Summary:
The Education Corps District in Long Beach, California, contains a single high school, The Education Corps, serving grades 9-12 with 278 students, where over 91% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a student body with significant economic need.
This school faces profound challenges, ranking consistently in the bottom 15% of California high schools. Academic proficiency is critically low, with 0% of students proficient in math and only 1.79% proficient in English, far below state averages. A major contributing factor is an extreme chronic absenteeism rate of 80.6%, which is more than four times the state average and directly impacts the school's 28.2% graduation rate and 34.7% dropout rate. Despite average per-student spending, the school operates with a very high student-teacher ratio of 41 to 1.
While most subjects show severe struggle, science proficiency at 15.38% is notably higher, suggesting some instructional strengths. The school and the broader The Education Corps District, which ranks in the bottom 7% statewide, require comprehensive support focused urgently on improving student attendance, academic intervention, and classroom staffing to create a foundation for learning.
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