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KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory

Q: Is KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory a good school?

KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory ranks 395 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades 5-8

395^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 86% of California middle schools

Summary

KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory is a standout public charter middle school serving 529 students in grades 5-8 in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, consistently earning high state ratings for its strong academic results.

The school significantly outperforms all other nearby middle schools in core subjects; for example, its 62% proficiency in English Language Arts is over 10 points higher than the next-best school, Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter Middle, and its math and science scores are also the highest in the area. This excellence is particularly notable because the school achieves these results while serving a community with high economic need and does so with a higher student-to-teacher ratio than most surrounding schools. Furthermore, student chronic absenteeism at 13% is well below the Los Angeles Unified district average, indicating a strong, engaging school culture.

An interesting finding is that this school also outperforms another local charter in the same network, KIPP Academy of Innovation, showing that specific school practices matter. Students show clear academic growth from grade to grade, especially in math, preparing them well for high school. While most performance is strong, a recent dip in rankings for Special Education students is an area to watch. Overall, KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory demonstrates that with effective teaching and a focused mission, a school can deliver exceptional outcomes for its community.

529

Students ?

26.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

76.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2810 Whittier Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90023-1527

(323) 264-7737

District: KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.9%

White:

0.9%

Two or more races:

0.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 95th percentile in 2019 → 86th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (55% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 14% of California middle schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2019

!Large classes — about 26 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school55%

California avg41%

395^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 14%▼ down 9 pts since 2019

From top 5% (2019) to top 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

155^th of 1,543KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.7	395 of 2761	85.7%	★★★★☆
2024	84.1	394 of 2783	85.8%	★★★★☆
2023	83.3	404 of 2781	85.5%	★★★★☆
2022	88.9	298 of 2740	89.1%	★★★★☆
2019	94.6	146 of 2715	94.6%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	93.1	66 of 1531	95.7%	★★★★★
2019	65.8	322 of 1491	78.4%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	70.9	167 of 1521	89.0%	★★★★☆
2022	45.3	592 of 1540	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	78.3	142 of 1442	90.2%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	87.1	310 of 2533	87.8%	★★★★☆
2024	85.8	337 of 2551	86.8%	★★★★☆
2023	83.3	374 of 2531	85.2%	★★★★☆
2022	92.5	180 of 2509	92.8%	★★★★★
2019	95.2	92 of 2380	96.1%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.6	96 of 2395	96.0%	★★★★★
2024	95.1	74 of 2388	96.9%	★★★★★
2023	94.6	75 of 2374	96.8%	★★★★★
2022	97.2	44 of 2359	98.1%	★★★★★
2019	98.8	18 of 2213	99.2%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.4	146 of 2542	94.3%	★★★★★
2024	93.7	130 of 2579	95.0%	★★★★★
2023	93.9	97 of 2531	96.2%	★★★★★
2022	96.9	51 of 2458	97.9%	★★★★★
2019	99.0	20 of 2369	99.2%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	77.8	464 of 2534	81.7%	★★★★☆
2024	80.4	423 of 2552	83.4%	★★★★☆
2023	80.7	425 of 2538	83.3%	★★★★☆
2022	82.2	402 of 2527	84.1%	★★★★☆
2019	92.4	197 of 2407	91.8%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	63.8	360 of 1566	77.0%	★★★★☆
2024	86.5	116 of 1552	92.5%	★★★★★
2023	91.7	74 of 1531	95.2%	★★★★★

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)

Hispanic (2025)96th percentile+10 vs school

Disabled (2022)96th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)94th percentile+9 vs school

English Language Learner (2023)89th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)88th percentile~ school

Male (2025)82nd percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2025)77th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy62%+13 vs state

