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PUC Lakeview Charter High

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PUC Lakeview Charter High ranks 349 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades 9-12

349^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 84% of California high schools

Summary

PUC Lakeview Charter High is a public charter high school serving 444 students in grades 9-12 in Sylmar, California, and it has earned a strong 4-star rating while showing remarkable improvement in its statewide ranking over the past five years.

The school excels in several key areas, particularly in English Language Arts where 83% of students are proficient—far above the state average and outperforming all nearby schools, including the high-achieving Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet. It also boasts exceptional graduation rates between 96% and 100%, significantly higher than the state average. Perhaps most impressively, the school has demonstrated a powerful recovery from pandemic-era challenges, climbing from the 40th to the 84th percentile statewide since 2021, which is one of the strongest rebounds in the region.

PUC Lakeview stands out for its effectiveness with all students, achieving rankings in the 93rd percentile for economically disadvantaged students and the 95th percentile for Hispanic students. While its per-student spending is higher than most schools in the Los Angeles Unified district, the investment correlates with strong outcomes. Along with its sister school, PUC Triumph Charter Academy and PUC Triumph Charter High, it shows the charter model can be highly successful in this community, though the similar success of the Sylmar Biotech Magnet shows excellent results are possible in different school models as well.

444

Students ?

19.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$30,776

Per pupil spending ?

89.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

13361 Glenoaks Blvd.
Sylmar, CA 91342-2110

(818) 356-2591

District: PUC Lakeview Charter High District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.5%

White:

1.1%

African American:

0.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 87th percentile in 2019 → 84th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (51% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 16% of California high schools

✓100% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (86%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school51%

California avg41%

349^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 16%▼ down 3 pts since 2019

From top 13% (2019) to top 16% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

177^th of 1,543PUC Lakeview Charter High District among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.4	349 of 2162	83.9%	★★★★☆
2024	81.1	395 of 2159	81.7%	★★★★☆
2023	71.6	549 of 2170	74.7%	★★★★☆
2022	61.7	676 of 2123	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	38.8	780 of 1290	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	85.0	279 of 2133	86.9%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	46.1	468 of 1161	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.9	328 of 555	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	88.9	77 of 1117	93.1%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.8	274 of 1906	85.6%	★★★★☆
2024	86.1	257 of 1915	86.6%	★★★★☆
2023	71.4	483 of 1915	74.8%	★★★★☆
2022	59.3	633 of 1858	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.8	691 of 1054	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	85.6	236 of 1833	87.1%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	92.3	102 of 1900	94.6%	★★★★★
2024	89.7	143 of 1902	92.5%	★★★★★
2023	83.3	258 of 1917	86.5%	★★★★☆
2022	70.8	419 of 1861	77.5%	★★★★☆
2019	94.1	66 of 1814	96.4%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.6	132 of 2013	93.4%	★★★★★
2024	88.3	204 of 2026	89.9%	★★★★☆
2023	81.8	309 of 2030	84.8%	★★★★☆
2022	69.9	443 of 1943	77.2%	★★★★☆
2021	47.1	590 of 1126	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	93.8	86 of 1937	95.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	75.7	425 of 1942	78.1%	★★★★☆
2024	70.1	516 of 1948	73.5%	★★★★☆
2023	66.8	560 of 1963	71.5%	★★★★☆
2022	60.1	638 of 1916	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.8	715 of 1122	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	75.9	395 of 1880	79.0%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	70.5	238 of 1252	81.0%	★★★★☆
2024	46.7	511 of 1216	58.0%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2025)95th percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)93rd percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)86th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)81st percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)78th percentile-6 vs school

Disabled (2022)60th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy83%+34 vs state

