Taft Charter High

Summary:

Taft Charter High is a public charter high school located in Woodland Hills, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,147 students. This high-performing school consistently outshines the Los Angeles Unified School District and the state of California in academic assessments, graduation rates, and student subgroup performance.

Taft Charter High's academic prowess is evident in its strong performance on standardized tests. In the 2023-2024 school year, 61.83% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in Smarter Balanced Assessments/English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 49.56% for the Los Angeles Unified School District and 55.73% for the state of California. The school has also maintained high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 91.3% to 97.2% over the past five school years, significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Taft Charter High ranks 89th out of 1,534 California high schools for its special education students, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Taft Charter High has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism rates in recent years, reaching 26.6% in 2021-2022, the school still performs better than the district average. Compared to nearby schools within the same district, such as Grover Cleveland Charter High, Taft Charter High generally outperforms its counterparts in academic assessments, graduation rates, and other key metrics. This consistent high performance has earned Taft Charter High a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, placing it among the top 25% of California high schools.


Detail:

Public, Charter 9-12

 5461 Winnetka Ave.
       Woodland Hills, CA  91364-2548


(818) 227-3600

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
474th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,958 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  22.2 Help
Number of students:  2,147

Racial breakdown:

Not Specified:
100.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  52.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Taft Charter High ranks better than 79.6% of high schools in California. It also ranks 15th among 158 ranked high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 70.13. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Taft Charter High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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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.
Student Body
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Compare Details Taft Charter High has the largest high school student body size in the Los Angeles Unified School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Taft Charter High is $9,958. 141 high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Taft Charter High:

SchoolDigger ranks Taft Charter High 474th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Taft Charter High in the ranking list.)

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Taft Charter High

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Rank History for all students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 61.64 314th 1653 81.0%
2005 57.59 454th 1901 76.1%
2006 57.10 524th 1968 73.4%
2007 58.66 480th 2063 76.7%
2008 63.83 400th 2117 81.1%
2009 64.61 345th 2238 84.6%
2010 58.60 546th 2281 76.1%
2011 60.71 492nd 2367 79.2%
2012 61.75 497th 2354 78.9%
2013 61.85 489th 2426 79.8%
2015 56.22 842nd 1994 57.8%
2016 70.05 563rd 2039 72.4%
2017 76.39 473rd 2021 76.6%
2018 68.75 621st 2017 69.2%
2019 63.55 664th 2133 68.9%
2021 81.33 238th 1290 81.6%
2022 80.45 366th 2123 82.8%
2023 76.44 390th 2348 83.4%
2024 70.13 474th 2323 79.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 54.54 237th 515 54.0%
2023 39.00 423rd 786 46.2%
2024 50.89 329th 804 59.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.19 390th 938 58.4%
2019 39.06 479th 941 49.1%
2021 49.80 179th 467 61.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 73.20 177th 1547 88.6%
2024 83.57 89th 1534 94.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.40 579th 1862 68.9%
2019 61.75 636th 1937 67.2%
2021 77.66 208th 1126 81.5%
2022 78.62 304th 1943 84.4%
2023 75.15 344th 2247 84.7%
2024 64.43 517th 2235 76.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.55 708th 1760 59.8%
2019 57.32 692nd 1833 62.2%
2021 77.60 215th 1054 79.6%
2022 71.36 442nd 1858 76.2%
2023 72.36 412th 2118 80.5%
2024 63.79 530th 2098 74.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.82 186th 1052 82.3%
2019 60.71 280th 1117 74.9%
2021 70.77 95th 555 82.9%
2022 79.15 136th 1161 88.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.28 507th 1834 72.4%
2019 64.82 579th 1880 69.2%
2021 80.62 219th 1122 80.5%
2022 85.13 241st 1916 87.4%
2023 77.45 352nd 2207 84.1%
2024 72.79 418th 2172 80.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.03 493rd 581 15.1%
2019 41.79 385th 582 33.8%
2022 66.96 216th 581 62.8%
2023 70.84 224th 731 69.4%
2024 68.23 232nd 712 67.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.91 153rd 582 73.7%
2019 52.53 240th 592 59.5%
2022 75.96 90th 522 82.8%
2023 39.10 404th 720 43.9%
2024 34.23 445th 721 38.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.80 763rd 1742 56.2%
2019 63.83 557th 1814 69.3%
2022 73.94 358th 1861 80.8%
2023 70.58 411th 2142 80.8%
2024 60.21 597th 2125 71.9%
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Rank History for White students at Taft Charter High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.85 472nd 1173 59.8%
2019 57.10 520th 1222 57.4%
2022 68.50 344th 1204 71.4%
2023 65.48 363rd 1434 74.7%
2024 59.32 448th 1406 68.1%
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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.

