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Reseda Charter High
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Reseda Charter High
Reseda Charter High, a sizable senior high in Reseda, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, instructs 1,339 students, covering grades 6 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Reseda Charter High sits 60% above that benchmark.
Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Reseda Charter High is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Reseda Charter High reports that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 13% White, 7% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Reseda Charter High has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Reseda Charter High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.9%; this one delivers 37.9%.
In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Reseda Charter High is one.
The closest other public school is Zane Grey Continuation, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Reseda Charter High at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 36.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. Reseda Charter High is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Reseda Charter High has ticked down 12%, going from 1,522 students in 2018 to 1,339 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.
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