Science36%+3 vs state

Mathematics36%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
PUC Triumph Charter Academy and PUC Triumph Charter High	Public, Charter	6-12	13361 Glenoaks Blvd.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	PUC Triumph Charter Academy and PUC Triumph Charter High Di	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 837-6221	794	40	19.8	88.8%	17 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	763 (96.1%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	76	477^th of 2162 public high schools	77.9%		74.3	491^st of 2159 public high schools	77.3%	14	47.9			42.6	45.5	63.3	47.9	63.0	64.6	59.3	35.8	17.7	53.8	27.5	34.3	$21,235	$2,182	$19,053
PUC Lakeview Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	13361 Glenoaks Blvd.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	PUC Lakeview Charter High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 356-2591	444	23	19.3	89.9%	5 (1.1%)	3 (0.7%)	433 (97.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	83.4	349^th of 2162 public high schools	83.9%		81.1	395^th of 2159 public high schools	81.7%	46				36.1	36.1				83.2	83.2				35.6	35.6	$30,776	$3,407	$27,369
Sylmar Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	13050 Borden Ave.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 833-3700	1,463	77	19.0	87.1%	29 (2.0%)	19 (1.3%)	1,392 (95.1%)	11 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (0.7%)	44.1	1164^th of 2162 public high schools	46.2%		38.1	1289^th of 2159 public high schools	40.3%	125			22.8	2.9	20.7				49.8	49.8				20.1	20.1	$22,865	$4,182	$18,683
Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet	Public	9-12	13050 Borden Ave.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 833-3723	205	12	16.8	95.1%	6 (2.9%)	3 (1.5%)	188 (91.7%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	77.6	456^th of 2162 public high schools	78.9%		58.4	807^th of 2159 public high schools	62.6%	351			41.3		41.3				73.0	73.0				34.9	34.9	$27,986	$5,864	$22,122
Evergreen Continuation	Public	9-12	13101 Dronfield Ave.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 367-5989	67	4	16.8	89.6%	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (94.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	14.3	1827^th of 2162 public high schools	15.5%		10	2073^rd of 2159 public high schools	4.0%	246				0.0	0.0				12.5	12.5				8.7	8.7	$29,575	$6,921	$22,654
Nidorf SYTF Barry J.	Public	6-12	16350 Filbert St.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 367-5942	35	6	6.3	91.4%	1 (2.9%)	9 (25.7%)	25 (71.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																$39,728	$13,187	$26,541
Discovery Charter Preparatory #2	Public, Charter	9-12	13570 Eldridge Ave.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 897-1187	208	10	20.8	81.7%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	204 (98.1%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	35.5	1371^st of 2162 public high schools	36.6%		49.7	1003^rd of 2159 public high schools	53.5%	368		8.5		23.1	11.7				50.0	50.0				13.0	13.0	$21,339	$5,426	$15,913
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Acads-Academy of Scientific Explr (ASE)	Public	9-12	1001 Arroyo Ave.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 838-3926	420	21	20.4	91.2%	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	407 (96.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	33.5	1413^th of 2162 public high schools	34.6%		33.8	1401^st of 2159 public high schools	35.1%	12			16.0		15.2				35.8	35.8				20.0	20.0	$19,526	$3,214	$16,312
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Acads-Soc Just Humanitas Academy	Public	9-12	1001 Arroyo Ave.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 838-3915	417	21	20.1	92.6%	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	409 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	39.9	1262^nd of 2162 public high schools	41.6%		29.3	1505^th of 2159 public high schools	30.3%	243			14.1		12.9				55.3	55.3				15.5	15.5	$18,820	$3,466	$15,354
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Acads-Arts/Theatre/Entertain Mag	Public	9-12	1001 Arroyo Ave.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 837-6428	300	20	15.2	86.0%	15 (5.0%)	12 (4.0%)	266 (88.7%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	51.9	994^th of 2162 public high schools	54.0%		55.7	859^th of 2159 public high schools	60.2%	135			19.5		18.8				62.8	62.8				23.2	23.2	$24,413	$4,477	$19,936

Frequently Asked Questions about PUC Lakeview Charter High

What district is PUC Lakeview Charter High in?

PUC Lakeview Charter High District

What is the racial makeup of PUC Lakeview Charter High?

Students at PUC Lakeview Charter High are 98% Hispanic, 1% White.

How many students attend PUC Lakeview Charter High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 444 students attended PUC Lakeview Charter High.

Is PUC Lakeview Charter High a good school?

PUC Lakeview Charter High ranks 349^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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