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Orville Wright Engineering and Design Magnet

Middle School
Los Angeles UnifiedLos AngelesLos Angeles County90045
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
428 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
79%
Teachers
24 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+8.8 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Maintained
+1.3 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
9.1%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 11 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic25.5%
White3.3%
Asian1.9%
Black62.9%
Other6.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Orville Wright Engineering and Design Magnet
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard7.7%
Met Standard17.1%
Below Standard75.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "25% proficient" for Orville Wright Engineering and Design Magnet and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

7.7% of students exceeded standard while 17.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.6 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 11.1 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 17.7% exceeded — 10.0 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 4.5 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 maintained year-over-year. 9.1% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 30.8%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

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Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
7.7%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
24.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-4.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
30.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
862
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1306.2%27.7%29.2%36.9%33.9%
7th1529.9%27.6%19.7%42.8%37.5%
8th1465.5%23.3%30.8%40.4%28.8%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1337.5%10.5%24.8%57.1%18.1%
7th1538.5%7.8%27.4%56.2%16.3%
8th1488.8%5.4%13.5%72.3%14.2%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data
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Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Nearby schools

Nearby Middle Schools

3 within ~3 mi · avg 42.2

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Nearby Elementary Schools

20 within ~3 mi · avg 51.3

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Nearby High Schools

5 within ~3 mi · avg 49.3

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