Independent charter school · Los Angeles Unified

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts — Rating & test scores

379 South Loma Drive, Los Angeles · 417 students · Grades TK–5

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Scope Score 74

DevelopingScope Score · 42nd percentile. Higher than 42 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well below California in English, near it in math: 36% and 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 185
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

Overview

Is this school a good elementary school?

Developing. N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts is higher than most California elementary schools on attendance. N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts is lower than most on test results and progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced3536%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4736%
English, Advanced3615%
Math, Advanced3511%

Progress in a year, 2025

English36−1 pts
Math30−4 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6512 in 100
N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Los Angeles Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 15% of students tested in English (reading and writing) and 11% in math scored Advanced, against 24% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5: 185. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

In its own words

What does this school say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts is a model for innovative child centered learning and instruction that embrace the community as a foundation to teach and create lifelong learners and confident global leaders for the 21st century through an emphasis in the arts and sciences.”
newnasa.org (opens in a new tab), read October 28, 2026

What it puts first

Kid-led. The school's own words describe learning that starts from the child, such as exploring, projects, inquiry or hands-on work.

  • Arts

More in its own words

“The mission of N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts in partnership with families and the community is to create a child-centered, multilingual environment where students are able to work cooperatively, become self-directed, think critically, develop self-esteem and self-assurance, and have respect for cultural diversity.”
newnasa.org (opens in a new tab), read October 28, 2026

Every line here is from newnasa.org, read between October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026.

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 1 point lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

−1

point lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino119−1 points
Low-income119−1 points
English learners101−4 points
Students with disabilities18+29 points

Math

−4

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino119−3 points
Low-income119−3 points
English learners101−5 points
Students with disabilities18+30 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 119 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 1 point below that expected score, and in math 4 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 48th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

4 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 0.8 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Union AvenueNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7967th
  2. Camino Nuevo Charter AcademyCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7760th
  3. Charles WhiteNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7759th
  4. Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS)Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7654th
  5. N.E.W. Academy of Science and ArtsScope Score 7442nd
  6. EsperanzaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7233rd
  7. Betty PlasenciaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7232nd
  8. MacArthur Park Elementary School for the Visual and Performing ArtsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6914th
Los Angeles UnifiedCharter

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%0%25%50%75%100%

3 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does this school compare with schools like it?

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts’s Scope Score is 74. 1,019 California elementary schools, counting N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts’s result is higher than 708 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 1,019

  1. Students from low-income families: 95%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 98%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 88th percentile

1,019 California public elementary schools where 91% to 100% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 91% to 100% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts’s share. The count includes N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 43% to 36% and math from 34% to 36%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202638%27%46%CaliforniaCalifornia46%Los Angeles UnifiedDistrict36%N.E.W. Academy of Science and ArtsThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202633%22%45%Los Angeles UnifiedDistrict42%CaliforniaCalifornia36%N.E.W. Academy of Science and ArtsThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Los Angeles Unified’s line combines its 576 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Los Angeles Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringN.E.W. Academy of Science and ArtsLos Angeles UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201727%38%45%146
201843%43%49%162
201942%44%50%176
202230%40%45%192
202329%40%44%189
202440%42%45%192
202543%45%46%190
202636%46%46%185
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringN.E.W. Academy of Science and ArtsLos Angeles UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201722%33%40%146
201846%36%42%162
201951%38%44%175
202228%34%38%194
202329%37%40%190
202436%39%41%192
202534%42%41%190
202636%45%42%185

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in English; below it in math.

English

36%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

38262115
Los Angeles Unified46%California46%

Math

36%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

32322511
Los Angeles Unified44%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 36% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced22%40%46%
Advanced12%19%12%
Proficient10%21%34%
Developing level24%31%24%
Minimal54%29%30%
Tested676256
California44%46%49%
Difference−22−6−3

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced31%42%36%
Advanced7%8%18%
Proficient24%34%18%
Developing level33%32%28%
Minimal36%26%36%
Tested676256
California47%42%37%
Difference−160−1

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school15%21%26%38%185
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Los Angeles Unified23%23%22%32%108,229
Math, grades 3–5 · This school11%25%32%32%185
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Los Angeles Unified22%22%25%31%108,401

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 185 tested in English, 185 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 99% of students. 47 of 409 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

12in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (47 of 409 students).

At the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school: 20 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 0 students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

417

students in grades TK–5.

Hispanic or Latino 99%

Family income

97%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 406 of 417. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

18

teachers, with 15 years of experience on average.

6% were in their first year.

63% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

56%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (121 of 217 students).

Los Angeles Unified: 52%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino99%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 12 of 19 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups at N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts have test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 182 tested35%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 182 tested36%California 31%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 183 tested36%California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 183 tested36%California 31%
  • English learnersEnglish · 109 tested10%California 13%
  • English learnersMath · 109 tested17%California 16%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Los Angeles Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 182 tested
English35%−540%−136%
Math36%−339%+531%
Hispanic or Latino · 183 tested
English36%−541%036%
Math36%−339%+531%
English learners · 109 tested
English10%−212%−313%
Math17%017%+116%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Los Angeles Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

The school day

What is the school day like?

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts has transitional kindergarten (TK). Its own site says the rest below. Ask the office for anything missing.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

30

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

Before school
Before-school program, free.Its site (opens in a new tab), read October 27, 2026
After school
After-school program until 6 PM, free.Its site (opens in a new tab), read October 27, 2026

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

The neighborhood

What is the area around this school like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 90017. They are not figures for the families at N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts.

