Summary:
Matrix for Success Academy District has one listed school: Matrix for Success Academy, a California high school serving grades 9–12 with 259 students. The most serious concern is completion: in 2025–2026, the graduation rate was 47% versus 88% statewide, a gap of 41 percentage points; the dropout rate was 53% versus 8%, 45 points higher than the state rate.
There is no meaningful top or bottom school to compare because this is the only school listed. Its strongest all-grades result relative to California was ELA, but proficiency remained below the state in every reported subject in 2025–2026: 22% versus 49% in ELA (27 points lower), 8% versus 38% in mathematics (30 points lower), and 6% versus 36% in science (30 points lower). Attendance is another concern: chronic absenteeism was 40%, more than twice the statewide 18% rate, a difference of 21 points. The grade-specific results also lagged: in 11th grade, ELA was 22% versus 57% statewide, and math was 8% versus 32%.
Test scores rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects, though ELA increased by under one percentage point while mathematics rose by 8 points and science by 4; the ELA gap edged wider, while the math and science gaps narrowed. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved from the 11th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 20th percentile in 2025–2026, up 9 percentile points, although that ranking improvement does not bring proficiency close to state levels. As context, 92% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 19.2:1; these figures do not explain the school’s results.
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