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The public middle schools with the biggest test-score declines in Los Angeles, California

This ranking covers the public middle schools with the biggest test-score declines in Los Angeles, California, drawn from 34 qualifying public middle schools. Palms Middle leads the list at -3.0pp, against a median of +5.3pp across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Los Angeles, California

Best 3-yr change

-3.0pp

Median 3-yr change

+5.3pp

BIGGEST DECLINES · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	Palms Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,081	52.4%	49.4%	-3.0pp
2	Pio Pico Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	253	31.0%	29.6%	-1.4pp
3	Thomas A. Edison Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	837	27.2%	26.1%	-1.1pp
4	Samuel Gompers Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	406	20.0%	19.5%	-0.5pp
5	Edwin Markham Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	618	15.3%	15.6%	+0.3pp
6	Mary McLeod Bethune Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	843	19.8%	21.6%	+1.8pp
7	Charles Drew Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	607	15.1%	18.0%	+2.9pp
8	Belvedere Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	734	27.8%	31.3%	+3.5pp
9	Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	572	20.6%	24.1%	+3.5pp
10	Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	792	22.4%	26.0%	+3.6pp
11	John Burroughs Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,302	52.1%	55.9%	+3.8pp
12	William Jefferson Clinton Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	622	21.4%	25.1%	+3.8pp
13	Paul Revere Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,715	65.5%	69.4%	+3.9pp
14	Berendo Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	552	20.5%	24.5%	+4.0pp
15	John Adams Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	676	34.9%	39.2%	+4.2pp
16	Hollenbeck Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	927	34.8%	39.8%	+4.9pp
17	Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	441	11.7%	16.9%	+5.2pp
18	Sal Castro Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	276	22.1%	27.4%	+5.3pp
19	Mark Twain Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	974	46.6%	52.4%	+5.8pp
20	Young Oak Kim Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	715	25.0%	31.3%	+6.3pp
21	John H. Liechty Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	748	14.5%	20.9%	+6.4pp
22	George Washington Carver Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	635	17.0%	23.6%	+6.6pp
23	John Muir Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	624	11.8%	19.9%	+8.1pp
24	Florence Nightingale Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	773	30.7%	39.7%	+9.0pp
25	Los Angeles Academy Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	829	16.9%	26.0%	+9.1pp
26	Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	457	22.7%	31.9%	+9.2pp
27	Bret Harte Preparatory Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	456	5.8%	15.3%	+9.6pp
28	Emerson Community Charter	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	454	42.5%	52.2%	+9.8pp
29	El Sereno Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	857	33.1%	43.3%	+10.2pp
30	Audubon Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	446	11.6%	22.3%	+10.7pp
31	Daniel Webster Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	438	20.8%	32.2%	+11.3pp
32	Marina del Rey Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	300	14.6%	26.8%	+12.2pp
33	Virgil Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	975	30.2%	42.4%	+12.3pp
34	Katherine Johnson STEM Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	133	28.8%	42.3%	+13.5pp

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