Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy District

The Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy District has one school, Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy, an elementary school serving grades K–8 with 440 students. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades proficiency was below California’s in every subject: 38% in ELA versus 49% statewide, 28% in math versus 38%, and 24% in science versus 36%. Those gaps were 12 points in ELA, 10 in math, and 12 in science. The most important overall finding is that the school fell short of the state benchmark in all three subjects.

There is no school-to-school leader or trailing school because the district has only one school; the clearest contrasts are among its grades. Fifth-grade ELA stands out positively: 61% of students were proficient, compared with 49% statewide, a 12-point advantage. Sixth-grade ELA was also slightly above the state, at 50% versus 48%, or 2 points higher. Seventh grade is the sharpest concern: ELA proficiency was 26% versus 51% statewide, 24 points lower, and math was 18% versus 38%, 19 points lower. ELA varies widely across grades, with results ranging from 25% in grade 3 to 61% in grade 5.

Math improved relative to the state, while ELA and science did not. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grades math rose from 23% to 28%, and its gap to the state narrowed from 15 points to 10. ELA fell from 42% to 38%, widening its gap from 7 to 12 points; science rose from 22% to 24%, but its gap widened from 11 to 12 points. SchoolDigger reports a 39th-percentile ranking, rank 3,542 of 5,804, and two stars in 2025–2026; its percentile was 30th in 2023–2024. Other context: the student–teacher ratio was 39.9 in 2024–2025, and 65% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was lower than the state rate in 2025–2026: 16% versus 18%, a 2-point difference.