Computer Science Virtual Academy: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Computer Science Virtual Academy posts 33% meeting the standard and 12.5% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36 | 13% | 33% | +11.4 | 64.7% | 0.2% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Computer Science Virtual Academy scores 36 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 33rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.
Most rating sites would stop at “33% proficient” and call it done. Computer Science Virtual Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in Los Angeles, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 15th to the 33rd percentile since 2023 — past roughly 1000 elementary schools.
| Grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 34% | 18% | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 39% | 30% | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 30% | 35% | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 29% | 22% | 44% |
| Grade 7 | 37% | 32% | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 28% | 46% | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 38% | 35% | 27% |
| Grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 41% | 25% | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 29% | 14% | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 23% | 24% | 40% |
| Grade 7 | 22% | 29% | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 15% | 29% | 39% |
| Grade 11 | 17% | 18% | 32% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding holds steady across grades; the floor rises 27.6pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- 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 Computer Science Virtual Academy in Los Angeles, 30.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Computer Science Virtual Academy trails its district average for low-income students by 10.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (33.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (32.7% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 24.8 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 354 students tested.
6 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 24.3pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
Computer Science Virtual Academy serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
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.
$1,145 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
At 765 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 32% 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 Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 60
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 35 | 17% | 9% | 26% | 49% | 26% | −18 |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 11% | 26% | 18% | 45% | 37% | −8 |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 18% | 36% | 22% | 24% | 53% | +5 |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 16% | 28% | 26% | 30% | 44% | −3 |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 13% | 24% | 18% | 45% | 36% | −11 |
| Grade 8 | 106 | 11% | 24% | 25% | 40% | 35% | −11 |
| Grade 11 | 84 | 11% | 17% | 30% | 43% | 27% | −20 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 35 | 9% | 23% | 23% | 46% | 31% | −14 |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 8% | 18% | 28% | 46% | 26% | −16 |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 13% | 13% | 31% | 42% | 27% | −9 |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 19% | 21% | 21% | 39% | 40% | +5 |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 29% | 16% | 18% | 37% | 45% | +11 |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 23% | 16% | 9% | 52% | 39% | +6 |
| Grade 11 | 82 | 13% | 18% | 20% | 49% | 32% | +8 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 244 | 11% | 20% | 52% | 16% |
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 | 354 | 30.9% | −10 | −7 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 301 | 32.7% | −8 | −6 |
| Students with Disabilities | 71 | 14.1% | −2 | −3 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science Virtual Academy ← | — | 36 | 12.5% | 33.3% | +11.4 | 0.2% |
| Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter | 2.3 mi | 63 | 41.2% | 69.8% | +5.7 | 0.1% |
| Marvin Elementary | 3.3 mi | 60 | 32.0% | 52.4% | −3.5 | 0.1% |
| Vermont Avenue Elementary | 3.1 mi | 58 | 23.9% | 51.5% | −7.8 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 26 | 15 | #4869 | 12.1% | 32.3% | 77.1% | 0.0% | -11.3pp |
| 2024 | 33 | 26 | #4238 | 9.8% | 24.9% | 68.3% | 0.1% | +9.1pp |
| 2025 | 36 | 33 | #3849 | 12.5% | 33.3% | 64.7% | 0.2% | +11.4pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | — | 73.2% | — |
| Male | — | 69.1% | — |
| Asian | — | 57.1% | — |
| Black/African American | — | 71.7% | — |
| Filipino | — | 81.0% | — |
| White | — | 46.7% | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | — | 72.7% | — |
| Two or More Races | — | 61.1% | — |
| Students with Disabilities | — | 62.6% | — |
| English Learners | — | 79.9% | — |
| Homeless | — | 79.3% | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | — | 73.6% | — |
| All Students | — | 70.6% | — |
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