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Larchmont Charter

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12
906th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,857 California Alternative Schools
Better than 85% of California alternative schools
Summary

Larchmont Charter is a high-performing K-12 public charter school in West Hollywood, serving 1,767 students with a consistent record of academic excellence and strong student engagement.

The school significantly outperforms California state averages in English, math, and science proficiency, and its graduation rates are consistently above 90%. A standout feature is its remarkably low chronic absenteeism rate of 9.2%, which is less than half the state average and indicates a highly engaged student body. These strong outcomes are achieved with moderate per-student spending, suggesting efficient and effective operations. While labeled an "alternative" school, it functions as a high-achieving mainstream option, serving a socioeconomically diverse population with over 40% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

When compared to other Los Angeles Unified schools in the area, Larchmont's results are particularly notable. It far exceeds the academic performance of nearby schools like Marlton and UCLA Community K-12. Its low absenteeism and high graduation rates also contrast sharply with the challenges faced by virtual or specialized schools in the comparison, such as the Leadership & Public Service Virtual Academy. This demonstrates Larchmont's success as a comprehensive, in-person educational institution within the Larchmont Charter District.

1,767
Students ?
24.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
43.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1265 North Fairfax Ave.
       West Hollywood, CA  90004-5205

(323) 656-6418

District: Larchmont Charter District

Racial breakdown:

White:
34.3%
Hispanic:
25.6%
Asian:
24.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 80th percentile in 2022 → 96th in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the California average (63% vs 41% meeting standards)
Ranks in the top 15% of California alternative schools
91% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (86%)
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school63%
California avg41%
Elementary school
906th of 5,857
California public elementary schools ?
Top 15%▼ down 6 pts since 2019
From top 9% (2019) to top 15% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
331st of 2,761
California public middle schools ?
Top 12%▲ up 4 pts since 2019
From top 16% (2019) to top 12% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of California Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
97th of 2,162
California public high schools ?
Top 4%▲ up 27 pts since 2019
From top 31% (2019) to top 4% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of California High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202585.4906 of 585784.5%★★★★☆
202490.9638 of 586989.1%★★★★☆
202389.8723 of 585987.7%★★★★☆
202289.3725 of 588387.7%★★★★☆
201991.9524 of 578990.9%★★★★★

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202557.3659 of 120345.2%★★☆☆☆
202459.5621 of 120548.5%★★☆☆☆
202354.5680 of 119042.9%★★☆☆☆
202255.8650 of 115443.7%★★☆☆☆
201963.8492 of 114957.2%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202288.0194 of 222791.3%★★★★★
201991.6155 of 258594.0%★★★★★

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202390.6127 of 324596.1%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202585.0844 of 559784.9%★★★★☆
202487.8730 of 561287.0%★★★★☆
202385.8849 of 560984.9%★★★★☆
202283.3954 of 563583.1%★★★★☆
201989.9566 of 549289.7%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202577.1856 of 510783.2%★★★★☆
202484.7558 of 510789.1%★★★★☆
202379.7746 of 508785.3%★★★★☆
202270.91114 of 508478.1%★★★★☆
201979.8715 of 496385.6%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202583.2645 of 546088.2%★★★★☆
202487.2544 of 551790.1%★★★★★
202392.0314 of 536394.1%★★★★★
202288.9402 of 526492.4%★★★★★
201994.8149 of 517397.1%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202583.0942 of 562883.3%★★★★☆
202491.1535 of 564390.5%★★★★★
202390.9558 of 563890.1%★★★★★
202291.3553 of 566390.2%★★★★★
201992.1444 of 551091.9%★★★★★

