeles Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Students with disabilities, 35 tested: no rate for grade 5 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

What people say

What do students, families and staff say?

Students here answered more positively on 1 of 5 themes and less positively on 2 than at Los Angeles Unified elementary schools. Staff here answered more positively on 3 of 4 themes than at those schools. Families here answered less positively on 1 of 5 themes than at those schools.

237

students answered

549

family surveys came back

71

staff answered
This schoolLos Angeles Unified elementary schools, same questionsShare who gave one of the two most positive answers. Each line runs from 40% to 100%.

Students

237 answered

Feeling safe81%
Belonging67%
Caring adults69%
Having a say69%
High expectations78%
  • Higher than Los Angeles Unified
  • I participate in extra-curricular activities offered through my school, such as school clubs or organizations, musical groups, sports teams, student government, or any other extra-curricular activities70%district 59%
  • I feel safe in this school or in online school sessions81%district 77%
  • I am happy to be at this school78%district 74%
  • Lower than Los Angeles Unified
  • Teachers care if I'm absent from school56%district 70%
  • My teachers make learning fun56%district 67%
  • Happened to them 2 or more times in 30 days · lower is better
  • Been made fun of because of your looks or the way you talk?34%district 30%
  • Had mean rumors or lies spread about you?31%district 31%

Families

Parents and guardians · 549 surveys came back

Child is safe93%
Feeling welcome95%
Caring adults94%
Being included92%
Bullying handled72%
  • Higher than Los Angeles Unified
  • This school recruits and organizes parents to help and support the school98%district 91%
  • This school informs me about school activities in different ways97%district 94%
  • Lower than Los Angeles Unified
  • Reports of all types of bullying are taken seriously at this school72%district 80%
  • This school includes me in important decisions about my child's education82%district 89%

Staff

Teachers and other staff · 71 answered, 37 of them teachers

Feeling safe97%
Caring adults92%
High expectations99%
Little bullying92%
  • Higher than Los Angeles Unified
  • Harassment or bullying among students92%district 86%
  • This school sets high standards for academic performance for all students100%district 95%
  • At this school, decisions are made based on students’ needs and interests87%district 84%

Each line is the average of the survey’s questions on that theme. The themes are our grouping. We show a question only when at least 20 people answered it. The lists name the questions 3 points or more from Los Angeles Unified elementary schools. These answers are not part of the Scope Score. Source: Los Angeles Unified, School Experience Survey, 2025–26. Survey results (opens in a new tab)

All 43 student questions
QuestionHereLos Angeles Unified elementary schoolsAnswers
Safety
I feel safe in this school or in online school sessions81%77%237
Belonging
This school is a supportive and inviting place for students to learn77%78%236
I am happy to be at this school78%74%237
I feel like I am part of this school69%72%236
I feel accepted for who I am at this school66%72%236
Most kids at this school are kind to each other44%42%236
Caring adults
Teachers go out of their way to help students70%78%237
The teachers at this school treat students fairly66%69%237
Teachers care if I'm absent from school56%70%236
Adults at this school treat all students with respect68%73%236
There is an adult at my school whom I trust and can talk to no matter what is bothering me63%71%235
There is at least one adult at my school who supports me82%80%237
Teachers at my school know me73%78%235
If I told a teacher or other adult at this school that another student was bullying me, he or she would try to help me74%79%236
Engagement
Teachers give students a chance to take part in classroom discussions or activities85%81%236
My teachers make learning fun56%67%237
Students have a voice in decision making at this school56%55%234
Teachers encourage students to make decisions68%72%236
There are lots of chances for students at my school to get involved in sports, clubs, or other school activities outside of class77%74%236
I participate in extra-curricular activities offered through my school, such as school clubs or organizations, musical groups, sports teams, student government, or any other extra-curricular activities70%59%236
High expectations
In my classes, my teachers tell me how I can make my work better82%88%236
Adults at this school encourage me to work hard so I can be successful in college or at the job I choose73%81%237
Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 days
Had mean rumors or lies spread about you?A lower share means fewer students reported it.31%31%233
Been made fun of because of your looks or the way you talk?A lower share means fewer students reported it.34%30%234
Been pushed, shoved, slapped, hit or kicked by someone who wasn't kidding around?A lower share means fewer students reported it.31%25%233
Been bullied online?A lower share means fewer students reported it.14%12%233
Other questions
The teachers at this school grade me fairly80%82%235
Students know how they are expected to act53%54%234
Adults at this school clearly inform students what would happen if they break school rules71%80%233
What is the highest level of education that you plan to complete?——0
I can change my intelligence with hard work87%78%236
I can increase my intelligence by challenging myself80%75%236
I am capable of learning anything79%74%235
I feel safe in the neighborhood around this school78%64%235
I can do well on all my tests, even when they're difficult70%61%236
I can master the hardest topics in my classes57%49%236
I can meet all the learning goals my teachers set70%65%236
I came to class prepared83%72%236
I remembered and followed directions86%75%235
I paid attention, even when there were distractions60%56%235
How well did you get along with students who are different from you?79%72%235
When others disagreed with you, how respectful were you of their views?72%70%235
How carefully did you listen to other people's points of view?86%78%235

