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Scale Leadership Academy - East

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Scale Leadership Academy - East ranks 3254 th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter, Virtual, Alternative Grades K-12

3254^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Alternative Schools

Better than 44% of California alternative schools

Summary

Scale Leadership Academy - East is a K-12 alternative school in Corona, CA, serving 1,261 students within its own district, notable for its exceptionally high graduation rate and remarkably low student absenteeism.

This school stands out from other local alternative schools in several key ways. It achieves a graduation rate of 93.3%, which is among the highest in the area and exceeds the state average, rivaling nearby schools like the Academy of Innovation. Even more impressive is its chronic absenteeism rate of just 4.3%, which is dramatically lower than the state average and most peers, including Victress Bower School for Exceptional Students. However, it operates with a very high student-teacher ratio of 35-to-1, which is significantly larger than classes at comparable schools.

While the school's standardized test scores in English, math, and science are below state averages, its powerful success in keeping students in school and getting them to graduate is clear. The school has shown dramatic improvement, cutting chronic absenteeism by over 78% in recent years while graduation rates climbed. This suggests the Scale Leadership Academy - East has developed an effective model for student engagement and persistence, making it a compelling option for families prioritizing a supportive environment that leads to a diploma.

1,261

Students ?

35.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$34,164

Per pupil spending ?

56.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1880 Compton Ave
Corona, CA 92881-7280

(888) 315-4660

District: Scale Leadership Academy - East District

Racial breakdown:

White:

50.7%

African American:

16.9%

Hispanic:

12.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 39th percentile in 2022 → 48th in 2025

Strengths

✓93% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2022

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (32% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 12 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school32%

California avg41%

Elementary school

3,254^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 44%▲ up 4 pts since 2022

From bottom 40% (2022) to bottom 44% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,732^nd of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 37%▲ up 30 pts since 2019

From bottom 8% (2019) to bottom 37% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

1,119^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 48%▲ up 10 pts since 2022

From bottom 39% (2022) to bottom 48% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

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	39.5	3254 of 5857	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.8	3538 of 5869	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.0	3276 of 5859	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.4	3502 of 5883	40.5%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.2	135 of 569	76.3%	★★★★☆
2024	53.9	215 of 593	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.9	190 of 661	71.3%	★★★★☆
2022	43.1	322 of 663	51.4%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	4.4	1142 of 1203	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.6	1054 of 1205	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.5	2070 of 3162	34.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.5	2865 of 5597	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.8	3588 of 5612	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.2	3281 of 5609	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.1	3259 of 5635	42.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.5	3933 of 5107	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	41.0	2909 of 5107	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.0	2749 of 5087	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.4	3186 of 5084	37.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.3	3963 of 5460	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.8	3304 of 5517	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.7	2716 of 5363	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.4	3960 of 5264	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.3	3445 of 5628	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.1	3275 of 5643	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.6	3026 of 5638	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.7	3491 of 5663	38.4%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	13.0	610 of 670	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	626 of 669	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	87.7	224 of 2635	91.5%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.6	2023 of 2598	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	2225 of 2651	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	2286 of 2661	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.7	2347 of 2726	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	1732 of 2761	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.7	1910 of 2783	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.1	2161 of 2781	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.2	1938 of 2740	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.4	2508 of 2715	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.1	234 of 609	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	31.2	427 of 627	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.5	529 of 613	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.5	537 of 637	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	6.8	680 of 739	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	44.9	573 of 1478	61.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.4	1484 of 2533	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.9	1642 of 2551	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.3	1722 of 2531	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.7	1573 of 2509	37.3%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.6	1699 of 2395	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	41.5	1260 of 2388	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	20.1	2025 of 2374	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.9	1496 of 2359	36.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.3	1746 of 2542	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.7	1839 of 2579	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.1	2196 of 2531	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.3	1725 of 2458	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.1	2313 of 2369	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.5	1705 of 2534	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.7	1808 of 2552	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	2114 of 2538	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	1899 of 2527	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.2	2188 of 2407	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	563 of 726	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.5	835 of 1566	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.2	678 of 1531	55.7%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.1	1178 of 1520	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.7	1323 of 1537	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	1322 of 1543	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.7	1266 of 1555	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.9	1119 of 2162	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.9	1316 of 2159	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.7	1226 of 2170	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.1	1304 of 2123	38.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	408 of 523	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	369 of 521	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	434 of 522	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.1	1456 of 1906	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	45.9	1000 of 1915	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.8	1369 of 1915	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.0	1340 of 1858	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.8	1308 of 1902	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.6	1082 of 1917	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.5	1302 of 1861	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.8	1168 of 2013	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.0	924 of 2026	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.6	1068 of 2030	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.4	1281 of 1943	34.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.7	813 of 1942	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	25.4	1436 of 1948	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	44.1	1003 of 1963	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.1	1104 of 1916	42.4%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.7	712 of 1155	38.4%	★★☆☆☆

