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Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle

Middle School
Los Angeles UnifiedTarzanaLos Angeles County91356Charter
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
1,403 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
46%
Teachers
60 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+11.9 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+14.0 pts DFS change

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic31.3%
White44.0%
Asian11.3%
Black3.6%
Other9.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard43.3%
Met Standard20.7%
Below Standard36.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "64% proficient" for Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

43.3% of students exceeded standard while 20.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 26.0 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 24.5 points above the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. Compared to the 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 32.0 points higher (vs 11.3% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 6.9 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year.

Chronic absenteeism is 16.0%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

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Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
43.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
64.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-6.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
16.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.8%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
2,775
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th52344.2%28.7%12.4%14.7%72.8%
7th45840.2%26.0%15.3%18.6%66.2%
8th39839.2%29.4%14.8%16.6%68.6%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th53149.3%14.3%16.0%20.3%63.6%
7th46442.7%15.9%15.9%25.4%58.6%
8th40144.4%9.7%17.0%28.9%54.1%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

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