A dash means fewer than 20 people answered, or the survey file we hold gives no share for the question.

All 34 family questions
QuestionHereLos Angeles Unified elementary schoolsAnswers
Safety
My child is safe on school grounds93%91%528
Belonging
Clerical/office staff treat me with respect in-person and online94%92%538
Teachers treat me with respect in-person and online96%96%538
I am greeted by school staff when I visit this school94%94%529
I feel welcome to participate at this school96%94%547
Caring adults
Teachers take my concerns seriously93%94%537
Teachers at this school let me know about my child's progress95%95%536
Engagement
This school informs me about school activities in different ways97%94%549
This school includes me in important decisions about my child's education82%89%549
This school recruits and organizes parents to help and support the school98%91%540
Bullying reports taken seriously
Reports of all types of bullying are taken seriously at this school72%80%535
Other questions
Clerical/office staff take my concerns seriously88%89%539
Clerical/office staff respond to my needs in a timely manner91%90%538
Teachers respond to my needs in a timely manner96%94%539
Offering more flexible ways to meet (online, in person, phone) would increase my engagement with my child's school64%85%536
I am satisfied with my school's communication about how to support my child's learning88%91%536
This school encourages my child to explore different career choices64%79%547
This school provides instructional resources to help me support my child's education83%89%548
This school offers extra activities for my child's personal growth92%87%546
This school provides high quality instruction to my child94%92%547
I am satisfied with how much my child is learning at this school91%91%547
I attend events in person and online at my child's school, like parent-teacher conferences, assemblies, and school performances97%95%536
I feel comfortable supporting my child’s use of technology at home to access and complete school assignments76%87%538
I have visited my child's school website to get information and/or access resources94%88%535
This school provides me with information (verbal and written) I can understand97%95%549
School staff provide translation and interpretation services when I need them61%87%297
This school provides information on grade level requirements for my child89%91%521
This school informs me about activities sponsored by the parent and family center91%91%503
I can easily find information about parent workshops or other programs offered at this school96%91%540
This school offers extra academic support for my child71%86%547
I have visited or received assistance from the parent and family center personnel, website or resource pages available online67%83%376
I have received information about my child's progress as an English Learner75%88%352
My child is clearly informed about the consequences of breaking school rules88%92%535
Discipline is fair at this school73%82%535

A dash means fewer than 20 people answered, or the survey file we hold gives no share for the question.

