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KIPP Corazon Academy

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KIPP Corazon Academy ranks 3284 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

3284^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 44% of California elementary schools

Summary

KIPP Corazon Academy is a public charter elementary school located in South Gate, California, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 1,073 students. The school is part of the KIPP Corazon Academy District, which is ranked 856 out of 1,565 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While KIPP Corazon Academy's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments and the California Science Test (CAST) is generally below the state average, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are stronger compared to some nearby schools, such as Walnut Park Elementary, State Street Elementary, and Academia Moderna. However, other nearby schools, like Willow Elementary and Stanford Avenue Elementary, have higher proficiency rates in both subjects, suggesting that KIPP Corazon Academy could learn from their practices.

One significant concern for KIPP Corazon Academy is its high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20.4% to 38.4% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school serves a high-needs population, with 83.73% to 91.33% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. While the school's spending per student has increased from $13,704 in 2020-2021 to $20,393 in 2023-2024, indicating a focus on resource allocation, the high student-teacher ratio ranging from 21.6 to 26.1 may suggest a need to allocate resources towards reducing class sizes and providing more individualized attention.

1,070

Students ?

24.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,393

Per pupil spending ?

87.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8616 Long Beach Blvd.
South Gate, CA 90280-4142

(323) 457-5051

District: KIPP Corazon Academy District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.3%

Asian:

0.8%

African American:

0.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 60th percentile in 2019 → 44th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (35% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (35% vs 19% California)

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school35%

California avg41%

Elementary school

3,284^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 44%▼ down 16 pts since 2019

From top 40% (2019) to bottom 44% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,426^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 48%▬ steady since 2022

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

849^th of 1,543KIPP Corazon 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	39.0	3284 of 5857	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.1	2858 of 5869	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.9	2946 of 5859	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.7	3184 of 5883	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.1	2304 of 5789	60.2%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	48.3	848 of 2227	61.9%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	44.3	1528 of 3162	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	32.9	2323 of 3245	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	45.0	1466 of 3311	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	85.2	247 of 3275	92.5%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.8	3233 of 5597	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.7	2474 of 5612	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.8	2642 of 5609	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.5	2906 of 5635	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	57.3	2099 of 5492	61.8%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	53.3	2082 of 5107	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.4	1665 of 5107	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.1	1719 of 5087	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.4	1920 of 5084	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	77.2	824 of 4963	83.4%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.8	2598 of 5460	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.4	2096 of 5517	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.2	2147 of 5363	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.9	2280 of 5264	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	71.7	1097 of 5173	78.8%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.9	3116 of 5628	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.8	3016 of 5643	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.5	3091 of 5638	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.5	3233 of 5663	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.3	2541 of 5510	53.9%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.9	1663 of 2847	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.6	1181 of 2635	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.0	922 of 2420	61.9%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.2	1426 of 2761	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.0	1428 of 2783	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.6	1535 of 2781	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.6	1410 of 2740	48.5%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	38.3	814 of 1531	46.8%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	41.5	670 of 1478	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.0	691 of 1521	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	30.3	1232 of 1540	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.1	1283 of 2533	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.3	1243 of 2551	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.3	1373 of 2531	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.4	1263 of 2509	49.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.3	867 of 2395	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.3	868 of 2388	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.6	940 of 2374	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.4	765 of 2359	67.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	53.8	954 of 2542	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.2	1039 of 2579	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.2	1047 of 2531	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.2	897 of 2458	63.5%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.7	1357 of 2534	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.4	1401 of 2552	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.6	1449 of 2538	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.7	1321 of 2527	47.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	53.2	501 of 1566	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.5	504 of 1552	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.2	847 of 1531	44.7%	★★☆☆☆

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

Disabled (2022)62nd percentile+16 vs school

Hispanic (2025)59th percentile+15 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)52nd percentile+8 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)52nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)45th percentile~ school

Female (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Middle school

Special Education (2025)68th percentile+20 vs school

Hispanic (2025)64th percentile+15 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)62nd percentile+14 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)55th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)49th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)47th percentile~ school

Male (2025)46th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy40%-9 vs state

