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El Sereno Middle

Middle School
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
813 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
16:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
92%
Teachers
50 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+11.6 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+9.8 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
20.4%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 88 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic90.3%
White2.6%
Asian4.9%
Black1.0%
Other1.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for El Sereno Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard20.2%
Met Standard22.5%
Below Standard57.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "43% proficient" for El Sereno Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

20.2% of students exceeded standard while 22.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 2.9 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's near the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 29.3% exceeded — 9.1 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 3.7 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 20.4% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 32.3%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
20.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
42.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+3.7pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
32.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,628
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8
Math Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th18818.1%23.9%29.3%28.7%42.0%
7th31418.5%28.3%23.6%29.6%46.8%
8th31016.4%31.0%24.5%28.1%47.4%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th18622.6%14.5%26.3%36.6%37.1%
7th31623.7%20.3%24.4%31.6%44.0%
8th31422.0%17.2%16.2%44.6%39.2%

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score