All 43 staff questions
QuestionHereLos Angeles Unified elementary schoolsAnswers
Safety
I feel safe on school grounds during the day97%97%70
Caring adults
At this school, decisions are made based on students’ needs and interests87%84%71
Adults at this school treat all students with respect97%94%70
High expectations
This school sets high standards for academic performance for all students100%95%71
This school emphasizes teaching lessons in ways relevant to students97%95%71
Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem
Harassment or bullying among students92%86%71
Other questions
I have the materials I need to do my job well96%84%71
Generally speaking, my technology issues are resolved within an acceptable time period89%84%71
I get the help I need to communicate with parents82%81%71
The child abuse training I receive adequately prepares me to address child abuse at my school94%95%71
I feel safe in the neighborhood around my school99%88%70
At this school, parents treat me with respect.89%85%71
This school is a supportive and inviting place for staff to work90%82%71
This school promotes personnel participation in decision-making that affects the school practices and policies79%75%70
How many adults at this school support and treat each other with respect?93%86%71
How many adults at this school feel a responsibility to improve this school?84%80%71
Students treat adults at this school with respect72%81%71
This school clearly communicates to students the consequences of breaking school rules70%80%69
This school effectively handles student discipline and behavioral problems59%75%69
Racial/ethnic conflict among students94%93%71
The MyPGS informal observation process has helped me improve my teaching (teachers)—75%12
During the past year, how often did you communicate each individual English Learner’s progress towards reclassification as Fluent English Proficient (RFEP) to parents or students?* (teachers)——10
I use ELPAC scores to plan instruction for my English learner students (teachers)—75%8
I know how to determine progress towards reclassification for my students who are English Learners (teachers)—84%8
I know how to provide targeted instruction for English Learners who are not making progress towards reclassification (teachers)—86%8
I know which of my students are long-term English learners (LTELs) (teachers)—88%5
Observed the instruction of my colleagues to get ideas for my own instruction (teachers)17%16%36
With my colleagues, I examined evidence of student understanding/mastery (e g , test data, student) (teachers)67%50%36
Worked in grade-level or department-level teams to review and align grading practices (teachers)86%59%36
Teachers meet to examine student performance data (teachers)69%51%36
Teachers collaborate with one another by department, SLC, or grade level about curricular or instructional issues (teachers)92%66%36
I have received training to effectively integrate technology into my instruction to address students' diverse learning styles (teachers)89%79%36
I have received professional development training on how to create a learning environment that leverages digital tools and resources (teachers)94%79%36
I integrate technology into my instructional practices to meet the needs of my students (teachers)97%94%36
I feel confident integrating technology into my instruction (teachers)97%91%36
What I learn in our school professional development meetings addresses my students' needs (teachers)64%74%36
The professional development I received this year has made a positive impact on my teaching practice (teachers)58%74%36
The professional development I received this year has helped me improve students’ engagement in my class (teachers)53%71%36
The professional development I received this year has helped me improve my students' learning outcomes (teachers)64%75%36
The professional development I received this year has improved collaboration and teamwork with my colleagues (teachers)64%77%36
The professional development I received this year has helped me to understand and use data to inform my instruction (teachers)72%81%36
The professional development I received this year has helped me to develop differentiated instruction for students (teachers)64%76%36
I enjoy teaching at this school (teachers)92%88%36

A dash means fewer than 20 people answered, or the survey file we hold gives no share for the question.

About the survey and these figuresWho answers, what we show, and how a theme figure is made

Los Angeles Unified School District, School Experience Survey 2025–26 (researcher file). Students in grades 4–12 take it; some questions go only to older grades.

Los Angeles Unified publishes no minimum number of answers. We show a question only when at least 20 people answered it, and a group only when at least 10% of it responded, so the answers speak for more than the few who chose to reply.

Each row shows the percentage its label describes. For a theme, such as one marked “average of 5 questions”, we average the percentages for its questions, the way Los Angeles Unified averages its own topics. Each lane lists every question with its own percentage.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families and staff can answer a short set of questions about Colfax Charter. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at Los Angeles Unified.

Families

No family answers yet

0 of 20 needed before answers show

  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

Staff

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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • And 5 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Colfax Charter has transitional kindergarten (TK). Its own site says the rest below. Ask the office for anything missing.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

74

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

After school
Team Prime Time available to all grade levels at NO COST.Its site (opens in a new tab), read October 27, 2026

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$18,184 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student.

$18,184

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$13,178
The school’s share of district office costs
$5,006
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,045
  • Colfax Charter$18,184
  • Los Angeles Unified elementary schools$27,571
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Colfax Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 91601. They are not figures for the families at Colfax Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$79,607

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 91601.

Typical home value
$1,000,000
People who live in this ZIP code
36,992
Typical age
34.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
51%

What you can do

Who can act on Colfax Charter’s results?

Colfax Charter’s own board decides its plan.

Where is its yearly plan?

Colfax Charter is an affiliated charter school. Los Angeles Unified runs the school. The school writes its own yearly plan (LCAP). Los Angeles Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2032.

