Independent charter school · Los Angeles Unified · Los Angeles, California

New Designs Charter School-Watts — Rating & test scores

Los Angeles · 6–12 · 194 students (2024–25)

12714 South Avalon Boulevard, 90061wattsschool.newdesignscharter.com ↗(323) 418-0600
43rdpercentileDeveloping

The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
54

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of six of the seven high school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 86% of the class graduated in four years (38 of 44); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 44
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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55 in 100 students (87 of 158) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about twice the rate at the average Los Angeles Unified high school.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 158. District and California figures are averages of school rates (190 Los Angeles Unified schools; 1,492 scored California high schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

New Designs Charter School-Watts 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. Evidence ↓

Is New Designs Charter School-Watts a good school?

New Designs Charter School-Watts scores higher than 43 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 43rd percentile, Developing, spring 2025.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 18 in 100 California middle schools we score (18th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 55 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 28 in 100 at the average Los Angeles Unified high school. 4.0% of students (7 of 175) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

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How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 37% of low-income students in grades 8 and 11 at New Designs Charter School-Watts in Los Angeles scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 44% for the same group across California.

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 1 AP course in 1 subject for 2025–26.

  • 22 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

43% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2025–26 plan, $2.5 million is planned for 16 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 50% of its $5.0 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

60% of the students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing); 25% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 60% of the 15 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 57% across California. In math, 25% of 16 did, against 32% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 15 in English, 16 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 15 tested

Advanced
13%
Proficient
47%
Below the standard
40%
This school60%
California57%
Los Angeles Unified59%

60% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 16 tested

Advanced
0%
Proficient
25%
Below the standard
75%
This school25%
California32%
Los Angeles Unified31%

25% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 and 11 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressed21%
Advancedsuppressedsuppressed0%
Proficientsuppressedsuppressed21%
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressed33%
Minimalsuppressedsuppressed46%
Tested5828
California48%51%49%
Difference——−28
English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced60%
Advanced13%
Proficient47%
Developing level13%
Minimal27%
Tested15
California57%
Difference+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 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressed21%
Advancedsuppressedsuppressed11%
Proficientsuppressedsuppressed10%
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressed15%
Minimalsuppressedsuppressed64%
Tested5828
California37%38%36%
Difference——−15
Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced25%
Advanced0%
Proficient25%
Developing level25%
Minimal50%
Tested16
California32%
Difference−7

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How do the middle grades do?

In grade 8, spring 2026, 21% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 21% in math, against 49% and 36% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years. The middle grades are placed separately: 18th percentile (Needs Support) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grade 8 · spring 2026 · 28 tested

Advanced
0%
Proficient
21%
Below the standard
79%
This school21%
California49%
Los Angeles Unified47%

21% Proficient or Advanced in grade 8.

Math

Grade 8 · spring 2026 · 28 tested

Advanced
11%
Proficient
10%
Below the standard
79%
This school21%
California36%
Los Angeles Unified35%

21% Proficient or Advanced in grade 8.

Have results changed?

English went from 53% to 60% and math from 30% to 25%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202553%30 tested
→
202660%15 tested

This school

California, same grades57% → 57%2025 → 2026 · 432,651 → 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202530%30 tested
→
202625%16 tested

This school

California, same grades30% → 32%2025 → 2026 · 431,903 → 413,523 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in math?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 11 · This school13%47%13%27%15
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Los Angeles Unified26%33%21%20%34,143
Math, grade 11 · This school0%25%25%50%16
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Los Angeles Unified14%17%22%47%34,113
English, grade 8 · This school0%21%33%46%28
English, grade 8 · California19%30%24%27%421,354
English, grade 8 · Los Angeles Unified17%30%24%29%36,033
Math, grade 8 · This school11%10%15%64%28
Math, grade 8 · California22%14%22%42%421,472
Math, grade 8 · Los Angeles Unified21%14%21%44%35,990

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202660%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202625%32%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 40% in 2017 to 60% in 2026. In math, it went from 2% in 2017 to 25% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201740%
45 tested		60%
444,040 tested
201822%
45 tested		56%
439,134 tested
201943%
42 tested		57%
439,947 tested
202219%
63 tested		55%
427,007 tested
202332%
37 tested		55%
442,128 tested
202444%
36 tested		56%
435,296 tested
202553%
30 tested		57%
432,651 tested
202660%
15 tested		57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
20172%
46 tested		32%
442,457 tested
20182%
44 tested		31%
437,883 tested
20195%
41 tested		32%
438,107 tested
20225%
64 tested		27%
424,390 tested
202327%
37 tested		27%
440,912 tested
202425%
36 tested		28%
434,711 tested
202530%
30 tested		30%
431,903 tested
202625%
16 tested		32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on New Designs Charter School-Watts’ results?

