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Los Angeles County Office of Education schools

Q: Are the public schools in Los Angeles County Office of Education good?

Los Angeles County Office of Education’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 27th to the 79th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 2 Solid and 3 Developing. Los Angeles County Office of Education’s 12 public middle schools run from the bottom 1% to the 76th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 5 Solid, 2 Developing and 4 Needs Support. Los Angeles County Office of Education’s 8 public high schools run from the 14th to the 83rd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 5 Solid, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

Q: Which public schools in Los Angeles County Office of Education rank highest?

Elementary: Odyssey Charter, 79th percentile (Strong). Middle: Odyssey Charter, 76th percentile (Strong). High: Aspire Ollin University Preparatory Academy, 83rd percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Q: How does chronic absence in Los Angeles County Office of Education compare with California?

The average elementary school in Los Angeles County Office of Education had 12 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in Los Angeles County Office of Education had 17 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Los Angeles County Office of Education had 27 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

Q: What is in Los Angeles County Office of Education’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The county office’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $43.4 million into 29 funded actions in 4 goals. Its largest goal holds $25.3 million, 58% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Q: Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

California’s school directory lists 18 ranked public schools under Los Angeles County Office of Education. Its 12 public middle schools run from the bottom 1% to the 76th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Schools around Los Angeles County Office of Education

28 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

Strong75th+
Solid50–74th
Developing25–49th
Needs Supportbelow 25th
Not scored

Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Los Angeles County Office of Education score highest?

Odyssey Charter is highest, at the 79th percentile.

That’s higher than 79 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Los Angeles County Office of Education

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

Odyssey CharterAltadena · Broad base · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
79thStrongScope Score 53
Lashon Academy CityLos Angeles · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
61stSolidScope Score 41
Lashon AcademyVan Nuys · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
59thSolidScope Score 40

Show the other 3 elementary schools

Soleil Academy CharterLynwood · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
47thDevelopingScope Score 34
Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo AcademyHuntington Park · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
39thDevelopingScope Score 31
Alma Fuerte PublicPasadena · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
27thDevelopingScope Score 26

Context

Middle schools

Which middle schools in Los Angeles County Office of Education score highest?

Odyssey Charter is highest, at the 76th percentile.

That’s higher than 76 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Los Angeles County Office of Education

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

Odyssey CharterAltadena · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
76thStrongScope Score 51
Environmental Charter Middle - InglewoodInglewood · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
72ndSolidScope Score 49
Lashon AcademyVan Nuys · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
71stSolidScope Score 48

Show the other 9 middle schools

Bridges Preparatory AcademyCompton · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
70thSolidScope Score 47
Environmental Charter Middle - GardenaGardena · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
61stSolidScope Score 43
Magnolia Science Academy 5Reseda · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
50thSolidScope Score 38
Aspire Ollin University Preparatory AcademyHuntington Park · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
49thDevelopingScope Score 38
Alma Fuerte PublicPasadena · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
35thDevelopingScope Score 32
Magnolia Science AcademyReseda · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
14thNeeds SupportScope Score 24
Westbrook AcademySouth Gate · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
4thNeeds SupportScope Score 18
Magnolia Science Academy 3Carson · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
3rdNeeds SupportScope Score 18
Magnolia Science Academy 2Van Nuys · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
bottom 1%Needs SupportScope Score 11

Context

The average middle school in Los Angeles County Office of Education had 17 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in Los Angeles County Office of Education score highest?

Aspire Ollin University Preparatory Academy is highest, at the 83rd percentile.

That’s higher than 83 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Los Angeles County Office of Education

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

Aspire Ollin University Preparatory AcademyHuntington Park · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
83rdStrongScope Score 70
Magnolia Science Academy 3Carson · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
74thSolidScope Score 65
Environmental Charter High - GardenaGardena · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
61stSolidScope Score 60

Show the other 5 high schools

Westbrook AcademySouth Gate · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
55thSolidScope Score 57
Magnolia Science AcademyReseda · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
54thSolidScope Score 57
Magnolia Science Academy 2Van Nuys · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
52ndSolidScope Score 56
Animo City of Champions Charter HighInglewood · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
34thDevelopingScope Score 51
Intellectual Virtues AcademyLong Beach · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
14thNeeds SupportScope Score 44

Context

The average high school in Los Angeles County Office of Education had 27 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

10 high schools not ranked statewide

Alternative schools and court and community schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with its own kind or not ranked. The others have no statewide percentile this year.

