Larchmont Charter, West Hollywood CA

Original Research by School Decision on Larchmont Charter

Larchmont Charter is a kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade charter school located on Fairfax Avenue in West Hollywood, serving a student body of roughly sixteen hundred students across four physical campuses. The school is part of the Larchmont Charter District, a single-school charter authorizer that operates only this school.

The school's student population is economically and racially diverse. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting economic mix across the enrollment. The school serves roughly equal proportions of white and Hispanic students, with a large Asian student population and smaller numbers of Black students and multiracial students. The data does not identify how many students are English learners or receive special education services.

In state testing, Larchmont Charter's results show strength in English language arts but softer performance in math and science. On the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress in ELA, students across the tested grades cluster around the middle to upper range of the proficiency distribution. Third graders perform somewhat above that band, while fourth graders fall below it slightly. Fifth through seventh graders all reach above the mid-mark. Performance in math is materially lower: third and sixth graders reach roughly the middle of the proficiency range, but fourth graders drop notably below that, and by eighth grade, fewer than half of students meet proficiency. Science results, assessed in fifth and eighth grades, are the school's weakest area, with fifth graders at about the mid-range and eighth graders noticeably below it.

Positioned relative to other districts in Los Angeles County, Larchmont Charter's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among tested schools. The school does not report a four-year graduation rate or chronic absenteeism data, either because those metrics are not yet available or because the school is still building its high school program and track record in those areas.

The school sits in West Hollywood, a densely urban, walkable city anchored in entertainment and hospitality. Housing in the area is largely multifamily, with apartments and condominiums dominating the stock. Single-family homes, Spanish colonial, and Regency-style residences remain in scattered residential pockets. Home values are substantial, and rental rates reflect the urban, entertainment-district location. West Hollywood operates no independent school district; students are served by Los Angeles Unified. The city is known as a center of Los Angeles's LGBTQ+ community and features highly walkable commercial corridors along Santa Monica Boulevard, Melrose, and Beverly. Free local transit, bikeways, and e-scooter access support car-light living, though parking is tight and traffic can be heavy during peak hours.

The school has recently undergone significant facility changes. In 2026, Larchmont Charter purchased a permanent Hollywood campus to replace a long-rented middle-school site on Selma Avenue, where annual rent had risen steeply year over year. The new facility, slated to open in August 2026, will house approximately one thousand two hundred students in grades four through eight and provides long-term campus stability. Earlier, in 2023-24, the school opened a new early-elementary campus on Wilshire Boulevard after losing its longtime Hollygrove location to redevelopment. That Wilshire campus now serves roughly three hundred students in transitional kindergarten through third grade, and the grade redistribution across the school's four campuses reflects the constraint that the charter allows only four physical sites.

A parent considering this school should recognize that it operates across multiple campuses scattered through West Hollywood and Hollywood, so families navigate different physical locations by grade level. The school's English language arts foundation is solid, but math and science proficiency show room for growth, particularly as students reach the middle grades. The school's top-quartile positioning within Los Angeles County reflects its strength relative to county peers, though a parent may want to look into the school's specific math and science strategies and supports when investigating further.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=95%Cohort of 91 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

2,394 schools plotted. 142 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 366%

School 66% · district not reported

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 457%

School 57% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 665%

School 65% · district not reported

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 764%

School 64% · district not reported

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 849%

School 49% · district not reported

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 370%

School 70% · district not reported

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 458%

School 58% · district not reported

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · district not reported

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 672%

School 72% · district not reported

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 775%

School 75% · district not reported

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 866%

School 66% · district not reported

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Science

Grade 558%

School 58% · district not reported

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 844%

School 44% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income60%Higher-income78%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income39%Higher-income73%34 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income63%Higher-income76%14 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income56%Higher-income85%30 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income66%Higher-income82%16 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income55%Higher-income76%21 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income55%Higher-income76%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income43%Higher-income69%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income41%Higher-income62%21 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income54%Higher-income74%20 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income55%Higher-income71%16 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income42%Higher-income55%13 pp gap