Summary
Aveson Global Leadership Academy is a small school in Pasadena, California, serving 200 students in grades 6–12. In 2024–25, its all-grades proficiency rates were below California’s in English language arts (ELA), math and science: 41%, 27% and 27%, compared with 49%, 37% and 33% statewide. Results vary sharply by grade: sixth- and seventh-graders were above the state in ELA, while eighth- and eleventh-graders were well below it. The most pressing concern is chronic absenteeism: it reached 43% in 2024–25, compared with 19% statewide.
Against the 10 listed nearby schools, Aveson was close to the average in ELA and math but further behind in science: its rates were about 2 percentage points below neighbors’ averages in ELA and math, and 4 points below in science. Those local averages include schools with different grade spans, so the comparisons are not like-for-like. Aveson’s overall scores were below the state in all three subjects, although sixth-grade ELA was 9 points above the state and seventh-grade ELA was 6 points above; eighth- and eleventh-grade ELA were 22 and 27 points below. In eleventh grade, Aveson’s ELA and math rates were higher than those at Learning Works, but that is a small-school comparison. No test-score results are supplied for the Aveson Global Leadership Academy District, so a school-to-district score comparison is not available.
Math is improving, while ELA is nearly unchanged and science has fluctuated: from 2022–23 to 2024–25, math rose from 15% to 27%, ELA shifted from 42% to 41%, and science fell from 30% to 27% after a steep one-year dip. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking dropped from the 72nd percentile and 4 stars in 2023–24 to the 25th percentile and 1 star in 2024–25. Aveson’s student–teacher ratio was 13.3 in 2024–25, and 38% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these are context, not explanations for scores. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school serves Low Socio Economic Status Students placed Aveson at the 39th percentile in 2023–24, compared with its overall 72nd percentile. For Female Students, the school ranked at the 12th percentile in 2022–23, versus its overall 45th percentile that year.
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