Science53%+20 vs state

Mathematics49%+12 vs state

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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)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	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 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 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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory	Public, Charter	5-8	2810 Whittier Blvd.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 264-7737	529	20	26.5	76.6%	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	518 (97.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	83.7	395^th of 2761 public middle schools	85.7%		84.1	394^th of 2783 public middle schools	85.8%	1	52.2	54.0	53.1	50.8	55.2	72.1	71.0	62.0	34.8	45.5	57.4	59.7	49.0
Hollenbeck Middle	Public	6-8	2510 East Sixth St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 780-3000	927	52	17.6	96.0%	17 (1.8%)	9 (1.0%)	890 (96.0%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	47.9	1238^th of 2761 public middle schools	55.2%		42.6	1381^st of 2783 public middle schools	50.4%	143		24.0	24.0		39.8	38.3	44.2	41.2		37.9	35.8	40.7	38.3	$40,040	$37,108	$2,932
Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory	Public	6-8	725 South Indiana St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 780-6400	792	43	18.6	96.2%	8 (1.0%)	9 (1.1%)	774 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	25.1	1999^th of 2761 public middle schools	27.6%		28.2	1894^th of 2783 public middle schools	31.9%	105		16.2	16.2		31.8	38.3	34.0	34.6		12.4	23.6	16.6	17.4	$43,070	$40,074	$2,996
Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 8	Public, Charter	6-8	113 South Rowan Ave.	Los Angeles	90063	Los Angeles County	Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 8 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 269-2156	396	17	23.2	93.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	393 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	43.7	1370^th of 2761 public middle schools	50.4%		36.3	1587^th of 2783 public middle schools	43.0%	217		23.6	23.6		39.8	42.6	49.7	44.4		26.8	33.9	29.0	29.8
CDS Secondary	Public	6-8	727 South Wilson St.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 239-5656	17	4	4.1	82.4%	0 (0.0%)	2 (11.8%)	15 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4.6				16.4	2424^th of 2783 public middle schools	12.9%	(n/a)		0.0	0.0				5.6	7.7				0.0	0.0
Belvedere Middle	Public	6-8	312 North Record Ave.	Los Angeles	90063	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 266-5400	734	43	16.9	95.8%	10 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	717 (97.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	32.9	1721^st of 2761 public middle schools	37.7%		28.5	1884^th of 2783 public middle schools	32.3%	163		18.7	18.7		33.0	41.2	35.2	37.3		25.5	27.5	23.3	25.3	$41,889	$39,274	$2,615
KIPP Academy of Innovation	Public, Charter	5-8	4240 East Olympic Blvd.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	KIPP Academy of Innovation District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 406-8000	476	20	23.6	88.0%	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	467 (98.1%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36.7	1594^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.3%		32.9	1708^th of 2783 public middle schools	38.6%	114	33.7	42.4	38.4	42.0	35.2	33.6	44.9	38.8	34.7	21.6	18.6	21.2	23.6
Para Los Ninos Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	835 Stanford Ave.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Para Los Ninos Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 896-2640	305	15	20.3	94.1%	7 (2.3%)	8 (2.6%)	287 (94.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	22.9	2103^rd of 2761 public middle schools	23.8%		32.8	1713^th of 2783 public middle schools	38.4%	390		18.2	18.2		34.3	34.0	26.9	31.4		23.1	16.7	11.8	16.8
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	4360 Dozier St.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 565-3245	280	15	18.4	95.4%	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	278 (99.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52.2	1125^th of 2761 public middle schools	59.3%		53.4	1059^th of 2783 public middle schools	61.9%	66		26.4	26.4		54.7	53.9	47.3	51.3		40.0	22.8	33.6	32.2
Animo Jefferson Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	1655 East 27th St.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Animo Jefferson Charter Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-1857	427	23	18.7	96.0%	8 (1.9%)	6 (1.4%)	412 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27.1	1924^th of 2761 public middle schools	30.3%		22.4	2156^th of 2783 public middle schools	22.5%	232		17.7	17.7		33.6	26.4	38.2	32.9		18.2	12.9	29.8	20.8

Frequently Asked Questions about KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory

How many students attend KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory?

In the 2024-25 school year, 529 students attended KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory.

Is KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory a good school?

KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory ranks 395^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory in?

KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory District

What is the racial makeup of KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory?

Students at KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory are 98% Hispanic.

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