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ISANA Achernar Academy

Public, Charter Grades K-8

5494^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 6% of California elementary schools

Summary

ISANA Achernar Academy is a K-8 elementary school serving 407 students in Compton, California, which operates as its own district and faces significant academic challenges, ranking in the state's lowest performance tier.

The school's academic performance has declined sharply over the past five years, now ranking well below most nearby schools in the Compton Unified district, such as Anderson Elementary and Jefferson Elementary. While ISANA spends a comparable amount per student and has a better student-teacher ratio than these higher-performing neighbors, it struggles with very low proficiency rates in math and science, especially in the critical early grades of 3rd and 4th.

Despite these challenges, there is a notable bright spot: students in the 7th and 8th grades perform relatively well in English Language Arts, suggesting some effective upper-grade programs. The school's chronic absenteeism rate, while a concern, is lower than several schools in the Lynwood Unified district, like Lindbergh Elementary. This indicates that targeted improvements in foundational instruction, particularly for younger students, could be a key path forward for the ISANA Achernar Academy District.

407

Students ?

21.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,149

Per pupil spending ?

93.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

310 East El Segundo Blvd.
Compton, CA 90222-2315

(310) 764-1234

District: ISANA Achernar Academy District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

66.8%

African American:

30.5%

Pacific Islander:

1.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 31st percentile in 2019 → 6th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 25 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

California avg41%

Elementary school

5,494^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 25 pts since 2019

From bottom 31% (2019) to bottom 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,245^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 45%▲ up 4 pts since 2019

From top 49% (2019) to top 45% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1179^th of 1,543ISANA Achernar Academy District among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.1	5494 of 5857	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	5186 of 5869	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	5183 of 5859	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.2	4939 of 5883	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.0	4011 of 5789	30.7%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.1	505 of 569	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.9	416 of 593	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.6	520 of 661	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.7	427 of 663	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	58.2	251 of 747	66.4%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	29.6	2578 of 3162	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.1	2741 of 3245	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	2854 of 3311	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.9	2211 of 3275	32.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.2	5420 of 5597	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.9	4969 of 5612	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.2	4501 of 5609	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.8	4637 of 5635	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.2	4141 of 5492	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	4540 of 5107	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.5	3920 of 5107	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.3	3761 of 5087	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.7	3168 of 5084	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.0	2484 of 4963	49.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.0	4992 of 5460	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.3	4595 of 5517	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.6	4480 of 5363	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.1	4156 of 5264	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.4	3077 of 5173	40.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.6	5072 of 5628	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	4970 of 5643	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.9	5372 of 5638	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	4848 of 5663	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.2	3446 of 5510	37.5%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.7	1245 of 2761	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.0	1314 of 2783	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	31.2	1760 of 2781	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.9	1998 of 2740	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.0	1324 of 2715	51.2%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	60.4	199 of 609	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.1	204 of 627	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.4	289 of 613	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	34.8	401 of 637	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	79.9	92 of 643	85.7%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	59.8	270 of 1521	82.2%	★★★★☆
2022	39.8	770 of 1540	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.9	1168 of 2533	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.0	1409 of 2551	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.2	1818 of 2531	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	2037 of 2509	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.5	1092 of 2380	54.1%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	63.8	656 of 2395	72.6%	★★★★☆
2024	66.5	582 of 2388	75.6%	★★★★☆
2023	49.3	1001 of 2374	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.6	1202 of 2359	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.6	927 of 2213	58.1%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.3	802 of 2542	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.9	890 of 2579	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.6	1304 of 2531	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.8	1444 of 2458	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	59.4	743 of 2369	68.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	44.4	1241 of 2534	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.0	1044 of 2552	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.5	1419 of 2538	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.8	1617 of 2527	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.3	1272 of 2407	47.2%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2024)18th percentile+7 vs school

African American (2025)11th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)11th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)10th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile~ school

Female (2025)3rd percentile-3 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2023)82nd percentile+46 vs school

Hispanic (2025)73rd percentile+18 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)68th percentile+14 vs school

African American (2025)67th percentile+12 vs school

Female (2025)54th percentile~ school

Male (2025)51st percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-15 vs state