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

Special Education (2024)91st percentile+52 vs school

African American (2025)76th percentile+32 vs school

Female (2025)49th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)39th percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)35th percentile-5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)27th percentile-17 vs school

Hispanic (2025)23rd percentile-21 vs school

White (2025)22nd percentile-22 vs school

Multi-racial (2024)9th percentile-31 vs school

Asian (2025)5th percentile-39 vs school

Middle school

African American (2025)62nd percentile+24 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)61st percentile+30 vs school

Special Education (2025)47th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)41st percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)33rd percentile-5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)31st percentile-6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile-8 vs school

White (2025)22nd percentile-15 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)22nd percentile-15 vs school

Asian (2025)8th percentile-29 vs school

High school

Male (2025)58th percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)42nd percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)38th percentile-10 vs school

Hispanic (2024)31st percentile-8 vs school

Female (2025)24th percentile-25 vs school

African American (2025)22nd percentile-26 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy36%-12 vs state

Mathematics31%-6 vs state

Science25%-7 vs state

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Scale Leadership Academy - East	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1880 Compton Ave	Corona	92881	Riverside County	Scale Leadership Academy - East District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(888) 315-4660	1,261	36	35.4	56.1%	639 (50.7%)	213 (16.9%)	162 (12.8%)	147 (11.7%)	4 (0.3%)	6 (0.5%)	89 (7.1%)								(n/a)	33.6	21.1		19.2	26.7	25.5	38.7	32.2	42.2	35.6	42.0	27.0	41.3	36.3	43.7	29.6	37.1	25.4	29.9	23.2	28.3	30.9	16.1	65.7	68.6	96.4	64.2	66.4	$34,164	$33,988	$176
Corona-Norco Alternative	Public, Alternative	K-12	185 Magnolia Ave.	Corona	92879	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-3367	0	3	23.6		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Academy of Innovation	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	3211 South Main St.	Corona	92882	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(951) 739-6809	556	36	15.5	68.5%	164 (29.5%)	42 (7.6%)	269 (48.4%)	47 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.0%)								(n/a)	35.7	23.6		25.6	11.8	24.7			69.2	60.0	35.9	34.6	45.9	45.7			30.8	50.0	34.0	31.5	27.3	32.0							$25,154	$24,452	$702
Pivot Charter School Riverside	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	700 North Main St.	Corona	92878	Riverside County	Pivot Charter School Riverside District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(951) 280-0229	170	9	19.5	62.9%	74 (43.5%)	5 (2.9%)	70 (41.2%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	11 (6.5%)								(n/a)		25.0		12.0		15.4					0.0	37.5	52.0	32.9					9.1	18.8	8.0	9.2							$27,832	$27,364	$468
Gateway	Public, Alternative	K-12	4501 Ambs Dr.	Riverside	92505	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 509-5159	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Victress Bower School for Exceptional Students	Public, Alternative	K-12	1250 West Parkridge Ave.	Norco	92860	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-4646	61	9	6.7	55.7%	15 (24.6%)	4 (6.6%)	27 (44.3%)	10 (16.4%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.6%)								(n/a)
Summit View Independent Study	Public, Alternative	K-12	6401 Lincoln Ave.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 276-7670	62	2	26.1	77.4%	19 (30.6%)	3 (4.8%)	35 (56.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.8%)								(n/a)						16.7								40.0								10.0							$65,132	$64,686	$446
California School for the Deaf-Riverside	Public, Alternative	K-12	3044 Horace St.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	California School for the Deaf-Riverside (ST Special Schl)	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 248-7700	350	66	5.3	42.0%	92 (26.3%)	12 (3.4%)	222 (63.4%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.6%)								(n/a)	0.0	0.0	6.3			2.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	0.0	4.8	5.0	15.8	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.1	5.0	0.0	5.3	3.1
Riverside County Juvenile Court	Public, Alternative	K-12	3939 13th St.	Riverside	92502	Riverside County	Riverside County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 826-6464	104	7	14.8	97.1%	9 (8.7%)	22 (21.2%)	72 (69.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)								(n/a)													4.2	3.9							0.0	0.0							$78,368	$58,438	$19,930
Riverside County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	3939 13th St.	Riverside	92502	Riverside County	Riverside County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 826-6476	584	72	8.1	54.6%	72 (12.3%)	26 (4.5%)	450 (77.1%)	19 (3.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.2%)								(n/a)	0.0	0.0				3.0	0.0	16.7	6.3	0.0		6.3		5.7	7.1	16.7	6.3	0.0		13.3		9.3

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In the 2024-25 school year, 1,261 students attended Scale Leadership Academy - East.

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Scale Leadership Academy - East ranks 3254^th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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Students at Scale Leadership Academy - East are 51% White, 17% African American, 13% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more races.

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