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The public middle schools with the most improved test scores in Los Angeles, California

34 public middle schools in Los Angeles, California appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the most improved test scores, ranked by the 3-year gain in composite math + reading proficiency. Katherine Johnson STEM Academy leads the list at +13.5pp, against a median of +5.3pp across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Los Angeles, California

Top 3-yr change

+13.5pp

Median 3-yr change

+5.3pp

MOST IMPROVED · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

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

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