Is Larchmont Charter a good school?

Larchmont Charter ranks 637 th of 5862 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Larchmont Charter?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,631 students attended Larchmont Charter.

What is the racial makeup of Larchmont Charter?

Students at Larchmont Charter are 35% White, 26% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 12% Two or more races, 4% African American.

Larchmont Charter

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Larchmont Charter is a public charter school located in West Hollywood, California, serving grades K-12 with a total enrollment of 1,620 students. The school is part of the Larchmont Charter District and is known for its strong academic performance, with high graduation rates and low dropout rates compared to the state average.

Larchmont Charter stands out for its exceptional academic metrics. In 2022-2023, the school had a 91.4% four-year graduation rate, significantly higher than the state average of 85.8%. Additionally, Larchmont Charter's dropout rate was just 4.8%, lower than the state average of 8.9%. The school's students consistently outperform the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, 74.63% of 11th-grade students at Larchmont Charter were proficient or better in ELA/Literacy, compared to 55.73% statewide. Interestingly, Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts, another alternative public school in the area, lags behind Larchmont Charter in both ELA/Literacy and Mathematics test scores.

While Larchmont Charter's academic performance is impressive, the school also serves a diverse student population, with 47.78% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023. This suggests that the school is providing quality education to students from various socioeconomic backgrounds. However, Larchmont Charter's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.5% is higher than some nearby traditional public schools, such as Foshay Learning Center (25.3%), but lower than virtual schools in the area. Additionally, Larchmont Charter has a student-teacher ratio of 22.8, which is higher than the nearby traditional public schools but lower than the virtual schools.

Detail:

Public, Charter, Alternative K-12

1265 North Fairfax Ave.
West Hollywood, CA 90046-5205

(323) 656-6418

District: Larchmont Charter District

SchoolDigger Rank:
637^th of 5,862 California Alternative Schools

Student/teacher ratio: 22.5

Number of students: 1,631

Racial breakdown:

White:

35.4%

Hispanic:

25.6%

Asian:

22.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 41.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Larchmont Charter ranks better than 89.1% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 90.88. (See more...)

Compare Details Larchmont Charter ranks better than 91.2% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 91.26. (See more...)

Compare Details Larchmont Charter ranks better than 92.6% of high schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 89.16. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Larchmont Charter who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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SchoolDigger ranks Larchmont Charter 637^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Larchmont Charter in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Larchmont Charter 245^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Larchmont Charter in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Larchmont Charter 173^rd of 2323 California public high schools. (See Larchmont Charter in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	91.94	524^th	5789	90.9%
2022	89.34	725^th	5883	87.7%
2023	89.80	724^th	5874	87.7%
2024	90.88	637^th	5862	89.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	71.17	123^rd	445	72.4%
2022	68.96	201^st	610	67.0%
2023	71.39	193^rd	669	71.2%
2024	68.10	234^th	669	65.0%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	90.59	127^th	3250	96.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	84.94	235^th	2420	90.3%
2024	95.47	99^th	2634	96.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	94.82	149^th	5173	97.1%
2022	88.91	402^nd	5264	92.4%
2023	91.95	315^th	5374	94.1%
2024	87.22	543^rd	5511	90.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	89.93	566^th	5492	89.7%
2022	83.30	954^th	5635	83.1%
2023	85.77	850^th	5617	84.9%
2024	87.79	730^th	5605	87.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	91.55	155^th	2585	94.0%
2022	88.04	194^th	2227	91.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	92.06	444^th	5510	91.9%
2022	91.34	553^rd	5663	90.2%
2023	90.88	559^th	5650	90.1%
2024	91.15	534^th	5636	90.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	63.76	492^nd	1149	57.2%
2022	55.75	650^th	1154	43.7%
2023	54.52	680^th	1190	42.9%
2024	59.48	620^th	1203	48.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	79.81	715^th	4963	85.6%
2022	70.88	1114^th	5084	78.1%
2023	79.72	747^th	5098	85.3%
2024	84.68	557^th	5102	89.1%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	85.65	245^th	2834	91.4%
2022	83.43	328^th	2726	88.0%
2023	82.04	348^th	2662	86.9%
2024	82.33	338^th	2647	87.2%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	81.78	443^rd	2715	83.7%
2022	84.91	389^th	2740	85.8%
2023	79.02	514^th	2802	81.7%
2024	91.26	245^th	2777	91.2%

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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	57.84	270^th	554	51.3%
2022	59.72	268^th	665	59.7%
2023	52.84	335^th	678	50.6%
2024	73.95	172^nd	699	75.4%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	95.22	52^nd	1538	96.6%
2024	94.49	56^th	1550	96.4%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	84.45	222^nd	2369	90.6%
2022	89.39	153^rd	2458	93.8%
2023	82.79	283^rd	2549	88.9%
2024	89.12	202^nd	2575	92.2%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	83.62	350^th	2380	85.3%
2022	74.92	529^th	2509	78.9%
2023	78.05	476^th	2547	81.3%
2024	85.23	343^rd	2546	86.5%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	71.49	267^th	1491	82.1%
2022	95.22	48^th	1531	96.9%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	78.08	464^th	2407	80.7%
2022	88.97	273^rd	2527	89.2%
2023	77.80	484^th	2558	81.1%
2024	93.27	180^th	2547	92.9%