Mathematics32%-5 vs state

Science31%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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
KIPP Corazon Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	8616 Long Beach Blvd.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	KIPP Corazon Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 457-5051	1,070	44	24.3	87.4%	5 (0.5%)	6 (0.6%)	1,041 (97.3%)	9 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	39	3284^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.9%		45.1	2858^th of 5869 public elementary schools	51.3%	426	33.3	28.7	31.3	21.6	39.3	44.5	39.2	44.4	48.5	39.6	34.2	45.5	31.0	23.6	31.3	25.7	31.8							$20,393	$1,774	$18,619
Willow Elementary	Public	K-5	2777 Willow Pl.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 568-5760	420	21	20.0	93.3%	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	410 (97.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	52	2498^th of 5857 public elementary schools	57.4%		52.2	2440^th of 5869 public elementary schools	58.4%	58	22.6		22.6	41.4	48.6	59.7				49.5	37.1	55.7	32.3				42.1							$24,658	$4,544	$20,114
Liberty Boulevard Elementary	Public	K-5	2728 Liberty Blvd.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 583-4196	410	22	18.6	96.8%	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	402 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	39	3283^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	43.9%		36.3	3417^th of 5869 public elementary schools	41.8%	134	24.6		24.6	39.4	34.6	36.9				37.1	51.5	29.8	29.2				37.4	94.2	94.2	98.1	97.1	96.1	97.1	$26,599	$5,031	$21,568
Stanford Avenue Elementary	Public	1-5	2833 Illinois Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 569-8117	329	16	20.5	96.7%	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	319 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	61.3	2000^th of 5857 public elementary schools	65.9%		48.4	2646^th of 5869 public elementary schools	54.9%	646	25.4		25.4	49.2	57.7	49.2				52.5	60.3	57.7	32.8				50.5							$26,474	$5,590	$20,884
Walnut Park Elementary	Public	K-5	2642 Olive St.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 588-3145	555	25	22.2	95.3%	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	543 (97.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	31.8	3812^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.9%		29.6	3953^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	32.6%	141	15.0		15.0	31.3	40.3	37.1				36.1	39.8	33.3	25.0				32.2	93.8	95.5		95.5	94.6	96.4	$25,078	$4,449	$20,629
State Street Elementary	Public	K-5	3211 Santa Ana St.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 582-7358	396	19	20.8	95.2%	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	382 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	34.9	3592^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	38.7%		25.6	4316^th of 5869 public elementary schools	26.5%	724	33.9		33.9	23.1	26.6	54.6				34.5	21.2	29.2	35.7				28.9	95.0			95.0	96.3	96.3	$27,780	$5,480	$22,300
Independence Elementary	Public	K-5	8435 Victoria Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 249-9559	418	22	19.0	94.7%	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	410 (98.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	35.6	3533^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	39.7%		46.7	2751^st of 5869 public elementary schools	53.1%	782	22.0		22.0	42.3	34.0	40.0				39.3	33.8	41.5	23.9				31.5							$28,553	$6,021	$22,532
Stanford Primary Center	Public	K	3020 Kansas Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 563-9208	112	6	18.6	96.4%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	109 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)								(n/a)																		97.2	97.9		97.9	97.2		$45,175	$6,488	$38,687
Academia Moderna	Public, Charter	K-5	2410 Broadway	Walnut Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Academia Moderna District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 923-0383	408	20	20.4	93.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	406 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	17	5099^th of 5857 public elementary schools	12.9%		14.4	5366^th of 5869 public elementary schools	8.6%	267	10.1		10.1	16.9	28.8	35.4				27.7	26.2	17.5	11.4				17.9							$22,246	$3,627	$18,619
Ninety-Second Street Elementary	Public	K-6	9211 Grape St.	Los Angeles	90002	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 564-7946	568	31	18.3	98.6%	4 (0.7%)	48 (8.5%)	503 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.3%)	40.4	3185^th of 5857 public elementary schools	45.6%		42.3	3044^th of 5869 public elementary schools	48.1%	141	16.0		16.0	43.5	37.5	37.8	39.7			39.4	49.3	48.8	21.0	37.0			37.6							$24,731	$5,419	$19,312

Frequently Asked Questions about KIPP Corazon Academy

How many students attend KIPP Corazon Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,070 students attended KIPP Corazon Academy.

What district is KIPP Corazon Academy in?

KIPP Corazon Academy District

Is KIPP Corazon Academy a good school?

KIPP Corazon Academy ranks 3284^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of KIPP Corazon Academy?

Students at KIPP Corazon Academy are 97% Hispanic.

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