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Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet

Los Angeles, CA · Grades 9-12 · 243 students · Los Angeles Unified

An academic strength in the reported results. Look at who shares in it.

40% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 16% in math. 91.2% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

Math

16%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

40%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

243

Total enrollment

Graduation

91.2%

Four-year graduation rate

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 13%2022: 1%2023: 3%2024: 6%2025: 16%2019: 46%2022: 29%2023: 27%2024: 42%2025: 40%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 13%2022: 1%2023: 3%2024: 6%2025: 16%2019: 46%2022: 29%2023: 27%2024: 42%2025: 40%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201913%46%
20221%29%
20233%27%
20246%42%
202516%40%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has stayed near the 52nd percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “28% proficient” and call it done. Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet deserves a closer read. Four in five of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

The headline number: 85.2% of students leave measurably college-ready, versus 43.0% statewide.

58 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet scores 53 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 52nd percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 28% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 48th percentile · Scope Score 54 of 1002022 · 40th percentile · Scope Score 48 of 1002023 · 42nd percentile · Scope Score 50 of 1002024 · 52nd percentile · Scope Score 53 of 1002025 · 52nd percentile · Scope Score 53 of 100
ELAYellow(Increased)MathOrange(Increased Significantly)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1146%29%27%42%40%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1113%1%3%6%16%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in four of students here meet the standard. One in ten clear it by a lot.

ELA40% met or exceeded
Exceeded 19%Met 21%Nearly Met 24%Not Met 36%
Math16% met or exceeded
Exceeded 3%Met 12%Nearly Met 24%Not Met 60%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCollege readinessAbsenceSuspension
This school5311%28%91.2%85.2%29.8%1.1%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope5354
% Exceeded11%20%
% Met+28%43%
Grad rate91.2%92.5%
College readiness85.2%43.0%
Absence29.8%23.1%
Suspension1.1%3.3%

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard about even with the same group statewide.

At Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet in Los Angeles, 39.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet trails its district average for low-income students by 1.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (16.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (41.5% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 56 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 28% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 28%, district —, state 43%28%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 28%, district 36%, state 32%28% · +0 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 28%, district 36%, state 32%28% · +1 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 29%, district 42%, state 44%29% · +1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 25%, district 41%, state 42%25% · −3 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 12%, district 14%, state 15%12% · −16 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: too few students to report‹11
AsianAsian: too few students to report‹11
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: too few students to report‹11
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: too few students to report‹11
this school district, same group California, same group
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No student-group growth record is available for this school in this data release.

AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
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Hispanic93.7% AP · 93.9% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.7% AP · 0.2% enroll.
Asian2.1% AP · 0.7% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.0% enroll.
Black2.1% AP · 4.4% enroll.
White0.7% AP · 0.5% enroll.
Two or more races0.7% AP · 0.2% enroll.
English learners4.9% AP · 8.3% enroll.
Students with disabilities4.2% AP · 16.1% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

57%

Enrolled in college within a year

Class of 2023 · 39 of 69 completers · includes community colleges

69Completers
32%
Other colleges22 completers · Outside the California community college system
25%
California community colleges17 completers · Enrolled within a year
43%
Not recorded enrolled30 completers · No college enrollment in this reporting window

Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.

College destinations and the full graduate record
2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Where the class of 2023 went
57%enrolled in college within a year
  • University of California4 (6%)
  • California State University15 (22%)
  • California community college17 (25%)
  • In-state private2 (3%)
  • Out-of-state, 4-year1 (1%)
  • Not enrolled30 (43%)

CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic

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The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 12 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher12 · district 20
Teaching staff23 teachers
Avg. experience16.1 years
Fully credentialed89%
First-year teachers4%
PrincipalJose Cortez
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Teacher salary schedule$60,420 – $122,706
Principal salary$154,576 – $170,030
Superintendent salary$440,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course breadth
AP courses offered11 (CCI)
AP exam qualifiers46 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers13 students
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

