Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparat: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparat posts 26% meeting the standard and 8.9% exceeding it, against 39% and 16.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36 | 9% | 26% | +3.2 | 21.3% | 0.3% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparat scores 36 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 37th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.
Most rating sites would stop at “26% proficient” and call it done. Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparat deserves a closer read. It sits at the 37th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: 0.3% suspension rate — versus 3.7% statewide.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 37th percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 26% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 34% | 25% | 27% | 44% | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 37% | 41% | 32% | 33% | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 38% | 31% | 34% | 32% | 34% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 19% | 12% | 14% | 22% | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 22% | 13% | 16% | 19% | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 16% | 13% | 18% | 14% | 17% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 2.0pp across grades; the floor rises 2.2pp. The state average falls 0.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparat in Los Angeles, 34.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparat trails its district average for low-income students by 6.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (17.8% Math proficient); Hispanic students (34.7% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 31.9 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 725 students tested.
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.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 2.4pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: -0.3pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
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
$2,443 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
On the state's science test (CAST), 16% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 51
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 60
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 65
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 242 | 8% | 24% | 30% | 38% | 32% | −15 |
| Grade 7 | 230 | 11% | 27% | 22% | 40% | 38% | −9 |
| Grade 8 | 285 | 10% | 24% | 31% | 35% | 34% | −12 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 242 | 6% | 6% | 27% | 61% | 12% | −23 |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 10% | 13% | 23% | 54% | 24% | −10 |
| Grade 8 | 290 | 8% | 9% | 24% | 59% | 17% | −16 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 290 | 4% | 12% | 66% | 18% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 725 | 34.3% | −7 | −4 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 735 | 34.7% | −6 | −4 |
| Students with Disabilities | 128 | 8.6% | −8 | −8 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparat ← | — | 36 | 8.9% | 26.1% | +3.2 | 0.3% |
| KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory | 1.1 mi | 59 | 30.1% | 60.1% | +14.9 | 0.1% |
| Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 8 | 0.7 mi | 48 | 13.2% | 37.0% | +6.0 | 0.3% |
| Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter Middle | 1.6 mi | 46 | 17.1% | 42.0% | −6.9 | 0.2% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 32 | 31 | #1386 | 6.5% | 27.7% | 14.9% | 0.8% | +0.8pp |
| 2022 | 30 | 32 | #1477 | 5.5% | 22.5% | 40.0% | 0.1% | +3.3pp |
| 2023 | 36 | 40 | #1320 | 6.9% | 23.7% | 32.5% | 0.0% | +5.8pp |
| 2024 | 35 | 44 | #1228 | 10.2% | 27.3% | 23.7% | 0.6% | -9.4pp |
| 2025 | 36 | 37 | #1406 | 8.9% | 26.1% | 21.3% | 0.3% | +3.2pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 14.5% | 22.3% | +7.8pp |
| Male | 15.4% | 20.4% | +5.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 14.8% | 20.1% | +5.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 25.5% | 27.1% | +1.6pp |
| English Learners | 16.1% | 16.9% | +0.8pp |
| Foster Youth | 33.3% | — | — |
| Homeless | 26.5% | 34.3% | +7.8pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 14.7% | 21.8% | +7.1pp |
| All Students | 14.9% | 21.3% | +6.4pp |
| Black/African American | — | 68.8% | — |
| Military-Connected | — | 0.0% | — |
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