Independent charter school · Los Angeles County Office of Education · Los Angeles, California

The SEED School of Los Angeles County

Los Angeles · 9–12 · 206 students (2024–25)

8400 South Vermont Avenue, 90044seedschoolla.org ↗(323) 843-6700

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Applying for 2027–28. From the school’s site ↗, read October 27, 2026.

How to apply ↓

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grade 11, spring 2026: 22% and 6% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 57% and 32%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 50
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English and 413,523 in math tested).

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

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Common questions

How do I get in?

Apply on The SEED School of Los Angeles County’s own application, by the dates its site lists. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In grade 11, spring 2026, 6% scored Advanced in English and 2% in math. 78% scored below the standard in English and 94% in math. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

13 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (37 of 285), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 5.2% of students (16 of 308) were suspended at least once in 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 22% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 6% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 50
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 · 50 tested

Advanced
6%
Proficient
16%
Below the standard
78%
This school22%
California57%
Los Angeles County Office of Education49%

22% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 50 tested

Advanced
2%
Proficient
4%
Below the standard
94%
This school6%
California32%
Los Angeles County Office of Education22%

6% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

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

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 16 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2025. English went from 42% to 22% and math from 15% to 6%.

Our comparable history for these grades covers 2025 and 2026 only. More years are needed to show a longer trend.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202542%33 tested
→
202622%50 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202515%33 tested
→
20266%50 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 English?

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 school6%16%24%54%50
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Los Angeles County Office of Education21%28%19%32%1,031
Math, grade 11 · This school2%4%14%80%50
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Los Angeles County Office of Education10%12%18%60%1,030

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.

Results since 20252 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2025–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20252026202622%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%2025202620266%32%

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 42% in 2025 to 22% in 2026. In math, it went from 15% in 2025 to 6% 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
202542%
33 tested		57%
432,651 tested
202622%
50 tested		57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202515%
33 tested		30%
431,903 tested
20266%
50 tested		32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on The SEED School of Los Angeles County’s results?

The SEED School of Los Angeles County’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed The SEED School of Los Angeles County 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 County Office of Education 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

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

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

Do students finish prepared, and where do they go?

The state has listed The SEED School of Los Angeles County under its current school code only since July 2022. Graduation, college-going and UC admission results are reported by school code, so they start with this school’s first graduating class under it.

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How did recent graduates do, and where did they enroll after high school?

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 14 AP courses in 7 subjects 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.

  • Math & Computer Science3
  • Sciences1
  • English2
  • History & Social Science5
  • World Languages & Cultures1
  • Arts1
  • AP Capstone1
Every approved AP course14 courses in 7 subjects
Math & Computer Science 3
  • Calculus AB
  • Computer Science A
  • Precalculus
Sciences 1
  • Physics 1
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 5
  • African American Studies
  • Microeconomics
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
  • World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures 1
  • Spanish Language and Culture
Arts 1
  • 2-D Art and Design
AP Capstone 1
  • Seminar

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

13 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 5.2% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 37 of 285 students counted for it; suspension: 16 of 308 students enrolled during the year

Chronically absent, 2025–26

13 in 100This school

37 of 285 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

5.2%

of students were suspended at least once (16 of 308).

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at The SEED School of Los Angeles County

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

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students scored well below the same group across California.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

23% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 7% in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 49% and 23% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students scored well below the same group across California in English.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
The SEED School of Los Angeles CountySame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 44 tested23%Same group, California 49%
  • Low-incomeMath · 44 tested7%Same group, California 23%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 30 tested30%Same group, California 49%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 30 tested10%Same group, California 21%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 50%2. Black or African American: 46%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino50%
  2. Black or African American46%
  3. White—
  4. Asian—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  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. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

45% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 10 of 22 English learners45%
Los Angeles County Office of Education · 47 of 10545%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

99%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 204 of 206. California: 63%.

23teachers, 2024–25

7 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

13%in their first year, 2024–25

Ask: What extra help is there for low-income students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Los Angeles County Office of Educationvs California
Low-income · 44 tested
English23%−326%−2649%
Math7%−512%−1623%
Hispanic or Latino · 30 tested
English30%−939%−1949%
Math10%−818%−1121%

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

Black or African American students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino50%
Black or African American46%
White—
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

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.