29.8% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 23.1% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — worth asking about on a tour.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 29.8%, district 22.8%, state 23.1%29.8% · +6.7pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 1.1%, district —, state 3.3%1.1% · −2.2pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1229.3%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $42,483 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$7,067 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.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $42,483, CA average $14,491$42,483 · spent at this school
Federal share$7,067 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,292 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 52%Instruction support 16%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$18,180 per pupil
2019$16,355 per pupil
2018$15,793 per pupil
2017$13,247 per pupil
2016$13,549 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Four in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 243 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 22% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino95.1% · district 73.2% · CA 56.1%
Asian0.4% · district 3.4% · CA 10.2%
Black3.7% · district 7.2% · CA 4.8%
Other0.8% · district 6.3% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 60.9% · Male 39.1%
Free or reduced lunch94.7% · CA 64%
Median income$73K · CA $85K
Median home value$661K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+13% · CA 35%
ZIP population48,397
Median age35 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

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School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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2025 · high schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts MagnetPublicSolid11%28%School being viewed
Math, Science, & Technology Magnet Academy at RoosPublicStrong32%63%2.0 mi
L.A. County High School for the Artsalternative comparison groupPublicStrong35%66%1.5 mi
Ednovate - Esperanza College PrepCharterStrong25%60%1.5 mi
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Is Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet a good high school?
Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet has a Scope Score of 53 out of 100, placing it in the 52nd percentile of California high schools and ranked #793 statewide. 11.2% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 8.6 percentage points below the California average of 19.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 27.6% of students at Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 11.2% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 16.4% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 11.2% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 116 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet rank in California?
Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet ranks #793 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 52nd percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet?
29.8% of students at Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 1.1%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet compare to other schools in Los Angeles?
Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet scores 53/100 (52nd percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 243 students. Use the schools in Los Angeles page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet in Los Angeles, 39.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet trails its district average for low-income students by 1.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (16.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (41.5% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 56 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

College readiness carries this score. The test levels sit just under the state's.

85.2% of students leave measurably college-ready, versus 43.0% statewide.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate91.2%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard11.2%19.8%22%
College readiness85.2%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded27.6%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism29.8%23.1%5%
Suspension rate1.1%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)3.3%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet: reading the evidence

Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet posts 27.6% meeting the standard — versus 43.2% statewide in the available reporting. Look across subjects and student groups, then ask about the classroom experience.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet is ranked #793 statewide · #116 of 196 in Los Angeles Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate91.2%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard11.2%19.8%22%
College readiness85.2%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded27.6%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism29.8%23.1%5%
Suspension rate1.1%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)3.3%18.0%5%
Graduation rate
↓ vs CA 92.5% · index 55 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 19.8% · index 45 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↑ vs CA 43.0% · index 79 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 43.2% · index 44 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 23.1% · index 50 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 4.4pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 62 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 0.4pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 18.0% · index 33 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 115819%21%24%36%40%−9
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 11583%12%24%60%16%−8

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide630%22%63%14%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged5639.3%−2+1
Hispanic/Latino5341.5%+0+3
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet ←—5311.2%27.6%1.1%
Math, Science, & Technology Magnet Academy at Roos2 mi7331.7%63.4%0.7%
Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep1.5 mi7124.8%59.9%1.7%
California average—5419.8%43.2%3.3%
L.A. County High School for the Artsscored within its class, not statewide1.5 mi7235.4%65.8%1.5%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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Graduation Rate
91.2%
AP Exam Prepared
85.2%
A-G Completion
63.9%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
56.5%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
20195448#7854.8%29.5%27.4%0.7%
20224840#9602.1%15.0%50.9%0.7%
20235042#9434.9%15.2%41.2%1.3%
20245352#7876.6%24.1%34.2%0.7%
20255352#79311.2%27.6%29.8%1.1%
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female29.3%28.9%-0.4pp
Male25.0%29.9%+4.9pp
Black/African American61.5%——
Hispanic/Latino25.3%28.3%+3.0pp
Students with Disabilities37.1%39.6%+2.5pp
English Learners24.4%34.4%+10.0pp
Homeless33.3%——
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged27.0%29.8%+2.8pp
All Students27.6%29.3%+1.7pp
06Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
ShowHide table 06 — Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count9
AP enrollment143
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentoffered · 141 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections1
Physics sections2
Chemistry sections3
Total enrollment (CRDC)409

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

07College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
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DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California45.8%
California State University1521.7%
California community college1724.6%
In-state private22.9%
Out-of-state, 4-year11.4%
Out-of-state, 2-year00.0%
Not enrolled3043.5%

69 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 57% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

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