Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice posts 24% meeting the standard and 6.2% exceeding it, against 36% and 15.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33 | 6% | 24% | 66.7% | 58.3% | 34.9% | 1.0% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice scores 33 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 27th 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 “24% proficient” and call it done. Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice deserves a closer read. The school sits in Los Angeles, where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 27th percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 24% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 34% | 27% | 39% | 49% | 37% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 8% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 10% |
The story this school is actually telling
Of 100 students here: 24 are proficient by 11th grade → 67 graduate → 58 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
The 7 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 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 Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice in Los Angeles, 37.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice trails its district average for low-income students by 3.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (9.4% Math proficient); Hispanic students (36.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 27.1 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 85 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.
$2,273 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 326 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).
On the state's science test (CAST), 6% 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 65
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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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 | 89 | 9% | 28% | 20% | 43% | 37% | −10 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 89 | 3% | 7% | 12% | 78% | 10% | −13 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 96 | 0% | 6% | 78% | 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 | 85 | 37.6% | −3 | −1 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 86 | 36.0% | −5 | −3 |
| English Learners | 40 | 10.0% | +3 | −0 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice ← | — | 33 | 6.2% | 23.6% | — | 1.0% |
| Downtown Business High | 0.4 mi | 68 | 43.7% | 71.9% | — | 0.3% |
| Orthopaedic Hospital | 2.1 mi | 65 | 24.1% | 54.6% | — | 0.4% |
| Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High | 1.6 mi | 61 | 26.6% | 61.9% | — | 2.1% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 34 | 29 | #1443 | 5.4% | 21.0% | 35.3% | 1.5% | — |
| 2022 | 30 | 24 | #1596 | 2.7% | 16.9% | 46.7% | 1.1% | — |
| 2023 | 32 | 28 | #1551 | 4.5% | 22.7% | 35.8% | 1.0% | — |
| 2024 | 34 | 31 | #1484 | 6.6% | 27.2% | 31.6% | 0.8% | — |
| 2025 | 33 | 27 | #1569 | 6.2% | 23.6% | 34.9% | 1.0% | — |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 36.7% | 35.5% | -1.2pp |
| Male | 36.7% | 35.6% | -1.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 37.4% | 34.7% | -2.7pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 59.5% | 48.3% | -11.2pp |
| English Learners | 44.3% | 35.0% | -9.3pp |
| Homeless | 40.7% | 53.2% | +12.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 37.6% | 34.3% | -3.3pp |
| All Students | 36.7% | 35.5% | -1.2pp |
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