New Designs Charter School-Watts’ own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed New Designs Charter School-Watts in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

What its plan pays for ↓

Los Angeles Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

86% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 64% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 43% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

86%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 38 of 44 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

64%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 28 of 44 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

100%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 38 of 38 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

43% enrolled in college within 12 months · 61 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓0 · 0%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓11 · 18%
  • California community college9 · 15%
  • In-state private4 · 7%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year2 · 3%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled35 · 57%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 1 AP course in 1 subject for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

  • Sciences1
Every approved AP course1 course in 1 subject
Sciences 1
  • Biology

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
22 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 38 of 44 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 28 of 44 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 38 of 38 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
6
Admitted
6
Enrolled
under 3

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC IrvineApplied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UCLAApplied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016

  • Fall 2025Applied 6 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
  • Fall 2024Applied 8 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3
  • Fall 2023Applied 9 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3
  • Fall 2022Applied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • Fall 2021Applied 7 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • Fall 2020Applied 8 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
  • Fall 2019Applied 17 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • Fall 2018Applied 17 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
  • Fall 2017Applied 16 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled 5
  • Fall 2016Applied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
22
Admitted
20
Enrolled
9

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 96 · Admitted 65 · Enrolled 17
  • Cal State LAApplied 52 · Admitted 39 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 47 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied 34 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 33 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied 30 · Admitted 26 · Enrolled 11
  • Cal State FullertonApplied 29 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied 25 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled —
  • Fresno StateApplied 23 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled —
  • San Diego StateApplied 22 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Chico StateApplied 20 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled —
  • San Francisco StateApplied 19 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 15 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State East BayApplied 12 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled —
  • Sacramento StateApplied 12 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled —
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • San José StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied under 6 · Admitted — · Enrolled —
  • Sonoma StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied 22 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled 9
  • Fall 2024Applied 22 · Admitted 17 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2023Applied 45 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled 14
  • Fall 2022Applied 32 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled 8
  • Fall 2021Applied 13 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled under 6

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

55 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Los Angeles Unified high school, 28 in 100 were. 4.0% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 87 of 158 students counted for it; suspension: 7 of 175 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Los Angeles Unified high school 0.7%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

55 in 100This school
28 in 100At the average Los Angeles Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

87 of 158 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

4.0%

of students were suspended at least once (7 of 175). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grade 6: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 7–8: 49 in 100, 21 of 43
  • Grades 9–12: 57 in 100, 60 of 105
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at New Designs Charter School-Watts

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

Who goes here?

Black or African American students are the largest group here: 46%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Black or African American: 46%2. Not reported: 37%3. Hispanic or Latino: 13%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Black or African American46%
  2. Not reported37%
  3. Hispanic or Latino13%
  4. White—
  5. Asian—
  6. Filipino—
  7. Two or more races—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share4%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

93%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 181 of 194. California: 63%.

14teachers, 2024–25

12 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

48%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Black or African American46%
Not reported37%
Hispanic or Latino13%
White—
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 48% of teaching positions, 4.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 9 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask New Designs Charter School-Watts how it admits students.

Applying to New Designs Charter School-Watts for 2027–28

  1. New Designs Charter School-Watts 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

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: wattsschool.newdesignscharter.com ↗Office: (323) 418-0600Administrator: Devon Jackson

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
12714 South Avalon Boulevard, Los Angeles 90061

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 55 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (87 of 158 students); average California high school: 22 in 100
  2. How does the school check what’s working in math? Math: 30% in 2025 to 25% in 2026 here; California: 30% to 32%
  3. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  4. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  5. What did Course, College & Career Guidance pay for, and what changes now that the 2025–26 plan gives it $114,631 less?
  6. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?

