New Horizons Charter Academy, North Hollywood CA

Original Research by School Decision on New Horizons Charter Academy

New Horizons Charter Academy is a small charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in North Hollywood, situated in the NoHo Arts District where the neighborhood's walk-oriented core clusters around the Metro station and the intersection of Lankershim and Chandler Boulevards. The school sits at the edge of a community in flux: the area is undergoing substantial transit-oriented redevelopment with a major Metro joint development planned to bring thousands of new housing units, while the surrounding blocks still hold the quieter residential character of bungalows and older apartment complexes that have historically defined North Hollywood.

The student body is small, drawn from a neighborhood where the vast majority of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is ethnically mixed, with a majority Hispanic population alongside white, Asian, Black, and multiracial students. Data on English learner status and special education enrollment were not available from the sources reviewed, so a parent may want to look into how the school serves those populations.

Test results show academic performance that lags the midpoint among Los Angeles County districts. In math, proficiency improves slightly in grade three but then narrows considerably through the middle grades, dropping most sharply in seventh grade. English language arts performance is more mixed, stronger in grades four and five and again in grades seven and eight, but notably weaker in sixth grade. Science data was available only for grades five and eight; grade five shows moderate proficiency while grade eight is substantially lower. The pattern suggests the school struggles with math achievement, particularly as students move into the upper elementary and early middle grades, while ELA shows grade-by-grade volatility. A parent may want to ask the school about its approach to math instruction, especially for the grades where proficiency appears weakest.

The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. No data on teacher staffing, course breadth, or discipline climate were available. Housing values in the 91601 zip code are somewhat above the state median, while monthly rents are also moderately above state average, reflecting the neighborhood's increasing appeal and development activity. The area is relatively walkable, with good access to the Metro system and the arts district's cultural amenities, though typical Los Angeles car dependence still applies outside the immediate station zone.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 356%

School 56% · district not reported

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 440%

School 40% · district not reported

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 540%

School 40% · district not reported

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 637%

School 37% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 729%

School 29% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · district not reported

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 340%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 565%

School 65% · district not reported

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

Grade 628%

School 28% · district not reported

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 753%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 857%

School 57% · district not reported

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Science

Grade 545%

School 45% · district not reported

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

Grade 813%

School 13% · district not reported

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below 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.