Summary:
The ICEF Innovation Los Angeles Charter District consists of a single elementary school, ICEF Innovation Los Angeles Charter, serving grades K-5 in the South Los Angeles area (90037) with a high-needs student population where over 98% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Academic performance at the school shows a mixed picture, with significant variation between subjects and grades. While mathematics scores are relatively close to the state average, English Language Arts proficiency is notably lower, and science scores are critically low at just 7.14%, representing the largest gap. A bright spot is fourth-grade mathematics, where students actually outperform the state average by 9 percentage points, suggesting effective instructional practices at that grade level that could be a model for improvement elsewhere.
Despite per-student spending of over $25,000, the school faces challenges with chronic absenteeism above the state average and a student-teacher ratio of nearly 24 to 1. The school's state ranking, while still in the lower percentiles, has shown improvement over the past three years. For parents, this indicates a school serving a community with significant economic needs that is investing substantial resources and has pockets of success but requires focused attention, particularly on science education and student attendance, to help all students reach proficiency.
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