YouthBuild Charter School of California: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
YouthBuild Charter School of California posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (0.4% vs 3.6%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 21 | 1% | 6% | — | — | 77.6% | 0.4% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
YouthBuild Charter School of California scores 21 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 10th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “6% proficient” and call it done. YouthBuild Charter School of California deserves a closer read. The school sits in Los Angeles, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 0.4% suspension rate — versus 3.6% statewide.
As a charter, YouthBuild Charter School of California enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 10th percentile since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 6% of students meet the standard today, above the 3% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 5% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 10% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- 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 YouthBuild Charter School of California in Los Angeles, 10.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 and 38.2% statewide. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (2.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (10.4% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 7.4 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 127 students tested.
5 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Showing up, and staying in class
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
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), 6% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
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 11 | 143 | 1% | 10% | 24% | 65% | 10% | −37 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 125 | 1% | 2% | 1% | 97% | 2% | −21 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 86 | 0% | 6% | 74% | 20% |
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 | 127 | 10.3% | — | −28 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 107 | 10.4% | — | −28 |
| English Learners | 32 | 3.1% | — | −7 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouthBuild Charter School of California ← | — | 21 | 0.8% | 6.5% | — | 0.4% |
| Downtown Business High | 0.8 mi | 68 | 43.7% | 71.9% | — | 0.3% |
| Orthopaedic Hospital | 1.6 mi | 65 | 24.1% | 54.6% | — | 0.4% |
| Ednovate - USC Hybrid High College Prep | 3.1 mi | 62 | 28.4% | 57.6% | — | 1.6% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 20 | 11 | #1827 | 0.6% | 2.9% | 80.8% | 0.3% | — |
| 2022 | 20 | 10 | #1892 | 0.0% | 3.3% | 82.0% | 0.5% | — |
| 2023 | 20 | 10 | #1927 | 0.0% | 3.5% | 78.0% | 0.5% | — |
| 2024 | 20 | 10 | #1937 | 0.8% | 2.0% | 75.5% | 0.3% | — |
| 2025 | 21 | 10 | #1950 | 0.8% | 6.5% | 77.6% | 0.4% | — |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 28 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
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