Summary:
The Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise District contains a single public charter school, Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise, which serves grades 6 through 12 with a small enrollment of about 200 students.
This school presents a complex picture for parents, with significant strengths and challenges. Its most notable achievement is an exceptionally high graduation rate of 96.2%, far exceeding the state average, coupled with a very low dropout rate. However, standardized test scores in core subjects like English, math, and science are significantly below state averages, with math proficiency particularly low. The school also contends with a chronic absenteeism rate higher than the state average, which can impact learning.
Despite these academic struggles, the school benefits from a low student-to-teacher ratio and very high per-student spending, indicating substantial resources are available. The student population faces considerable economic need. For parents, the key takeaway is that the school successfully supports students to graduation but has not yet translated that success into high levels of academic proficiency as measured by state tests.
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