International Polytechnic HighAlternative school: compared only with other alternative schools
L.A. County High School for the ArtsAlternative school: compared only with other alternative schools
Afflerbaugh-Paige CampJuvenile court school: students are enrolled by court order, most for weeks or months, so we don’t rank it
Kirby, Dorothy CampJuvenile court school: students are enrolled by court order, most for weeks or months, so we don’t rank it
Los Padrinos Juvenile HallJuvenile court school: students are enrolled by court order, most for weeks or months, so we don’t rank it
Nidorf SYTF, Barry J.Juvenile court school: students are enrolled by court order, most for weeks or months, so we don’t rank it
Renaissance County CommunityCounty community school: students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, so we don’t rank it
Road to Success Academy at Campus Kilpatrick SDFJuvenile court school: students are enrolled by court order, most for weeks or months, so we don’t rank it
Rockey, Glenn CampJuvenile court school: students are enrolled by court order, most for weeks or months, so we don’t rank it
The SEED School of Los Angeles CountyNo Scope Score this year

The county office

What does Los Angeles County Office of Education plan to spend on?

The county office plans $43.4 million across 29 funded actions in 2026–27.

What the county office plans

$43.4 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 29 funded actions in 4 goals. These are planned amounts; the county office reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the county office’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 149 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 68% of the money. The plan itself puts 96% of it toward staff.

Teacher Credentialing $19.0 million
Facility and Staffing $7.0 million
Interventions $3.6 million
26 other actions

Reading, math and catch-up help

6 of the plan’s 29 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name math, catch-up help or English learners

Math $0.4 million
Catch-up help $5.8 million
English learners $0.7 million

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

Interventions$3.6 million
Credit Recovery$1.7 million
Basic Services for English Learners$650,346

For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth) and what changed

For high-need students

It plans $5.6 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $20.0 million and estimates it spent $19.3 million, $0.7 million (3%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $33.8 million (44%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Teacher Credentialing, which went from $1.7 million to $19.0 million.

Largest cuts

Basic Services for English Learners−⁠$12.8 million
Data Chats (Continuous Improvement)−⁠$6.4 million
Attendance−⁠$4.2 million

Largest increases

Teacher Credentialing+⁠$17.3 million
Mental Health Support+⁠$1.0 million
Community and Family Engagement+⁠$305,609

New in the 2026–27 plan

Facility and Staffing$7.0 million
Credit Recovery$1.7 million
Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS)$1.2 million

Ask: What did Basic Services for English Learners pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $12.8 million less?

The plan’s own titles and amounts

Teacher Credentialing · $19,008,685
Facility and Staffing · $7,022,726
Interventions · $3,627,061

The full plan4 goals, 33 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($43.4 million).

Where does the money go?

58% to Goal 3. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

fell 25% or more
fell 10–25%
fell 2–10%
within 2%
grew 2–10%
grew 10–25%
grew 25% or more
new or renamed title
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1All students will have equitable access to a 21st century education by providing them with standards-aligned…$9.4 million22% of action budgets

“All students will have equitable access to a 21st century education by providing them with standards-aligned instructional materials and with the technology needed to become college and career ready” p. 30 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $17.0 million (−⁠$7.6 million)

Largest funded actions

Facility and Staffing$7.0 millionaction 1.1 · p. 105 ↗
Credit Recovery$1.7 millionaction 1.2 · p. 105 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
Access to Courses$0.6 millionaction 1.4 · p. 105 ↗
Middle and High School Dropoutsunder $0.1 millionaction 1.5 · p. 105 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Middle and High School Dropouts−⁠$3.0 million$3.1 million → under $0.1 million · p. 105 ↗
Access to Courses+⁠$241,287$389,500 → $630,787 · p. 105 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Facility and Staffing · $7.0 million · p. 105 ↗new or renamed
Credit Recovery · $1.7 million · p. 105 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 1 quoted

Standards-aligned instructional Material p. 33 ↗
Baseline
100% of students have access to standards- aligned materials (SARC, 2023).
Target for year 3
100% of students will have access to standards aligned material each year.

11 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Students will be provided with multi-tiered systems of support including community engagement to address…$5.7 million13% of action budgets

“Students will be provided with multi-tiered systems of support including community engagement to address their mental health and social emotional well-being to decrease suspensions and increase student engagement” p. 42 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $21.0 million (−⁠$15.3 million)

Largest funded actions

Attendance$2.6 millionaction 2.4 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Mental Health Support$1.3 millionaction 2.3 · p. 106 ↗
Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS)$1.2 millionaction 2.2 · p. 106 ↗
Community and Family Engagement$0.7 millionaction 2.1 · p. 105 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $268,316 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Attendance−⁠$4.2 million$6.8 million → $2.6 million · p. 106 ↗
Mental Health Support+⁠$1.0 million$0.3 million → $1.3 million · p. 106 ↗
Community and Family Engagement+⁠$305,609$348,173 → $653,782 · p. 105 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS) · $1.2 million · p. 106 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 42 ↗.

