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Equitas Academy Charter

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Equitas Academy Charter ranks 2638 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-4

2638^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 55% of California elementary schools

Summary

Equitas Academy Charter is a 3-star elementary school serving 427 students in grades K-4 in downtown Los Angeles, operating within the Equitas Academy Charter District and showing a strong recovery from pandemic-era challenges.

The school stands out for its effectiveness, particularly in mathematics where it scores above the state average, and for its strong results with Hispanic and low-income students, who perform better here than at most nearby schools with similar demographics like Downtown Value or Leo Politi Elementary. It has also made impressive progress reducing chronic absenteeism. Notably, the school achieves these outcomes efficiently, spending less per student than many neighboring Los Angeles Unified schools while maintaining a higher student-teacher ratio.

While the school is a relative strength in its community, it does face some challenges, such as volatile performance for English Learners and a consistent performance gap where male students outperform females. It is part of a local network of Equitas schools, including Equitas Academy 6 and Equitas Academy 5, but tends to outperform its sibling schools. For parents, it represents a notably effective option compared to most other local schools serving high-need populations.

427

Students ?

28.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,390

Per pupil spending ?

90.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1700 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-2412

(213) 201-0440

District: Equitas Academy Charter District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.4%

White:

0.7%

African American:

0.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 38th percentile in 2022 → 55th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 55th (2025) from a 38th-percentile low (2022)

✓Above the California median (55th percentile)

Worth a look

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

!Large classes — about 28 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school43%

California avg43%

2,638^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 45%▼ down 17 pts since 2019

From top 28% (2019) to top 45% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

649^th of 1,543Equitas Academy Charter 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	49.2	2638 of 5857	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.6	2526 of 5869	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.8	3219 of 5859	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.8	3630 of 5883	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	69.1	1641 of 5789	71.7%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	33.6	2286 of 3162	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	50.9	1143 of 3245	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.9	1543 of 3311	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.0	1984 of 3275	39.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	44.4	2812 of 5597	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.6	2752 of 5612	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.8	2764 of 5609	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	30.1	3728 of 5635	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	64.6	1764 of 5492	67.9%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.9	1301 of 5107	74.5%	★★★★☆
2024	69.6	1208 of 5107	76.3%	★★★★☆
2023	53.2	2042 of 5087	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.2	2259 of 5084	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	84.3	543 of 4963	89.1%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	69.5	1304 of 5460	76.1%	★★★★☆
2024	65.5	1473 of 5517	73.3%	★★★★☆
2023	50.9	2304 of 5363	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.2	2451 of 5264	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	85.8	454 of 5173	91.2%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.3	2225 of 5628	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.5	2135 of 5643	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	35.0	3410 of 5638	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.2	3253 of 5663	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	71.1	1473 of 5510	73.3%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	55.2	824 of 2635	68.7%	★★★☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)76th percentile+21 vs school

Hispanic (2025)75th percentile+20 vs school

Special Education (2024)69th percentile+12 vs school

Male (2025)60th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)50th percentile-5 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)28th percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy44%-5 vs state

Mathematics42%+5 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)							% 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
Equitas Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-4	1700 West Pico Blvd.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 201-0440	427	15	28.4	90.4%	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	416 (97.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	49.2	2638^th of 5857 public elementary schools	55.0%		50.6	2526^th of 5869 public elementary schools	57.0%	112				40.8	47.2					43.9	45.6	38.9					42.4							$22,390	$2,172	$20,218
Equitas Academy 6	Public, Charter	K-4	1612 West Pico Blvd.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy 6 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 201-5936	211	11	19.1	89.6%	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	200 (94.8%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	42	3065^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.7%					(n/a)				38.0	41.4					39.2	40.8	37.9					39.7							$22,972	$1,361	$21,611
Equitas Academy 5	Public, Charter	K-4	1612 West Pico Blvd.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy 5 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 201-5936	184	11	17.1	89.7%	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	168 (91.3%)	6 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	32.6	3756^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.9%		25.4	4327^th of 5869 public elementary schools	26.3%	571				34.6	36.5					35.9	29.6	32.7					31.7							$20,673	$801	$19,872
Equitas Academy #3 Charter	Public, Charter	K-4	1050 Beacon Ave.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy #3 Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 204-0344	435	16	27.1	91.0%	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	418 (96.1%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	41.2	3137^th of 5857 public elementary schools	46.4%		40.7	3146^th of 5869 public elementary schools	46.4%	9				35.4	47.2					40.9	30.9	42.5					36.4							$23,777	$2,556	$21,221
Tenth Street Elementary	Public	1-5	1000 Grattan St.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 380-8990	339	16	21.1	96.8%	7 (2.1%)	14 (4.1%)	314 (92.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	24.8	4430^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.4%		18.3	4999^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.8%	569	22.6		22.6	30.4	12.2	31.8				24.3	50.7	15.1	15.9				27.3							$27,320	$6,108	$21,212
Olympic Primary Center	Public	K	950 South Albany St.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 739-2753	96	5	19.2	96.9%	2 (2.1%)	1 (1.0%)	88 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.2%)								(n/a)																								$48,349	$5,802	$42,547
Downtown Value	Public, Charter	K-8	950 West Washington Blvd.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Downtown Value District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 748-8868	395	16	24.6	94.9%	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	386 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	31.7	3823^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	34.7%		24.2	4447^th of 5869 public elementary schools	24.2%	624	21.4	17.0	19.1	52.5	16.3	31.7	29.7	25.0	23.4	29.1	46.3	14.0	29.6	27.0	22.6	17.4	25.6							$20,288	$3,487	$16,801
Magnolia Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1626 South Orchard Ave.	Los Angeles	90006	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 748-6281	545	26	20.9	99.8%	7 (1.3%)	11 (2.0%)	503 (92.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.0%)	47.4	2740^th of 5857 public elementary schools	53.2%		31.5	3813^th of 5869 public elementary schools	35.0%	1073	29.8		29.8	32.9	53.5	51.5				46.0	35.2	41.1	35.6				37.0	91.7	94.5	97.3	97.3	94.5	97.3	$24,758	$5,191	$19,567
Leo Politi Elementary	Public	K-5	2481 West 11th St.	Los Angeles	90006	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 480-1244	504	29	17.3	94.4%	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.4%)	477 (94.6%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	21.3	4723^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	19.4%		15.9	5224^th of 5869 public elementary schools	11.0%	501	12.9		12.9	33.7	27.1	30.0				30.5	31.8	21.1	15.1				22.5							$29,062	$6,208	$22,854
Norwood Street Elementary	Public	K-6	2020 Oak St.	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 748-3733	347	19	18.7	95.4%	12 (3.5%)	22 (6.3%)	299 (86.2%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	27.5	4172^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	28.8%		22.1	4663^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	20.5%	491	17.9		17.9	38.5	20.3	28.6	31.6			28.6	48.1	24.6	26.8	10.5			30.1	93.9	97.0		97.0	97.0	97.0	$29,089	$6,525	$22,564

Frequently Asked Questions about Equitas Academy Charter

What is the racial makeup of Equitas Academy Charter?

Students at Equitas Academy Charter are 97% Hispanic.

Is Equitas Academy Charter a good school?

Equitas Academy Charter ranks 2638^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Equitas Academy Charter?

In the 2024-25 school year, 427 students attended Equitas Academy Charter.

What district is Equitas Academy Charter in?

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