Office (323) 418-060012714 South Avalon Boulevard, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #849 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #118 of 191 in Los Angeles Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate86%5025%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math17%5122%
Ready for college or career (state measure)64%6220%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math42%5418%
Chronically absent15 in 100585%
Suspension rate3.5% (8 of 231)505%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. 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. The weights above add to 95%: English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English test has no value for this school, so its 5% weight is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–255443#849California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 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 absenceSuspension
2018–19not on filenot on file
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–242 in 1000 of 296
2024–2515 in 1003.5% (8 of 231)

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

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 · English565%30%
2026 · Math579%25%
2025 · English909%29%
2025 · Math908%19%
2024 · English1165%28%
2024 · Math1183%16%
2023 · English1023%18%
2023 · Math1022%17%
2022 · English1262%19%
2022 · Math1231%9%
2019 · English1915%26%
2019 · Math1893%11%
2018 · English2445%27%
2018 · Math2423%9%
2017 · English2514%25%
2017 · Math2512%8%

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 6 · English110%
2025 · Grade 7 · English2223%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2719%
2025 · Grade 11 · English3053%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math110%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math220%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2730%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math3030%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2412%
2024 · Grade 7 · English2726%
2024 · Grade 8 · English2921%
2024 · Grade 11 · English3644%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2412%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2917%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math297%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math3625%
2023 · Grade 6 · English9—
2023 · Grade 7 · English268%
2023 · Grade 8 · English3010%
2023 · Grade 11 · English3732%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2615%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math3010%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math3727%
2022 · Grade 6 · English147%
2022 · Grade 7 · English2326%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2619%
2022 · Grade 11 · English6319%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math138%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2119%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2512%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math645%
2019 · Grade 6 · English2524%
2019 · Grade 7 · English4221%
2019 · Grade 8 · English8220%
2019 · Grade 11 · English4243%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math2524%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math4212%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math819%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math415%
2018 · Grade 6 · English3933%
2018 · Grade 7 · English9429%
2018 · Grade 8 · English6623%
2018 · Grade 11 · English4522%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math3918%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math9311%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math666%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math442%
2017 · Grade 6 · English8520%
2017 · Grade 7 · English7426%
2017 · Grade 8 · English4719%
2017 · Grade 11 · English4540%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math8414%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math745%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math476%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math462%

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
Schoolwide574%9%60%28%

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-income4237%−11−7
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−1051Moderate+951Accelerated
Low-income−850Moderate+1550Accelerated
English-only students−840not categorized+1140not categorized
Black or African American+727Accelerated+2827Exceptional

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 grade 8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−10 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 8

51 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+9 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 8

51 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +9 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle 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 middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 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 grade 8, 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 · 15 in 100 → 2025–26 · 55 in 100 · +40 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.5% (8 of 231) → 2025–26 · 4.0% (7 of 175) · +0.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—52 in 100—
Male—57 in 100—
Black or African American—56 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—52 in 100—
Students with disabilities—71 in 100—
English learners—67 in 100—
Low-income—55 in 100—
All students—55 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 64% · numerator 28 students classified Prepared · denominator 44 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 54% · AP-pathway numerator 15 · denominator 28 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 28 of 44 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate
86%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
54%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
100%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
43%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2016–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
202566under 33.603.60—
202485under 33.443.73—
202395under 33.383.65—
20225under 3under 33.71——
202173under 33.33——
202086under 33.803.85—
201917under 3under 33.58——
2018176under 33.303.79—
201716553.393.553.55
20165under 3under 33.53——

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2016.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley20245under 3under 3
Irvine20255under 3under 3
Irvine20248under 3under 3
Irvine20236under 3under 3
Irvine20217under 3under 3
Los Angeles20255under 3under 3
Los Angeles20248under 3under 3
Los Angeles20235under 3under 3
Los Angeles20215under 3under 3
Merced20235under 3under 3
Riverside202473under 3
Riverside20238under 3under 3
Universitywide202566under 3
Universitywide202485under 3
Universitywide202395under 3
Universitywide20225under 3under 3
Universitywide202173under 3

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
Biologythis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count1
AP enrollment (male/female)19
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 22 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8offered
Calculus sections0
Physics sections2
Chemistry sections2
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)239

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00%
California State University1118%
California community college915%
In-state private47%
Out-of-state, 4-year23%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled3557%

61 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 43% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · 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 above.

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 90061 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90061 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$61,046
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12%
ZIP-area population30,051
Median age33.0 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 90061 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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