Mixed School Results; LAUSD Reports Record Gains

Recent school-performance snapshots show wide variation across districts and schools. Alliance Community Schools/Dayton Leadership Academy reported low proficiency (18% math, 28% reading), well below Ohio averages (53% math, 57% reading). Gold Beach Jr./Sr. High outperformed its district and state with 50% math and 90% reading proficiency versus Oregon’s 33% math and 44% reading. Altus Schools South Bay posted very low math proficiency (12%) but stronger reading (47%), matching its district pattern and outperforming California reading averages while lagging in math. Shiprock Northwest High School is a small (about 150 students) 7–12 school with a 21:1 student–teacher ratio, 98% of students economically disadvantaged, and is currently unranked in New Mexico. At the district level, Los Angeles Unified reported its highest-ever statewide test performance after centralized, data-driven curricula, equity funding and large-scale teacher training, with tools like i-Ready and Illustrative Math and oversight by Superintendent Alberto Carvalho; one elementary (25th/135th) saw chronic absenteeism fall and ELA rise from 25% to 37% and math from 26% to 34%.