Is Westwood Charter Elementary a good school?

Yes. Westwood Charter Elementary ranks in the top 6.6% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Westwood Charter Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 662 students attended Westwood Charter Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Westwood Charter Elementary?

Students at Westwood Charter Elementary are 52% White, 18% Two or more races, 18% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Westwood Charter Elementary attend?

Students who attend Westwood Charter Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Daniel Webster Middle Middle : Emerson Community Charter High : University High School Charter

Westwood Charter Elementary

Summary:

Westwood Charter Elementary is a public charter elementary school in Los Angeles, California, serving 638 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. This high-performing school consistently ranks in the top 5-10% of California elementary schools, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, significantly outperforming the Los Angeles Unified School District and the state of California.

Westwood Charter Elementary students excel academically, with 72.95% proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 43.06% for the district and 47.04% for the state. This trend extends across all grade levels and subject areas, with Westwood Charter students scoring 20-30 percentage points higher than their district and state counterparts. The school's strong performance is consistent across all student subgroups, including female, male, Asian, Hispanic, White, and multi-racial students, as well as students from low socioeconomic backgrounds and students with disabilities.

Westwood Charter Elementary's exceptional performance is further highlighted by its low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 1.2% to 13.1%, and its relatively low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, between 12.11% and 13.26%. While the school outperforms nearby Warner Avenue Elementary, Brockton Avenue Elementary, and Fairburn Avenue Elementary, another nearby school, Overland Avenue Elementary, also performs exceptionally well and is ranked in the top 1-2% of California elementary schools.

Detail:

Public, Charter K-5

2050 Selby Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90025-6311

(310) 474-7788

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
388^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,776

Students who attend Westwood Charter Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Daniel Webster Middle
	Emerson Community Charter
High:	University High School Charter

Student/teacher ratio: 24.5

Number of students: 662

Racial breakdown:

White:

51.5%

Two or more races:

18.4%

Asian:

17.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 18.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Westwood Charter Elementary ranks better than 93.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 24^th among 486 ranked elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 94.47. (See more...)

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

Compare Details Student population at Westwood Charter Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (51.5%), two or more races (18.4%), Asian (17.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 18.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Westwood Charter Elementary is 24.5. 484 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Westwood Charter Elementary is $8,776. 478 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Westwood Charter Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Westwood Charter Elementary 388^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Westwood Charter Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Los Angeles Unified:

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

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Rank History for Westwood Charter Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Westwood Charter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	93.64	300^th	4809	93.8%
2005	94.22	259^th	4822	94.6%
2006	94.76	226^th	4818	95.3%
2007	88.99	564^th	5113	89.0%
2008	89.12	542^nd	5113	89.4%
2009	91.48	390^th	5193	92.5%
2010	88.47	541^st	5314	89.8%
2011	90.99	378^th	5377	93.0%
2012	92.87	224^th	5390	95.8%
2013	93.51	214^th	5530	96.1%
2015	93.77	395^th	5611	93.0%
2016	93.74	398^th	5614	92.9%
2017	91.40	551^st	5692	90.3%
2018	91.22	558^th	5662	90.1%
2019	93.50	403^rd	5789	93.0%
2022	95.97	292^nd	5883	95.0%
2023	95.75	295^th	5874	95.0%
2024	94.47	388^th	5862	93.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Westwood Charter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	76.86	65^th	339	80.8%
2019	74.70	102^nd	445	77.1%
2022	67.32	218^th	610	64.3%
2023	76.36	152^nd	669	77.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Westwood Charter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	74.92	920^th	5084	81.9%
2019	82.62	596^th	5173	88.5%
2023	95.00	193^rd	5374	96.4%
2024	91.48	387^th	5511	93.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Westwood Charter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	88.85	624^th	5413	88.5%
2019	92.94	364^th	5492	93.4%
2022	97.26	124^th	5635	97.8%
2023	94.67	306^th	5617	94.6%
2024	92.34	477^th	5605	91.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Westwood Charter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	90.73	141^st	2128	93.4%
2019	85.30	259^th	2585	90.0%
2022	95.13	101^st	2227	95.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Westwood Charter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	90.41	549^th	5431	89.9%
2019	92.06	445^th	5510	91.9%
2022	92.82	460^th	5663	91.9%
2023	95.20	292^nd	5650	94.8%
2024	94.66	307^th	5636	94.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Westwood Charter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	67.79	408^th	1071	61.9%
2019	57.70	595^th	1149	48.2%
2022	75.33	266^th	1154	76.9%
2023	72.44	345^th	1190	71.0%
2024	72.02	365^th	1203	69.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Westwood Charter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	96.75	90^th	4830	98.1%
2019	90.13	299^th	4963	94.0%
2022	99.58	19^th	5084	99.6%
2023	94.01	201^st	5098	96.1%
2024	93.94	212^th	5102	95.8%

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Rank History for White students at Westwood Charter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	72.26	744^th	2737	72.8%
2019	80.47	455^th	2834	83.9%
2022	84.80	275^th	2726	89.9%
2023	85.37	241^st	2662	90.9%
2024	85.94	211^th	2647	92.0%

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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

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent
Sunday, September 29, 2019