Taft Charter High Test Scores
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Enrollment information for Taft Charter High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1698 487 225 749 6 n/a n/a 0 3165
1989 1585 448 204 796 10 n/a n/a 0 3043
1990 1531 493 249 903 9 n/a n/a 0 3185
1991 1510 487 261 993 7 n/a n/a 0 3258
1992 1478 437 250 1039 7 n/a n/a 0 3211
1993 1331 462 231 1067 12 n/a n/a 0 3103
1994 1173 451 224 998 8 n/a n/a 0 2854
1995 1315 462 281 821 6 n/a n/a 0 2885
1996 1315 462 281 821 6 n/a n/a 0 2885
1997 1367 494 306 916 5 n/a n/a 0 3088
1998 1352 398 292 909 10 n/a n/a 0 2961
1999 1354 402 313 861 11 n/a n/a 0 2941
2000 1342 402 303 983 7 n/a n/a 0 3037
2001 1292 413 304 1020 16 n/a n/a 0 3045
2002 1426 563 293 1210 18 n/a n/a 0 3510
2003 1426 563 293 1210 18 n/a n/a 0 3510
2004 1324 595 301 1308 16 n/a n/a 0 3544
2005 1291 614 307 1367 18 n/a n/a 0 3597
2006 1198 616 298 1373 16 n/a n/a 0 3501
2007 1213 558 267 1033 15 n/a n/a 19 3105
2008 1223 481 274 972 15 n/a n/a 0 2965
2009 1184 500 245 919 13 7 53 0 2921
2010 1101 474 208 901 14 5 46 0 2749
2011 1044 407 262 900 19 2 7 0 2641
2012 1056 346 293 878 16 2 2 0 2593
2013 1017 299 259 853 14 6 0 0 2448
2014 996 301 258 807 16 7 0 0 2385
2015 1001 302 230 839 15 7 28 0 2422
2016 990 271 215 907 11 8 39 0 2441
2017 964 270 221 897 11 3 35 0 2401
2018 986 219 225 879 9 3 43 0 2364
2019 974 201 248 902 11 1 1 0 2338
2020 958 175 242 913 6 2 56 0 2352
2021 957 171 259 919 5 3 61 0 2375
2022 892 150 253 838 4 6 65 0 2208
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2147 2147

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Taft Charter High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 3165 116.0 27.2 n/a
1989 3043 111.4 27.3 n/a
1990 3185 121.4 26.2 n/a
1991 3258 123.1 26.4 n/a
1992 3211 125.1 25.6 24.7
1993 3103 106.0 29.3 24.7
1994 2854 99.4 28.7 28
1995 2885 95.5 30.2 21.7
1996 2885 95.5 30.2 21.7
1997 3088 105.0 29.4 27.5
1998 2961 102.8 28.8 22
1999 2941 98.8 29.8 20.1
2000 3037 109.7 27.7 20.9
2001 3045 112.2 27.1 18.2
2002 3510 103.8 33.8 41.3
2003 3510 103.8 33.8 41.3
2004 3544 131.2 27.0 39.4
2005 3597 129.3 27.8 38.2
2006 3501 127.8 27.4 48.4
2007 3105 123.0 25.2 41
2008 2965 135.2 21.9 41
2009 2921 112.5 21.9 42.6
2010 2749 100.8 27.2 44.6
2011 2641 n/a n/a 50
2012 2593 94.5 27.4 n/a
2013 2448 83.5 29.3 56.3
2014 2385 85.0 28.0 61.6
2015 2422 87.0 27.8 55.2
2016 2441 88.0 27.7 61.1
2017 2401 89.0 26.9 69.8
2018 2364 93.5 25.2 67.3
2019 2338 97.0 24.1 61.7
2020 2352 n/a n/a 59.7
2021 2375 100.5 23.6 59.4
2022 2208 96.5 22.8 52.9
2023 2147 96.2 22.2 52.8

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 Taft Charter High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 3165 116.0 27.2 n/a
1989 3043 111.4 27.3 n/a
1990 3185 121.4 26.2 n/a
1991 3258 123.1 26.4 n/a
1992 3211 125.1 25.6 24.7
1993 3103 106.0 29.3 24.7
1994 2854 99.4 28.7 28
1995 2885 95.5 30.2 21.7
1996 2885 95.5 30.2 21.7
1997 3088 105.0 29.4 27.5
1998 2961 102.8 28.8 22
1999 2941 98.8 29.8 20.1
2000 3037 109.7 27.7 20.9
2001 3045 112.2 27.1 18.2
2002 3510 103.8 33.8 41.3
2003 3510 103.8 33.8 41.3
2004 3544 131.2 27.0 39.4
2005 3597 129.3 27.8 38.2
2006 3501 127.8 27.4 48.4
2007 3105 123.0 25.2 41
2008 2965 135.2 21.9 41
2009 2921 112.5 21.9 42.6
2010 2749 100.8 27.2 44.6
2011 2641 n/a n/a 50
2012 2593 94.5 27.4 n/a
2013 2448 83.5 29.3 56.3
2014 2385 85.0 28.0 61.6
2015 2422 87.0 27.8 55.2
2016 2441 88.0 27.7 61.1
2017 2401 89.0 26.9 69.8
2018 2364 93.5 25.2 67.3
2019 2338 97.0 24.1 61.7
2020 2352 n/a n/a 59.7
2021 2375 100.5 23.6 59.4
2022 2208 96.5 22.8 52.9
2023 2147 96.2 22.2 52.8

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Taft Charter High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $9,958

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Taft Charter High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 664th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 390th of 2348 High schools
 14.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Taft Charter High)65.767.1
 1.4%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Angeles Unified)51.748.9
 2.8%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Taft Charter High)40.542.2
 1.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified)25.320
 5.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Taft Charter High)39.738.9
 0.8%
   11th Grade Science (Los Angeles Unified)22.121.6
 0.4%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Taft Charter High)5.910
 4.1%
   12th Grade Science (Los Angeles Unified)8.27.5
 0.6%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students23382147
 8.2%
African American2010
 100%
American Indian110
 100%
Asian2480
 100%
Hispanic9020
 100%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White9740
 100%
Two or More Races10
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients61.7%52.8%
 8.9%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 2,147 students attended Taft Charter High.

Taft Charter High ranks 474th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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