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Rank History for middle school Asian students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	57.25	370^th	745	50.3%
2022	58.79	353^rd	733	51.8%
2023	52.06	402^nd	718	44.0%
2024	73.55	197^th	741	73.4%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	68.97	500^th	2213	77.4%
2022	62.94	648^th	2359	72.5%
2023	67.44	573^rd	2391	76.0%
2024	74.61	425^th	2383	82.2%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	71.65	416^th	1602	74.0%
2022	78.27	276^th	1555	82.3%
2023	72.70	371^st	1552	76.1%
2024	84.76	154^th	1535	90.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all high school students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	63.30	668^th	2133	68.7%
2022	77.95	415^th	2123	80.5%
2023	88.66	202^nd	2348	91.4%
2024	89.16	173^rd	2323	92.6%

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Rank History for high school Multi-racial students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	75.56	133^rd	786	83.1%
2024	75.50	130^th	804	83.8%

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Rank History for high school English Language Learner students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	76.39	42^nd	1323	96.8%
2024	83.38	28^th	1350	97.9%

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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	90.64	46^th	1547	97.0%
2024	92.21	42^nd	1534	97.3%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	80.07	290^th	1937	85.0%
2022	82.08	242^nd	1943	87.5%
2023	92.90	112^th	2247	95.0%
2024	90.57	118^th	2235	94.7%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	57.61	681^st	1833	62.8%
2022	72.64	430^th	1858	76.9%
2023	87.87	184^th	2118	91.3%
2024	86.81	190^th	2098	90.9%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	62.87	616^th	1880	67.2%
2022	79.17	339^th	1916	82.3%
2023	87.80	198^th	2207	91.0%
2024	89.51	161^st	2172	92.6%

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Rank History for high school Asian students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	34.32	419^th	582	28.0%
2022	38.68	384^th	581	33.9%
2023	64.80	283^rd	731	61.3%
2024	67.68	242^nd	712	66.0%

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Rank History for high school African American students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	61.83	209^th	720	71.0%
2024	73.47	138^th	721	80.9%

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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	50.39	863^rd	1814	52.4%
2022	68.55	463^rd	1861	75.1%
2023	72.31	380^th	2142	82.3%
2024	76.76	287^th	2125	86.5%

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Rank History for high school White students at Larchmont Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	52.27	592^nd	1222	51.6%
2022	56.94	504^th	1204	58.1%
2023	83.76	131^st	1434	90.9%
2024	86.24	93^rd	1406	93.4%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Reviews:

by a parent
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Elementary is really good. We were really nervous because we’d never hear good things about the upper grades and that turned out to be true. Part of it is the weird grouping of ages (K-4j and (5-7) that makes it feel like a revolving culture and the other part is who leaves— it is like the people who can get on the opportunity train do so really undercutting the whole inclusive/ diversity message. Selma has never had a strong leader, has more high needs kids every year, school is fun but SO easy and not at all grade level even compared to the lousy local district schools. They change policies ALL the time like we do academic honors but not this year and next year we do have them but only these grades and we aren’t telling which. Or totally not use volunteers but let things look like crap like the exterior of the school (I personally know four people who offered to transform the school) instead it is same ugliness. Or someone Volunteer builds the library and won’t let kids use it. It is just since an inept place and I guarantee you have you have any clue you aren’t going to tolerate it. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, October 10, 2019

The elementary schools are very good, but are less academic than before. Lots of enrichments, decent class size, good libraries/music/art/gardening etc. five stars

But it all goes wrong at the Selma campus which is really unimpressive. Weak teachers, never had a decent administrator and the turnover is outrageous. Bad tempered office step, no control over teachers. Fully half of kids leave between the end of 4th and 7th. And it is the best students, stable families, wealthier people, etc because the academics are such edutainment. There is a heavy fundraising component which was fine when the school was good and then you realize the elementary schools fund the entire program including the lousy high school. Massive gender imbalance. Totally opposed to gifted testing or honors testing. Do not believe ANYthing LCS says about “differentiation” one star Close Quote

Enrollment information for Larchmont Charter

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
2019	546	58	339	408	1	1	161	1514
2020	574	60	343	412	1	1	160	1551
2021	573	63	347	431	1	0	166	1581
2022	595	60	349	419	1	0	185	1609
2023	578	71	368	421	2	0	180	1620
2024	577	73	361	417	1	0	202	1631

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Larchmont Charter

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2019	1514	70.0	21.6	42.6
2020	1551	n/a	n/a	42.6
2021	1581	68.3	23.1	41.6
2022	1609	71.1	22.6	36.7
2023	1620	70.8	22.8	47.8
2024	1631	72.2	22.5	41.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Larchmont Charter

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2019	1514	70.0	21.6	42.6
2020	1551	n/a	n/a	42.6
2021	1581	68.3	23.1	41.6
2022	1609	71.1	22.6	36.7
2023	1620	70.8	22.8	47.8
2024	1631	72.2	22.5	41.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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