Work is a competition among parents, not a learning experience for the children. Teachers are non-responsive and refuse to listen to parental input. Kids socially bully and the bullying is written off by administration... Don't tell me it's not bullying! I'm an AMFT who work in schools and does seminars on the different types of bullying!!!!
When the school feels that you or your child don't fit into their cookie cutter idea of what people "should" be, they will make your life miserable, "anonymously " report you to government officials, expect you to sign papers that have not been filled out, try to pigeonhole your kid into diagnoses are FAR from reality... and, more than that, they expect you to THANK them for the opportunity to do unnecessary assessments!!! It's good that my husband and I were too smart, too educated and love our child TOO much to give into the nonsense! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Westwood Charter Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	325	98	76	87	3	n/a	n/a	0	589
1989	295	116	90	91	2	n/a	n/a	0	594
1990	333	89	72	100	0	n/a	n/a	0	594
1991	325	73	87	123	0	n/a	n/a	0	608
1992	341	74	87	135	3	n/a	n/a	0	640
1993	374	67	84	122	2	n/a	n/a	0	649
1994	363	58	76	78	1	n/a	n/a	0	576
1995	475	74	90	56	2	n/a	n/a	0	697
1996	475	74	90	56	2	n/a	n/a	0	697
1997	484	63	90	57	2	n/a	n/a	0	696
1998	503	66	97	54	3	n/a	n/a	0	723
1999	513	62	89	62	6	n/a	n/a	0	732
2000	509	54	103	67	5	n/a	n/a	0	738
2001	490	54	116	71	3	n/a	n/a	0	734
2002	496	56	112	69	5	n/a	n/a	0	738
2003	496	56	112	69	5	n/a	n/a	0	738
2004	507	46	103	73	4	n/a	n/a	0	733
2005	512	42	128	62	6	n/a	n/a	0	750
2006	511	45	128	56	6	n/a	n/a	0	746
2007	525	29	121	42	6	n/a	n/a	26	749
2008	565	28	128	43	5	n/a	n/a	0	769
2009	562	23	130	39	3	1	24	0	782
2010	549	31	124	64	3	1	21	0	793
2011	529	37	131	71	4	6	0	0	778
2012	557	33	132	68	2	4	2	0	798
2013	581	35	166	80	3	5	1	0	871
2014	575	37	174	82	0	6	0	0	874
2015	571	24	141	76	0	5	66	0	883
2016	537	19	153	62	0	3	74	0	848
2017	539	15	146	77	0	3	75	0	855
2018	503	20	131	90	1	2	82	0	829
2019	532	28	168	94	2	1	0	0	825
2020	489	15	138	98	1	2	81	0	824
2021	453	20	125	99	1	2	77	0	777
2022	362	16	115	78	1	2	70	0	644
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	638	638
2024	341	14	116	69	0	0	122	0	662

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 Westwood Charter Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	589	23.0	25.6	n/a
1989	594	23.0	25.8	n/a
1990	594	23.5	25.2	n/a
1991	608	25.1	24.2	n/a
1992	640	25.5	25.0	29.2
1993	649	24.0	27.0	23.6
1994	576	23.0	25.0	19.8
1995	697	26.0	26.8	10.8
1996	697	26.0	26.8	10.8
1997	696	33.0	21.1	9.9
1998	723	33.0	21.9	8.7
1999	732	38.0	19.3	9
2000	738	38.0	19.4	10.8
2001	734	38.0	19.3	11.4
2002	738	37.5	19.7	9.1
2003	738	37.5	19.7	9.1
2004	733	37.0	19.8	6.8
2005	750	38.0	19.7	4.8
2006	746	37.0	20.2	5.2
2007	749	37.0	20.2	4.3
2008	769	41.0	18.8	3.4
2009	782	36.0	21.1	4.6
2010	793	35.0	22.6	4.9
2011	778	n/a	n/a	4
2012	798	30.5	26.1	n/a
2013	871	34.0	25.6	6.1
2014	874	34.0	25.7	6.8
2015	883	36.0	24.5	6.8
2016	848	35.0	24.2	7.2
2017	855	35.0	24.4	8.3
2018	829	35.0	23.6	11.1
2019	825	34.0	24.2	9.3
2020	824	n/a	n/a	11.3
2021	777	32.0	24.2	13.3
2022	644	31.0	20.7	12.1
2023	638	27.0	23.6	12.7
2024	662	27.0	24.5	18.3

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 Westwood Charter Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	589	23.0	25.6	n/a
1989	594	23.0	25.8	n/a
1990	594	23.5	25.2	n/a
1991	608	25.1	24.2	n/a
1992	640	25.5	25.0	29.2
1993	649	24.0	27.0	23.6
1994	576	23.0	25.0	19.8
1995	697	26.0	26.8	10.8
1996	697	26.0	26.8	10.8
1997	696	33.0	21.1	9.9
1998	723	33.0	21.9	8.7
1999	732	38.0	19.3	9
2000	738	38.0	19.4	10.8
2001	734	38.0	19.3	11.4
2002	738	37.5	19.7	9.1
2003	738	37.5	19.7	9.1
2004	733	37.0	19.8	6.8
2005	750	38.0	19.7	4.8
2006	746	37.0	20.2	5.2
2007	749	37.0	20.2	4.3
2008	769	41.0	18.8	3.4
2009	782	36.0	21.1	4.6
2010	793	35.0	22.6	4.9
2011	778	n/a	n/a	4
2012	798	30.5	26.1	n/a
2013	871	34.0	25.6	6.1
2014	874	34.0	25.7	6.8
2015	883	36.0	24.5	6.8
2016	848	35.0	24.2	7.2
2017	855	35.0	24.4	8.3
2018	829	35.0	23.6	11.1
2019	825	34.0	24.2	9.3
2020	824	n/a	n/a	11.3
2021	777	32.0	24.2	13.3
2022	644	31.0	20.7	12.1
2023	638	27.0	23.6	12.7
2024	662	27.0	24.5	18.3

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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