Next steps

Which schools feed into The SEED School of Los Angeles County, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

The SEED School of Los Angeles County 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
    Lashon Academy City
    61st · Solid · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  2. Middle
    Environmental Charter Middle - Inglewood
    72nd · Solid · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  3. High · this school
    The SEED School of Los Angeles County
    Grades 9–12

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Lashon Academy City

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

    61st percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

  • Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo Academy

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

    39th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Soleil Academy Charter

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

    47th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

  • Environmental Charter Middle - Inglewood

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

    72nd percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

  • Environmental Charter Middle - Gardena

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

    61st percentile · Solid · 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.

How do I get in?

Apply on The SEED School of Los Angeles County’s own application, by the dates its site lists. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

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: seedschoolla.org ↗Office: (323) 843-6700Administrator: Jubria Lewis

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
8400 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles 90044

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

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 42% in 2025 to 22% in 2026 here; California: 57% to 57%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. Why did estimated spending on these services come in $0.2 million under the 2025-2026 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?
  4. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  5. How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
  6. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (323) 843-67008400 South Vermont Avenue, 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.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

2025 CDE CCI overall Prepared: no exact school row in the verified 2025 source.

Scope Score by year2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25, and is not published for this school. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2024–2516 in 1009.9% (25 of 252)

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

Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 11506%16%24%54%22%57%−35

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 · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 11502%4%14%80%6%32%−26

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.

CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows
CDE CAASPP test year 2026 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subjectStudents tested with scoresProficient or AdvancedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalMean scale score
Grade 11 · ELA · 20265022%6%16%24%54%2496.2
All Grades · ELA · 20265022%6%16%24%54%not on file
Grade 11 · Math · 2026506%2%4%14%80%2460.2
All Grades · Math · 2026506%2%4%14%80%not on file
Every tested year2025–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English506%22%
2026 · Math502%6%
2025 · English3315%42%
2025 · Math333%15%

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 11 · English3342%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math3315%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “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
Schoolwide1042%8%67%23%

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-income4423%−3−26
Hispanic or Latino3030%−9−19
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 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 13 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.9% (25 of 252) → 2025–26 · 5.2% (16 of 308) · −4.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—16 in 100—
Male—9 in 100—
Black or African American—12 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—14 in 100—
Students with disabilities—11 in 100—
English learners—4 in 100—
Low-income—14 in 100—
All students—13 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
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.

SchoolScope withholds the high-school score and rank because a verified CDE overall Prepared rate is unavailable. A blank or missing rate is not 0%. 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.

English proficiency (ELPAC)
MeasureSchoolCalifornia reference
Level 414%22 English learners tested18%8,212 reporting public schools

2025–26 · English learners · All grades. California reference: equal-school average across reporting public schools in SchoolScope at all grade levels; not student weighted. The tested count is reported separately from the percentage. Source: CDE Summative ELPAC research files.

AP route, among those ready for college or career
Unavailable
CDE CCI cohort · AP pathway share not reported; course offerings unknown
AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
2-D Art and Designthis school
African American Studiesthis school
Calculus ABthis school
Computer Science Athis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Microeconomicsthis school
Physics 1this school
Precalculusthis school
Seminarthis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

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

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$123,399 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2019–20 (2020) · fall district membership: 1,920 pupils

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 29%Instruction support 23%Student services 13%Administration 26%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$152,980,01029.26%29%
Instruction support$119,976,72422.95%23%
Student services$68,612,28713.12%13%
Administration$134,073,38025.64%26%
Buildings & maintenance$36,861,7427.05%7%
Other$10,319,4541.97%2%
Total$522,823,597100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $522,823,597 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, 2017–⁠2020; latest district record shown: 2020
2020$123,399 per pupil
2019$116,191 per pupil
2018$43,242 per pupil
2017$49,015 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 90044 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90044 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$53,302
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12%
ZIP-area population94,830
Median age31.7 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 90044 →

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