What its plan pays for ↓

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

State support

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

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 11 questions to Colfax Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. How do you stretch students who are already ahead?60% scored Advanced in English, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (363 students tested); California: 24%
  2. When a bullying report comes in, who handles it, and how is the family told?27% (the average share reporting being bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 days, across 4 survey questions), 2025–26; LAUSD elementary schools: 24%
  3. What is the school doing about this survey result?61% of families agreed that “School staff provide translation and interpretation services when I need them” (297 answered); LAUSD elementary: 87%
  4. What does extra support or enrichment look like during the school day?
  5. How does this educational approach show up in daily lessons?From its own words, on values & educational approach.
  6. What does the daily learning rhythm look like at my child’s grade?From its own words, on curriculum & classroom rhythm.
  7. Which arts, languages, and specialty subjects are taught, and how are they scheduled?From its own words, on specialty subjects & arts.

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

What comes after Colfax Charter, and how do I get in?

Families inside Colfax Charter’s boundary enroll directly; others apply through LAUSD Choices. Next comes Walter Reed Middle, then North Hollywood Senior High.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Colfax Charter Elementary
    Grades TK–5Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile
  2. Middle · assigned
    Scope Score 82Strong · 82nd percentile · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    Scope Score 84Strong · 82nd percentile · 2025

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and Choices can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Find a charter school in Los Angeles County · Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

High-school links

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where the path ends: North Hollywood Senior High
North Hollywood Senior HighScope Score 84 · Strong · 82nd percentile · 2025district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at North Hollywood Senior High. UC records 77 enrollees from North Hollywood Senior High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 29 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach North Hollywood Senior High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 62% of the students who finished high school at North Hollywood Senior High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

77 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 29 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on North Hollywood Senior High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Applying to Colfax Charter for 2027–28

  1. Colfax Charter is an LAUSD affiliated charter. Check your address first. Families inside its attendance boundary don’t apply. They enroll directly with the school.

    LAUSD Resident School Identifier 

  2. On-time Choices applications closed November 6, 2026. Late applications open December 1, 2026 and join the end of the waitlist.

    apply.lausd.net 

  3. Choices letters go out February 8–12, 2027. Accept or decline by March 5, 2027: no answer counts as a decline.

How Choices, lotteries and waitlists work

Where it is

Where is Colfax Charter?

Address
4935 Colfax Avenue, Valley Village 91601Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Edward GortonAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 17, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 9 common questions

How do I get in?

Colfax Charter is an LAUSD affiliated charter. Check your address first. Families inside its attendance boundary don’t apply. They enroll directly with the school. See the details ↓

Is Colfax Charter a good elementary school?

Colfax Charter Elementary has a Scope Score of 90. It scored higher than 94 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Strong, 94th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 9 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school. 0 of 798 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 2 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 3 points higher, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 230 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 64% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Colfax Charter Elementary in Valley Village scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What do families and students say?

93% of families agreed or strongly agreed with “My child is safe on school grounds” (LAUSD elementary schools 91%, 528 answered).

  • 81% of students agreed or strongly agreed with “I feel safe in this school or in online school sessions” (LAUSD elementary schools 77%, 237 answered)
  • Source: Los Angeles Unified School District School Experience Survey, 2025–26

See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $15.0 million is planned for 12 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 92% of its $16.3 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Colfax Charter Elementary is zoned to Walter Reed Middle. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Walter Reed Middle: Scope Score 82, Strong, 82nd percentile among California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Colfax Charter’s own plan commit to?

$15.0 million is planned for 12 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 92% of its $16.3 million general fund budget.

$15.0million

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • General Fund School Program (paid by the district)$4.6 million
  • Special Education Supports (paid by the district)$4.2 million
  • Class Size Reduction (paid by the district)$1.1 million

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 80 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 80 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

The district pays for most of it. Its largest actions are General Fund School Program, Special Education Supports and Class Size Reduction.

Reading, math and catch-up help

No action title in this plan names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners.

For high-need students

It plans $1.6 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.8 million and estimates it spent $1.1 million, $0.7 million (36%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $0.7 million under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?

What changed

The total is $232,482 (2%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. We couldn’t match $13.7 million of this $15.0 million plan to individual actions in last year’s plan. These lists cover the rest.

