Virtual Academy of Business & Entrepreneurship

Virtual Academy of Business & Entrepreneurship is an alternative K–12 school in Tarzana, California, serving 641 students in Los Angeles Unified. Its results vary by subject and grade, and its strongest all-grade subject is math. The most urgent concern is attendance: in 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 74%, compared with 23% in the district and 18% statewide. It has improved from 84% in 2022–2023, but remains exceptionally high.

Math is the school’s clearest academic strength: 42% were proficient in 2025–2026, above the district’s 40% and the state’s 38%; it also topped the 39% average of four nearby Los Angeles Unified schools with scores, though it ranked third of the five schools. ELA is weaker: 40% proficiency was below the district’s 48%, the state’s 49%, and nearby schools’ 51% average; it ranked second-lowest of the five. Science was 31.9%, just below the district’s 32.1%, the state’s 36%, and the nearby average of 33%. Results also differ by grade: math in grades 6–8 was above state results, while grades 3–5 math was below; grade 8 ELA was also notably weak.

Scores have risen since 2022–2023: math increased from 20% to 42%, ELA from 33% to 40%, and science from 16% to 32%. Graduation improved from 54% to 79%, but remains below the latest district rate of 90% and state rate of 88%; dropout fell from 30% to 15%, still above the district’s 6% and state’s 8%. In 2024–2025, 87% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the second-highest rate among nearby schools with the same measure; California provides free meals to all students statewide. The student–teacher ratio was 22.8 in 2024–2025. SchoolDigger rates the district, not this school: Los Angeles Unified ranked 450 of 968, at the 54th percentile, with 3 stars. A school-level SchoolDigger rank is not provided, and the school’s grade 10 science result is suppressed.