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Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12

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Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 ranks 1684 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades 6-8

1684^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 39% of California middle schools

Summary

Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 is a public charter middle school serving 496 students in grades 6-8 in South Los Angeles, and it stands out for its remarkable and rapid academic improvement in recent years.

The school has made one of the strongest comebacks in the area, climbing from the 20th to the 39th percentile in statewide rankings since 2022, while many nearby schools like Los Angeles Academy Middle and George Washington Carver Middle have seen minimal growth or declines. It excels at getting students to school, with a chronic absenteeism rate of just 11%, which is far better than the state average and much lower than schools like Thomas A. Edison Middle (31%) or John Muir Middle (39.9%). The school is particularly effective with special education students, serving them at the 69th percentile statewide, and it achieves these results while spending significantly less per student than other local public schools in the Los Angeles Unified district.

While the school's test scores in English and Math are recovering strongly from pandemic impacts, there is room for growth, especially in supporting English Language Learners. Among the 11 middle schools in the immediate area, Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 holds a solid competitive position, ranking 4th overall and as the second-highest performing charter school behind Alliance Kory Hunter Middle. Its focused approach and upward trajectory make it a notable option for families in the Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District.

496

Students ?

25.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,867

Per pupil spending ?

91.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

131 East 50th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90011-3937

(323) 238-7270

District: Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.6%

Two or more races:

2.4%

African American:

1.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 20th percentile in 2023 → 39th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 39th (2025) from a 20th-percentile low (2023)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (30% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Mathematics scores 14 pts below the California average

!Large classes — about 26 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school30%

California avg41%

1,684^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 39%▼ down 14 pts since 2019

From top 47% (2019) to bottom 39% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

987^th of 1,543Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 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	33.8	1684 of 2761	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.2	2073 of 2783	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.6	2221 of 2781	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.1	2169 of 2740	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.0	1273 of 2715	53.1%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	33.7	938 of 1531	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.9	445 of 1491	70.2%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	31.5	1145 of 1478	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.3	1015 of 1521	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.6	866 of 1540	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.2	958 of 1442	33.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.4	1541 of 2533	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.2	1843 of 2551	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.1	1995 of 2531	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.1	2026 of 2509	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.0	1262 of 2380	47.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.3	1177 of 2395	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	33.4	1519 of 2388	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.4	1736 of 2374	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.3	1652 of 2359	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	61.2	663 of 2213	70.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.5	1165 of 2542	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	33.8	1618 of 2579	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.3	1821 of 2531	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.1	1693 of 2458	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	64.5	618 of 2369	73.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	1598 of 2534	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.2	1995 of 2552	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.9	2090 of 2538	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.6	1987 of 2527	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.4	1066 of 2407	55.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	53.9	493 of 1566	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.7	614 of 1552	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	27.5	1160 of 1531	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)69th percentile+30 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)54th percentile+15 vs school

Hispanic (2025)51st percentile+12 vs school

Female (2025)39th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)39th percentile+18 vs school

Male (2025)37th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)23rd percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy39%-10 vs state

Mathematics24%-14 vs state

Science21%-11 vs state

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Schools Near Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12