Goal 3All students will be assigned the necessary support, including a fully credentialed teacher, required to…$25.3 million58% of action budgets

“All students will be assigned the necessary support, including a fully credentialed teacher, required to close the opportunity gap and ensure they make expected progress on statewide assessments as well as improving overall English proficiency” p. 57 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $37.0 million (−⁠$11.7 million)

Largest funded actions

Teacher Credentialing$19.0 millionaction 3.8 · p. 107 ↗
Interventions$3.6 millionaction 3.3 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.2 million is state funding counted toward those services
Data Chats (Continuous Improvement)$1.0 millionaction 3.12 · p. 107 ↗
Reclassification$0.7 millionaction 3.2 · p. 106 ↗
Basic Services for English Learners$0.7 millionaction 3.1 · p. 106 ↗

2 more funded actions in this goal

Students With Disabilities · action 3.15 · p. 107 ↗$0.1 million
Dissemination of Data · action 3.6 · p. 107 ↗$0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Teacher Credentialing+⁠$17.3 million$1.7 million → $19.0 million · p. 107 ↗
Basic Services for English Learners−⁠$12.8 million$13.5 million → $0.7 million · p. 106 ↗
Data Chats (Continuous Improvement)−⁠$6.4 million$7.4 million → $1.0 million · p. 107 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Interventions · $4.0 million → $3.6 million · p. 106 ↗−⁠$0.3 million
Reclassification · $897,939 → $717,001 · p. 106 ↗−⁠$180,938
Students With Disabilities · $126,493 → $137,615 · p. 107 ↗+⁠$11,122
Dissemination of Data · $320,098 → $124,591 · p. 107 ↗−⁠$195,507

How the plan measures it · 8 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 57 ↗.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy the end of the 2026–27 school year, Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, Barry J. Nidorf Secure Youth Treatment…$3.1 million7% of action budgets

“By the end of the 2026–27 school year, Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, Barry J. Nidorf Secure Youth Treatment Facility, Road to Success Academy (RTSA) Kilpatrick, Afflerbaugh-Paige Camp, Glenn Rockey Camp, and Dorothy Kirby School will improve student engagement, academic achievement, school climate, graduation outcomes, college and career readiness, and educational transitions through expanded counseling services, behavioral interventions, restorative practices, academic supports, transition services, family engagement, and community partnerships funded through the Equity Multiplier. These services are designed to address the unique academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and transition needs of court-involved, highly mobile, and historically underserved students while increasing equitable access to learning opportunities, improving educational outcomes, and supporting successful pathways to postsecondary education, employment, and community reintegration. The review of the California School Dashboard identified significant performance challenges among Equity Multiplier schools and student groups. At Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, student groups identified in the Red performance level include Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students and Hispanic students in English Language Arts; Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students and Hispanic students in Mathematics; Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students in Science; English Learners and Long-Term English Learners in the English Learner Progress Indicator; Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students and Hispanic students in Graduation Rate; Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students and Hispanic students in the College and Career Indicator; and English Learners, Long-Term English Learners, Foster Youth, Homeless Youth, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students, Students with Disabilities, African American students, and Hispanic students in Suspension Rate. At Afflerbaugh-Paige Camp, Students with Disabilities were identified in the Red performance level for Suspension Rate, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students and Hispanic students were identified in the Red performance level for Graduation Rate, and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students were identified in the Red performance level for the College and Career Indicator. At Barry J. Nidorf Secure Youth Treatment Facility, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students and Hispanic students were identified in the Red performance level for Suspension Rate. At Dorothy Kirby School, Foster Youth, Hispanic students, and Students with Disabilities were identified in the Red performance level for Suspension Rate” p. 81 ↗

14 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

Intensive Behavioral Intervention and Student Stabilization Services at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall$481,834action 4.10 · p. 108 ↗
Expanded Counseling and Student Success Services at Renaissance PAU$372,064action 4.11 · p. 108 ↗
Intensive Behavioral Intervention and Restorative Practices Services at Barry J. Nidorf$304,364action 4.4 · p. 108 ↗
Expanded Student Counseling and Wellness Services at Camp Rockey$254,222action 4.13 · p. 109 ↗
Expanded Academic, Behavior, Counseling and Transition Planning Services at Dorothy Kirby Center$215,430action 4.6 · p. 108 ↗

9 more funded actions in this goal

Behavioral Wellness and Restorative Intervention Services Dorothy Kirby Center · action 4.8 · p. 108 ↗$202,910
Enhanced Student Counseling and Post Secondary Planning Services at Afflerbaugh · action 4.1 · p. 107 ↗$200,509
Integrated Community School Coordination and Family Engagement Services at Barry J. Nidorf · action 4.2 · p. 108 ↗$194,009
Mathematics Achievement and Credit Recovery Intervention Services at Renaissance PAU · action 4.12 · p. 109 ↗$182,858
Student Counseling, Transition, and Postsecondary Readiness Services at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall · action 4.9 · p. 108 ↗$172,563
Mathematics Intervention, Academic Recovery Services, and Instructional Support at Dorothy Kirby Center · action 4.7 · p. 108 ↗$168,977
Academic Support at Barry J. Nidorf · action 4.3 · p. 108 ↗$152,983
Student Behavioral Support and School Climate Services at Campus Kilpatrick · action 4.5 · p. 108 ↗$101,455
Trauma-Informed Behavioral Intervention and Student Engagement Services at Rockey · action 4.14 · p. 109 ↗$101,455

