Reseda Charter High, Reseda CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Reseda Charter High

Reseda Charter High is a comprehensive middle and high school serving grades six through twelve in the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles, with an enrollment of about thirteen hundred students. The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District but operates as a charter school. The population is predominantly Latino and economically disadvantaged, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school also serves a diverse student body across racial and ethnic lines, with smaller populations of white, Asian, and Black students.

The academic picture shows weak overall performance. State testing in mathematics yields proficiency rates in the low-to-mid twenty percent range across grades six through eight. English language arts performs somewhat better, with rates in the mid-to-upper thirty to low forty percent range in the same grades. Science proficiency, tested in eighth grade, sits in the low twenty percent range. Across all tested subjects and grades, Reseda Charter High's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Los Angeles County. These results suggest that a meaningful share of students are not meeting grade-level benchmarks in core subjects, particularly in mathematics and science.

The school's grades seven and eight cohorts are notably small, with under a hundred students in each year. The ninth through twelfth grade enrollment grows significantly, with the largest grade being eleventh. This configuration is typical for a charter school operating across both middle and high school levels. The very small middle school grades are a structural feature worth considering if you are thinking about school transitions; they mean a tighter peer group at that stage.

Reseda sits in a residential neighborhood undergoing gradual densification and reinvestment. The area is a postwar suburban development of single-family homes, apartments, and small commercial corridors anchored by Reseda Boulevard and Sherman Way. The neighborhood is dense for the San Fernando Valley and multicultural. Housing values are moderate for Los Angeles, though rents are substantial as a share of household income. The commercial center of the neighborhood is being revitalized through projects including senior housing, a mixed-use development, and a new ice rink. The Metro G Line (bus rapid transit) serves the area with a Reseda station, and the West Valley Regional Branch Library is a public anchor.

Los Angeles Unified, the school's parent district, recently passed a major school facilities bond that will raise property taxes in the district over a long repayment period. The district also implemented a district-wide ban on student cell phones, smartwatches, and earbuds during the school day in February 2025, a policy in effect at Reseda Charter High. The district is funding culturally responsive programming through its Black Student Achievement Plan, which supports schools across the district.

State testing data was available only for the most recent school year, so trend information was not available. Graduation rate data was not provided in the available records. Course offerings, program details, staffing information, attendance rates, and discipline data were not available, so a parent may want to contact the school directly to understand what pathways and supports are in place, particularly for high school students.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

92.0%Cohort of 336 students · Class of 2021

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 625%

School 25% · District 35% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 34% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 825%

School 25% · District 32% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 46% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 742%

School 42% · District 46% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 45% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Science

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 27% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

This schoolLos Angeles Unified, 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 6Lower-income35%Higher-income47%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income40%Higher-income50%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income22%Higher-income35%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income21%Higher-income50%29 pp gap