Largest cuts

  • Charter School Categorical Block Grant−⁠$170,556
  • SENI Investments towards Academic Excellence−⁠$120,934
  • Charter Supplemental/​Concentration Funds in Lieu of EIA−⁠$98,836

Ask: What did Charter School Categorical Block Grant pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $170,556 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 3–5 only: 80% in English and 79% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Academic Excellence81%80%down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Academic Excellence80%79%down 1 pt
Chronically absentGoal 2 · Joy and Wellness10 in 1009 in 1001 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2 · Joy and Wellness0 of 8020 of 798no change

Goals 3 and 4 aren’t shown because they track other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The full plan4 goals, 25 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($15.0 million).

Where does the money go?

76% to Goal 1, Academic Excellence. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Academic Excellence$11.4 million76% of action budgets

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $11.1 million (+⁠$272,229) · p. 10 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. General Fund School Program$4.6 millionaction 1.1 · paid by the district · p. 19 ↗
  2. Special Education Supports$4.2 millionaction 1.2 · paid by the district · p. 19 ↗
  3. Class Size Reduction$1.1 millionaction 1.4 · paid by the district · p. 19 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. General Fund School Program$0.6 millionaction 1.1 · p. 45 ↗
  5. Charter School Categorical Block Grant$0.4 millionaction 1.3 · p. 45 ↗

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • SENI Investments towards Academic Excellence · action 1.7 · p. 45 ↗$0.3 million
  • Charter Supplemental/​Concentration Funds in Lieu of EIA · action 1.6 · p. 45 ↗$0.1 million

1 more action is in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 19 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Charter School Categorical Block Grant−⁠$170,556$547,493 → $376,937 · p. 45 ↗
  2. SENI Investments towards Academic Excellence−⁠$120,934$375,147 → $254,213 · p. 45 ↗
  3. Charter Supplemental/​Concentration Funds in Lieu of EIA−⁠$98,836$237,102 → $138,266 · p. 45 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • General Fund School Program (paid by the district) · $4.6 million · p. 19 ↗not compared
  • Special Education Supports (paid by the district) · $4.2 million · p. 19 ↗not compared
  • Class Size Reduction (paid by the district) · $1.1 million · p. 19 ↗not compared
  • General Fund School Program · $610,684 → $567,735 · p. 45 ↗−⁠$42,949
  • Title not confirmed (paid by the district) · $105,020 · p. 19 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 5 measures · 3 quoted

  • Smarter Balanced Distance from Standard (DFS) Met in English Language Arts - Grades 3-5 p. 11 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 All Students: 66.9 …
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 All Students: 78.0 …
  • Percent Met/Exceed Standard on California Science Test - Grade 5 p. 12 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 All Students: 59.4% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 All Students: 75.0% …
  • Percent of Students Meeting Early Literacy Benchmarks in Kindergarten p. 12 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 All Students: 83.7% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 All Students: 90.0% …

2 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Joy and Wellness$208,6361% of action budgets

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $371,951 (−⁠$163,315) · p. 20 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Base-Funded School Climate Support Staff$23,814action 2.2 · paid by the district · p. 27 ↗

2 more actions are in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 27 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Title not confirmed (paid by the district) · $176,882 · p. 27 ↗not compared
  • Base-Funded School Climate Support Staff (paid by the district) · $23,814 · p. 27 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed (paid by the district) · $7,940 · p. 27 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 13 measures · 3 quoted

  • Percent of All Students with Excellent Attendance (96% or Higher) p. 21 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 All Students: 39.4% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 All Students: 60.0% …
  • State Chronic Absenteeism Rate (90% or Lower) - Grades K-8 p. 21 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 All Students: 18.3% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 All Students: 4.0% …
  • Percent of Staff with Excellent Attendance (96% or Higher) p. 22 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 All Staff: 41.3% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 All Staff: 70.0%

10 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Engagement and Collaboration$00% of action budgets

No funded actions in this plan · 2025–26 plan: $0 (unchanged) · p. 28 ↗

How the plan measures it · 4 measures · 2 quoted

  • Percent of Parents Reporting on the School Experience Survey: "This school includes me in important decisions about my child's education." p. 29 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 All Parents: 78.5% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 All Parents: 85.0%
  • Percent of Parents Reporting on the School Experience Survey: "This school provides me with information (verbal and written) I can understand." p. 30 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 All Parents: 94.9% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 All Parents: 96.0%