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Intensive Behavioral Intervention and Student Stabilization Services at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall · $481,834 · p. 108 ↗new or renamed
Expanded Counseling and Student Success Services at Renaissance PAU · $372,064 · p. 108 ↗new or renamed
Intensive Behavioral Intervention and Restorative Practices Services at Barry J. Nidorf · $304,364 · p. 108 ↗new or renamed
Expanded Student Counseling and Wellness Services at Camp Rockey · $254,222 · p. 109 ↗new or renamed
Expanded Academic, Behavior, Counseling and Transition Planning Services at Dorothy Kirby Center · $215,430 · p. 108 ↗new or renamed
Behavioral Wellness and Restorative Intervention Services Dorothy Kirby Center · $202,910 · p. 108 ↗new or renamed
Enhanced Student Counseling and Post Secondary Planning Services at Afflerbaugh · $200,509 · p. 107 ↗new or renamed
Integrated Community School Coordination and Family Engagement Services at Barry J. Nidorf · $194,009 · p. 108 ↗new or renamed
Mathematics Achievement and Credit Recovery Intervention Services at Renaissance PAU · $182,858 · p. 109 ↗new or renamed
Student Counseling, Transition, and Postsecondary Readiness Services at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall · $172,563 · p. 108 ↗new or renamed
Mathematics Intervention, Academic Recovery Services, and Instructional Support at Dorothy Kirby Center · $168,977 · p. 108 ↗new or renamed
Academic Support at Barry J. Nidorf · $152,983 · p. 108 ↗new or renamed
Student Behavioral Support and School Climate Services at Campus Kilpatrick · $101,455 · p. 108 ↗new or renamed
Trauma-Informed Behavioral Intervention and Student Engagement Services at Rockey · $101,455 · p. 109 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 81 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the county office’s schools

Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 8,731 students

Hispanic or Latino72%
Black or African American12%
White8%
Two or more races3%
Asian2%
Filipino1%
Not reported<1%
Pacific Islander<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native<1%

Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

76%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 6,651 of 8,710 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the county office, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The county office’s state records

Is the state giving the county office extra help?

The state is giving Los Angeles County Office of Education extra help in 2026. A student group had the Dashboard’s lowest results (red) on two or more measures three years in a row.

It also qualified the year before.

Which students, on which measures

Black or African American students: graduation and suspensions
Homeless students: graduation and suspensions
Long-term English learners: graduation and college and career readiness

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 45% of the county office’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (47 of 105 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

4 schools getting state support, 2025–26

2 in most intensive support · 2 in targeted support

Afflerbaugh-Paige CampMost intensive support, graduation rate
Kirby, Dorothy CampTargeted support: foster youth, Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities
Nidorf SYTF, Barry J.Targeted support: Hispanic or Latino students and low-income students
Renaissance County CommunityMost intensive support, graduation rate

This list covers the county office’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

Which places nearby can you look at next?

Cities its schools are in

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Districts nearby

Common questions

Which public schools in Los Angeles County Office of Education rank highest?

Elementary: Odyssey Charter, 79th percentile (Strong). Middle: Odyssey Charter, 76th percentile (Strong). High: Aspire Ollin University Preparatory Academy, 83rd percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

What is in Los Angeles County Office of Education’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The county office’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $43.4 million into 29 funded actions in 4 goals. Its largest goal holds $25.3 million, 58% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Are the public schools in Los Angeles County Office of Education good?

Los Angeles County Office of Education’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 27th to the 79th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 2 Solid and 3 Developing. Los Angeles County Office of Education’s 12 public middle schools run from the bottom 1% to the 76th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 5 Solid, 2 Developing and 4 Needs Support. Los Angeles County Office of Education’s 8 public high schools run from the 14th to the 83rd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 5 Solid, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Los Angeles County Office of Education compare with California?

The average elementary school in Los Angeles County Office of Education had 12 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in Los Angeles County Office of Education had 17 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Los Angeles County Office of Education had 27 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools the state directory lists under Los Angeles County Office of Education, with its spending and state accountability records. The state school directory codes International Polytechnic High and L.A. County High School for the Arts as “Opportunity Schools”; we call them alternative schools, the kind they are compared with.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

View CDE data ↗How Scope Scores work →

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