Mathematics22%-16 vs state

Science17%-16 vs state

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
ISANA Achernar Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	310 East El Segundo Blvd.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	ISANA Achernar Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 764-1234	407	19	21.2	93.9%	0 (0.0%)	124 (30.5%)	272 (66.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	5 (1.2%)	12.1	5494^th of 5857 public elementary schools	6.2%		16.3	5186^th of 5869 public elementary schools	11.6%	308	8.5	25.6	16.7	7.1	9.1	34.0	19.6	55.1	67.4	33.5	7.1	9.1	23.4	6.5	44.9	32.6	21.5							$20,149	$4,591	$15,558
Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-8	2508 East 133rd St.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6190	642	24	27.2	86.9%	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.4%)	613 (95.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	53.8	2379^th of 5857 public elementary schools	59.4%		49	2608^th of 5869 public elementary schools	55.6%	229	22.0	36.4	28.4	61.6	49.4	42.7	50.8	43.2	82.1	54.3	82.9	32.1	23.2	40.6	50.0	59.7	47.5	97.3	97.3	97.3		97.3		$21,237	$3,281	$17,956
Lindbergh Elementary	Public	K-6	3300 Cedar Ave.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 603-1521	552	23	24.0	91.1%	3 (0.5%)	38 (6.9%)	504 (91.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	29.9	3972^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	32.2%		34.2	3596^th of 5869 public elementary schools	38.7%	376	14.9		14.9	34.7	38.9	34.3	37.5			36.5	36.1	36.7	10.3	18.2			26.4	93.0	96.5		95.4	95.4	96.5
Anderson Elementary	Public	K-8	2210 East 130th St.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6110	451	18	25.1	90.9%	2 (0.4%)	35 (7.8%)	410 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	52.7	2453^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	58.1%		45.3	2845^th of 5869 public elementary schools	51.5%	392	7.8	27.3	14.4	58.0	57.7	41.3	43.8	92.3	60.6	55.9	70.0	61.5	20.6	34.4	61.5	36.4	46.5	96.0						$22,153	$3,646	$18,507
Martin Luther King Elementary	Public	K-6	2270 East 122nd St.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6430	336	14	24.0	91.1%	0 (0.0%)	59 (17.6%)	271 (80.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	46.1	2826^th of 5857 public elementary schools	51.8%		34.3	3574^th of 5869 public elementary schools	39.1%	748	11.8		11.8	49.1	50.0	37.3	55.6			47.0	47.4	41.3	25.5	37.0			38.1							$23,524	$4,015	$19,509
Helen Keller Elementary	Public	K-6	3521 Palm Ave.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 886-5700	407	17	23.9	94.6%	6 (1.5%)	27 (6.6%)	371 (91.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39.2	3276^th of 5857 public elementary schools	44.1%		28.7	4048^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.0%	772	19.6		19.6	39.1	45.7	47.3	35.2			41.8	41.3	32.6	28.6	29.1			32.5	92.7	94.6		96.4	94.6	96.4
Rosecrans Elementary	Public	K-8	1301 North Acacia Ave.	Compton	90227	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6360	459	18	24.9	93.2%	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.4%)	413 (90.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31.5	3844^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.4%		41.8	3085^th of 5869 public elementary schools	47.4%	759	16.7	8.7	14.7	29.5	36.7	34.7	43.8	53.9	39.1	36.8	36.4	35.0	29.2	18.8	57.7	17.4	32.8	95.3				95.3	96.9	$22,201	$4,012	$18,189
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	11700 School St.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 603-1525	499	24	20.7	91.8%	6 (1.2%)	14 (2.8%)	477 (95.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18.9	4926^th of 5857 public elementary schools	15.9%		19.8	4886^th of 5869 public elementary schools	16.7%	40	15.4		15.4	31.9	21.6	30.0	25.4			27.2	23.2	16.2	20.3	17.8			19.3	80.7	85.5	91.9	80.7	80.7	80.7
Mayo Elementary	Public	K-8	915 North Mayo Ave.	Compton	90221	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6310	440	18	24.3	90.7%	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.5%)	412 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	56.4	2233^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	61.9%		47.4	2711^th of 5869 public elementary schools	53.8%	478	27.4		27.4	45.1	41.9	47.9	61.8			47.5	59.7	25.8	47.2	67.7			48.3							$23,323	$3,783	$19,540
Dickison Elementary	Public	K-8	905 North Aranbe St.	Compton	90220	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6160	681	28	24.3	91.5%	2 (0.3%)	49 (7.2%)	620 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	6 (0.9%)	49.4	2628^th of 5857 public elementary schools	55.1%		37.7	3322^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	43.4%	694	19.4	13.6	18.1	59.6	42.4	52.2	38.3	50.0	42.9	48.9	46.3	41.2	26.4	35.4	45.5	31.8	38.7	91.3	93.5			92.4		$21,450	$3,451	$17,999

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Is ISANA Achernar Academy a good school?

ISANA Achernar Academy ranks in the bottom 6.2% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of ISANA Achernar Academy?

Students at ISANA Achernar Academy are 67% Hispanic, 30% African American, 1% Pacific Islander, 1% Two or more races.

What district is ISANA Achernar Academy in?

ISANA Achernar Academy District

How many students attend ISANA Achernar Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 407 students attended ISANA Achernar Academy.

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