Summary:
The Alma Fuerte Public District in Pasadena, California, contains a single K-8 school, Alma Fuerte Public, serving 227 students, where academic performance has been a consistent challenge over recent years.
State test scores at Alma Fuerte Public are significantly below average, with only about 22% of students proficient in English and 13% in math, placing the school in the bottom 15% of all California elementary schools for the last three years. Despite this overall trend, the school's fifth-grade class shows a notable strength, performing close to or even above state averages in math and science, while eighth-grade scores are particularly low. A positive point is the school's chronic absenteeism rate, which at 17.2% is better than the state average, indicating students are attending regularly.
The school has a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and spends over $17,000 per student. The persistent low ranking suggests deep-seated academic challenges that current resources and strategies have not yet overcome, though the stronger performance in fifth grade could offer lessons for improving other grades. For parents, this indicates a school facing significant hurdles in student achievement that warrant close attention and investigation into specific support programs and teaching methods.
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