Hermosa Vista: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.
Hermosa Vista is an elementary school in Hermosa Beach. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.
No Scope Score available
California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.
With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.
- Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
- Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
- Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.
How every group of students does here
At Hermosa Vista in Hermosa Beach, 73.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 67.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Hermosa Vista outperforms its district average for low-income students by 5.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (69.2% Math proficient); White students (86.7% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 47.4 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 26 students tested.
5 of 13 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.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$529 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
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 88
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 69
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 71
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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