Typical household income in a year

$52,717

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 90017.

Typical home value
$692,300
People who live in this ZIP code
30,172
Typical age
33.3 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
35%

What you can do

Who can act on this school’s results?

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts’ own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 9 questions to N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?4 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4 and 5, 2025 (119 students)
  2. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?10% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (109 students tested); the same group across California: 13%
  3. How does the arts approach it describes show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.
  4. Which grades take part in “GATE”, and how often?From its own words, on programs.
  5. Which grades learn Spanish, and for how much of the day?From its own words, on languages.

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

What comes after this school, and how do I get in?

Ask N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts how it admits students. No assigned next school.

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts
    Grades TK–5Scope Score 74Developing · 42nd percentile
  2. Middle
    Sal Castro Middle
    Scope Score 77Solid · 62nd percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Find a charter school in Los Angeles County · Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Sal Castro Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 77 · Solid · 62nd percentile · middle · 2026

  • John H. Liechty Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 71 · Developing · 28th percentile · middle · 2026

  • Rise Kohyang Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 64th percentile · middle · 2026

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Applying to N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts for 2027–28

  1. N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts is an independent charter, so you apply on its own application, not through LAUSD Choices.

  2. It sets its own deadline and lottery date. Find both on the school’s site or ask the office.

Compare with other schools

How Choices, lotteries and waitlists work

Where it is

Where is this school?

Address
379 South Loma Drive, Los Angeles 90017Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Nelsy JacksonAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 28, 2024.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts is an independent charter, so you apply on its own application, not through LAUSD Choices. It sets its own deadline and lottery date. Find both on the school’s site or ask the office. See the details ↓

Is N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts a good elementary school?

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts has a Scope Score of 74. It scored higher than 42 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Developing, 42nd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 12 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school. 0 of 413 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 1 point lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 119 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 35% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts in Los Angeles scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead after 5th grade?

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts is an independent charter, so no next school is assigned from it by an attendance boundary. Families choose the next school and apply or register there. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #3,283 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #416 of 581 in Los Angeles Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math13%4242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math36%4523%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+75 scale-score pts4920%
Chronically absent12 in 100585%
Suspension rate0 of 413635%
English learners: top level12%435%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267442#3283California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–19not on filenot on file+9
2021–22not on filenot on file−2
2022–23not on filenot on file−14
2023–2412 in 1000 of 426−19
2024–2513 in 1000 of 436−3
2025–2612 in 1000 of 413+14

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English18515%36%
2026 · Math18511%36%
2025 · English19014%43%
2025 · Math19011%34%
2024 · English19212%40%
2024 · Math19214%36%
2023 · English1897%29%
2023 · Math1909%29%
2022 · English19212%30%
2022 · Math1947%28%
2019 · English17610%42%
2019 · Math17513%51%
2018 · English16217%43%
2018 · Math16213%46%
2017 · English1468%27%
2017 · Math1463%22%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English6632%
2025 · Grade 4 · English5855%
2025 · Grade 5 · English6644%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math6538%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math5946%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math6620%
2024 · Grade 3 · English6348%
2024 · Grade 4 · English6645%
2024 · Grade 5 · English6325%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math6343%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math6737%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math6227%
2023 · Grade 3 · English6831%
2023 · Grade 4 · English6629%
2023 · Grade 5 · English5525%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6840%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math6528%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math5718%
2022 · Grade 3 · English6825%
2022 · Grade 4 · English6332%
2022 · Grade 5 · English6134%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math6835%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math6425%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math6223%
2019 · Grade 3 · English6341%
2019 · Grade 4 · English6929%
2019 · Grade 5 · English4464%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math6367%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math6829%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math4461%
2018 · Grade 3 · English7044%
2018 · Grade 4 · English4628%
2018 · Grade 5 · English4657%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math7056%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math4628%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math4650%
2017 · Grade 3 · English4922%
2017 · Grade 4 · English4740%
2017 · Grade 5 · English5020%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math4918%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math4736%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math5012%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide555%24%60%11%

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.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income18235%−5−1
Hispanic or Latino18336%−50
English learners10910%−2−3
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−1119Average−4119Average
Hispanic or Latino−1119Average−3119Average
Low-income−1119Average−3119Average
English learners−4101Average−5101Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−561not categorized−1461not categorized
English learners only−540not categorized+1140not categorized
Students with disabilities+2918Exceptional+3018Exceptional

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4 and 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
16%
exceeded standard · 48% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 63 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
13%
Advanced · 46% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 56 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 56 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4 and 5

119 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4 and 5

119 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4 and 5, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 13 in 100 → 2025–26 · 12 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 436 → 2025–26 · 0 of 413 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—13 in 100—
Male—10 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—11 in 100—
Students with disabilities—9 of 74—
English learners—13 in 100—
Low-income—12 in 100—
All students—12 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$18,180 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 460,633 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,292 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 52%Instruction support 17%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$5,655,379,38451.81%52%
Instruction support$1,791,152,34816.41%17%
Student services$1,344,873,23212.32%12%
Administration$763,652,7807.00%7%
Buildings & maintenance$1,099,649,06210.07%10%
Other$260,356,5952.39%2%
Total$10,915,063,400100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $10,915,063,400 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$18,180 per pupil
2020$16,355 per pupil
2019$15,793 per pupil
2018$13,247 per pupil
2017$13,549 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 90017 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90017 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$52,717
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)35%
ZIP-area population30,172
Median age33.3 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 90017 →

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