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202556.0364 of 71849.3%★★☆☆☆
202468.1235 of 67064.9%★★★☆☆
202371.4193 of 66971.2%★★★★☆
202269.0201 of 61067.0%★★★☆☆
201971.2123 of 44572.4%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202576.5443 of 284784.4%★★★★☆
202495.599 of 263596.2%★★★★★
202384.9235 of 242090.3%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202574.7602 of 259876.8%★★★★☆
202482.3338 of 265187.3%★★★★☆
202382.0348 of 266186.9%★★★★☆
202283.4328 of 272688.0%★★★★☆
201985.6245 of 283491.4%★★★★★
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202587.3331 of 276188.0%★★★★☆
202491.3247 of 278391.1%★★★★★
202379.0511 of 278181.6%★★★★☆
202284.9389 of 274085.8%★★★★☆
201981.8443 of 271583.7%★★★★☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202564.4305 of 73958.7%★★★☆☆
202473.5199 of 74373.2%★★★★☆
202352.1399 of 71544.2%★★☆☆☆
202258.8353 of 73351.8%★★★☆☆
201957.2370 of 74550.3%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202295.248 of 153196.9%★★★★★
201971.5267 of 149182.1%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202584.7343 of 253386.5%★★★★☆
202485.2345 of 255186.5%★★★★☆
202378.1473 of 253181.3%★★★★☆
202274.9529 of 250978.9%★★★★☆
201983.6350 of 238085.3%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202569.9533 of 239577.7%★★★★☆
202474.6427 of 238882.1%★★★★☆
202367.4570 of 237476.0%★★★★☆
202262.9648 of 235972.5%★★★★☆
201969.0500 of 221377.4%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202588.1205 of 254291.9%★★★★★
202489.1202 of 257992.2%★★★★★
202382.8282 of 253188.9%★★★★☆
202289.4153 of 245893.8%★★★★★
201984.4222 of 236990.6%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202587.2309 of 253487.8%★★★★☆
202493.3182 of 255292.9%★★★★★
202377.8481 of 253881.0%★★★★☆
202289.0273 of 252789.2%★★★★☆
201978.1464 of 240780.7%★★★★☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202573.8185 of 72674.5%★★★★☆
202473.9173 of 70175.3%★★★★☆
202352.8334 of 67750.7%★★★☆☆
202259.7268 of 66559.7%★★★☆☆
201957.8270 of 55451.3%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202580.7172 of 156689.0%★★★★☆
202494.557 of 155296.3%★★★★★
202395.252 of 153196.6%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202579.8253 of 152083.4%★★★★☆
202484.8154 of 153790.0%★★★★★
202372.7368 of 154376.2%★★★★☆
202278.3276 of 155582.3%★★★★☆
201971.6416 of 160274.0%★★★★☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202594.997 of 216295.5%★★★★★
202487.6268 of 215987.6%★★★★☆
202394.3132 of 217093.9%★★★★★
202278.0415 of 212380.5%★★★★☆
201963.3668 of 213368.7%★★★☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202578.9120 of 58579.5%★★★★☆
202457.9283 of 57350.6%★★★☆☆
202370.3200 of 59166.2%★★★☆☆
202238.7384 of 58133.9%★★☆☆☆
201934.3419 of 58228.0%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202592.5126 of 190693.4%★★★★★
202487.3234 of 191587.8%★★★★☆
202394.993 of 191595.1%★★★★★
202272.6430 of 185876.9%★★★★☆
201957.6681 of 183362.8%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202574.4407 of 190078.6%★★★★☆
202473.2417 of 190278.1%★★★★☆
202370.4476 of 191775.2%★★★★☆
202268.5463 of 186175.1%★★★★☆
201950.4863 of 181452.4%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202598.234 of 201398.3%★★★★★
202495.677 of 202696.2%★★★★★
202396.960 of 203097.0%★★★★★
202282.1242 of 194387.5%★★★★☆
201980.1290 of 193785.0%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202595.485 of 194295.6%★★★★★
202484.0301 of 194884.5%★★★★☆
202391.1191 of 196390.3%★★★★★
202279.2339 of 191682.3%★★★★☆
201962.9616 of 188067.2%★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202588.356 of 57790.3%★★★★★
202466.7193 of 57466.4%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202597.431 of 125297.5%★★★★★
202475.6190 of 121684.4%★★★★☆
202395.342 of 119796.5%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202588.883 of 115592.8%★★★★★
202485.9127 of 117389.2%★★★★☆
202389.094 of 119392.1%★★★★★
202256.9504 of 120458.1%★★★☆☆
201952.3592 of 122251.6%★★★☆☆
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)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2023)96th percentile+8 vs school
Disabled (2022)91st percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)88th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)85th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)84th percentile~ school
Male (2025)83rd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)83rd percentile~ school
White (2025)77th percentile-8 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)49th percentile-35 vs school
Asian (2025)45th percentile-39 vs school
Middle school
Disabled (2022)97th percentile+11 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)92nd percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2025)89th percentile~ school
Male (2025)88th percentile~ school
Female (2025)86th percentile~ school
White (2025)83rd percentile-5 vs school
Hispanic (2025)78th percentile-10 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)75th percentile-13 vs school
Asian (2025)59th percentile-29 vs school
High school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)98th percentile+3 vs school
Special Education (2025)98th percentile~ school
Male (2025)96th percentile~ school
Female (2025)93rd percentile~ school
White (2025)93rd percentile-3 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)90th percentile-5 vs school
Asian (2025)79th percentile-16 vs school
Hispanic (2025)79th percentile-17 vs school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy70%+22 vs state
Mathematics59%+22 vs state
Science56%+23 vs state

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by a parent
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Open Quote Elementary is really good. We were really nervous because we’d never hear good things about the upper grades and that turned out to be true. Part of it is the weird grouping of ages (K-4j and (5-7) that makes it feel like a revolving culture and the other part is who leaves— it is like the people who can get on the opportunity train do so really undercutting the whole inclusive/ diversity message. Selma has never had a strong leader, has more high needs kids every year, school is fun but SO easy and not at all grade level even compared to the lousy local district schools. They change policies ALL the time like we do academic honors but not this year and next year we do have them but only these grades and we aren’t telling which. Or totally not use volunteers but let things look like crap like the exterior of the school (I personally know four people who offered to transform the school) instead it is same ugliness. Or someone Volunteer builds the library and won’t let kids use it. It is just since an inept place and I guarantee you have you have any clue you aren’t going to tolerate it. Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, October 10, 2019

Open Quote The elementary schools are very good, but are less academic than before. Lots of enrichments, decent class size, good libraries/music/art/gardening etc. five stars

But it all goes wrong at the Selma campus which is really unimpressive. Weak teachers, never had a decent administrator and the turnover is outrageous. Bad tempered office step, no control over teachers. Fully half of kids leave between the end of 4th and 7th. And it is the best students, stable families, wealthier people, etc because the academics are such edutainment. There is a heavy fundraising component which was fine when the school was good and then you realize the elementary schools fund the entire program including the lousy high school. Massive gender imbalance. Totally opposed to gifted testing or honors testing. Do not believe ANYthing LCS says about “differentiation” one star Close Quote





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Students at Larchmont Charter are 34% White, 26% Hispanic, 24% Asian, 12% Two or more races, 4% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,767 students attended Larchmont Charter.

Larchmont Charter ranks 906th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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