Summary:
The College Bridge Academy District in Long Beach, California, consists of a single high school, College Bridge Academy, serving grades 9 through 12 to approximately 255 students.
College Bridge Academy serves a community where over 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating significant economic need, and it invests heavily in its students with per-student spending far above the state average. Despite this substantial investment and serving a high-needs population, the school faces profound challenges, most notably a chronic absenteeism rate of nearly 75%, which is a key factor behind its low graduation rate, high dropout rate, and very low proficiency scores in English and math.
However, the school is on a positive trajectory, having significantly improved its statewide ranking from the 6th to the 28th percentile in recent years, and its science scores are much closer to the state average than other subjects. For parents, this indicates a school that is actively working to overcome severe obstacles related to student attendance and poverty, showing signs of improvement but where academic results still lag far behind typical California high schools.
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