2 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 4Operational Effectiveness and Investing in Staff$3.4 million23% of action budgets

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $3.8 million (−⁠$341,396) · p. 33 ↗

Action titles are in the plan: p. 37 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Title not confirmed (paid by the district) · $3.4 million · p. 37 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 3 quoted

  • Percent of Facilities in Good Repair p. 34 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 100.0%
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 100.0%
  • Percent of Teachers Are Appropriately Credentialed for the Students They Are Assigned to Teach p. 34 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 100.0%
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 100.0%
  • Percent of Schools Providing Students with Standards-Based Instructional Materials by Meeting Williams Act Requirements p. 34 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 100.0%
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 100.0%

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #309 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #26 of 581 in Los Angeles Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math57%8542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math80%7923%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+70 scale-score pts4020%
Chronically absent9 in 100635%
Suspension rate0 of 798635%
English learners: top level69%1005%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–269094#309California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–198 in 1000.1% (1 of 680)−8
2021–22not on filenot on file−2
2022–23not on filenot on file−14
2023–248 in 1000.1% (1 of 769)−8
2024–2510 in 1000 of 802−3
2025–269 in 1000 of 798−8

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
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 · English36360%80%
2026 · Math36355%79%
2025 · English35458%81%
2025 · Math35550%80%
2024 · English34453%80%
2024 · Math34455%81%
2023 · English32055%80%
2023 · Math32850%74%
2022 · English27760%83%
2022 · Math27948%81%
2019 · English31854%80%
2019 · Math31849%79%
2018 · English31458%82%
2018 · Math31548%76%
2017 · English31752%80%
2017 · Math31848%78%

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 3 · English11382%
2025 · Grade 4 · English13078%
2025 · Grade 5 · English11182%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math11383%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math13179%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math11177%
2024 · Grade 3 · English12585%
2024 · Grade 4 · English11276%
2024 · Grade 5 · English10778%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math12585%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math11279%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math10777%
2023 · Grade 3 · English11184%
2023 · Grade 4 · English11279%
2023 · Grade 5 · English9776%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math11386%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math11471%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math10164%
2022 · Grade 3 · English10683%
2022 · Grade 4 · English9584%
2022 · Grade 5 · English7683%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math10884%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math9677%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math7581%
2019 · Grade 3 · English10983%
2019 · Grade 4 · English10683%
2019 · Grade 5 · English10376%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math11083%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math10582%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math10373%
2018 · Grade 3 · English11085%
2018 · Grade 4 · English11779%
2018 · Grade 5 · English8779%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math11085%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math11870%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math8771%
2017 · Grade 3 · English12177%
2017 · Grade 4 · English9182%
2017 · Grade 5 · English10581%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math12183%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math9180%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math10670%

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
Schoolwide12042%32%25%2%

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. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income12964%+24+28
White17284%+16+24
Hispanic or Latino9271%+30+35
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+2230Average+3230Average
English-only students+4212not categorized+2212not categorized
White+4124Average+4124Average
Low-income−977Moderate077Average
Hispanic or Latino−264Average+164Average
Two or more races+417Average+117Average
Students with disabilities−514Average−1914Moderate
English learners−612Moderate+712Accelerated

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4 and 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
56%
exceeded standard · 85% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 125 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
52%
Advanced · 81% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 121 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 121 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4 and 5

230 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +2 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4 and 5

230 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4 and 5, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

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 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 9 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 802 → 2025–26 · 0 of 798 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female9 in 10010 in 100+1 in 100
Male7 in 1008 in 100+1 in 100
Asian1 of 400 of 33—
Black or African American2 of 200 of 26—
Hispanic or Latino14 in 10016 in 100+2 in 100
Two or more races2 of 504 of 85—
White7 in 1006 in 100−1 in 100
Students with disabilities6 of 6610 of 76—
English learners6 of 222 of 13—
Low-income12 in 10013 in 100+1 in 100
All students8 in 1009 in 100+1 in 100
Filipino—0 of 12—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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$492 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 774

Central federal expenditures attributed here$553 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 774

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 91601 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91601 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$79,607
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)51%
ZIP-area population36,992
Median age34.2 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. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 91601 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · 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 · Los Angeles Unified School District School Experience Survey 2025–26 · Data updated October 15, 2026