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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 (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 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
Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12	Public, Charter	6-8	131 East 50th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-7270	496	19	25.6	91.9%	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.4%)	474 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	33.8	1684^th of 2761 public middle schools	39.0%		24.2	2073^rd of 2783 public middle schools	25.5%	389		21.5	21.5		34.8	39.5	42.6	38.9		22.0	19.4	29.2	23.5	$18,867	$2,720	$16,147
Los Angeles Academy Middle	Public	6-8	644 East 56th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-1800	829	49	17.0	97.7%	7 (0.8%)	66 (8.0%)	742 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.6%)	24.4	2040^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.1%		20.5	2245^th of 2783 public middle schools	19.3%	205		13.8	13.8		23.9	36.3	35.6	32.8		20.5	23.0	14.4	19.2	$26,590	$5,145	$21,445
George Washington Carver Middle	Public	6-8	4410 McKinley Ave.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-2900	635	39	16.1	98.3%	4 (0.6%)	49 (7.7%)	571 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	21	2183^rd of 2761 public middle schools	20.9%		13.9	2517^th of 2783 public middle schools	9.6%	334		12.9	12.9		30.5	27.1	27.7	28.4		23.8	15.9	17.6	18.9	$27,944	$4,355	$23,589
KIPP Scholar Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	6100 S. Hoover St	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	KIPP Scholar Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 292-2272	434	19	22.9	83.6%	2 (0.5%)	173 (39.9%)	246 (56.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.8%)	34.6	1657^th of 2761 public middle schools	40.0%		34.5	1651^st of 2783 public middle schools	40.7%	6	13.8	17.4	15.6	29.5	39.3	39.6	40.2	37.3	16.0	23.4	26.4	26.7	23.2	$25,528	$1,731	$23,797
John Muir Middle	Public	6-8	5929 South Vermont Ave.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 565-2200	624	34	18.3	98.7%	7 (1.1%)	102 (16.3%)	509 (81.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	16.3	2389^th of 2761 public middle schools	13.5%		10.9	2635^th of 2783 public middle schools	5.3%	246		9.6	9.6		18.8	27.0	27.5	25.0		17.0	13.4	14.7	14.9	$25,731	$5,437	$20,294
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle	Public	6-8	155 West 69th St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 541-1800	843	49	17.2	97.6%	10 (1.2%)	101 (12.0%)	723 (85.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.1%)	18.5	2289^th of 2761 public middle schools	17.1%		19	2297^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.5%	8		11.5	11.5		29.4	25.0	23.4	24.4		23.5	21.3	16.0	18.8	$23,839	$4,546	$19,293
William Jefferson Clinton Middle	Public	6-8	3500 South Hill St.	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-7200	622	36	17.2	98.4%	4 (0.6%)	35 (5.6%)	580 (93.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	23.7	2066^th of 2761 public middle schools	25.2%		26.8	1961^st of 2783 public middle schools	29.5%	105		11.6	11.6		21.3	27.3	24.9	24.6		23.0	27.8	26.0	25.7	$27,120	$5,515	$21,605
Alliance Kory Hunter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	5886 Compton Ave.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Alliance Kory Hunter Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 484-0450	470	26	18.3	97.0%	6 (1.3%)	12 (2.6%)	449 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	41.5	1449^th of 2761 public middle schools	47.5%		29.5	1828^th of 2783 public middle schools	34.3%	379		25.5	25.5		44.0	38.3	55.0	45.7		25.2	24.7	25.5	25.1	$18,991	$3,274	$15,717
Thomas A. Edison Middle	Public	6-8	6500 Hooper Ave.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 826-2500	837	48	17.4	98.7%	5 (0.6%)	39 (4.7%)	787 (94.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	25.1	1998^th of 2761 public middle schools	27.6%		24	2084^th of 2783 public middle schools	25.1%	86		14.8	14.8		24.1	25.6	32.6	28.4		21.4	21.1	27.2	23.8	$25,229	$4,948	$20,281
John Adams Middle	Public	6-8	151 West 30th St.	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 745-3700	676	38	17.7	96.4%	2 (0.3%)	27 (4.0%)	635 (93.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (1.0%)	46.7	1272^nd of 2761 public middle schools	53.9%		47.4	1236^th of 2783 public middle schools	55.6%	36		22.1	22.1		48.6	42.5	47.9	46.3		32.1	28.9	35.3	32.1	$24,670	$4,646	$20,024

Frequently Asked Questions about Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12

What is the racial makeup of Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12?

Students at Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 are 96% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What district is Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 in?

Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District

Is Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 a good school?

Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 ranks 1684^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12?

In the 2024-25 school year, 496 students attended Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12.

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