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YES Academy

Public Grades K-5

5330^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of California elementary schools

Summary

YES Academy is a public elementary school (grades K-5) serving 462 students in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, operating within the Los Angeles Unified school district.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with proficiency rates in English, math, and science well below both district and state averages; for example, only about 22% of students are proficient in English Language Arts, compared to 46.7% at nearby Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 42.8% is more than double the state average and is a critical area of concern, as regular attendance is foundational for learning. While the school's overall performance has remained in the bottom tier statewide for over a decade, it shows relative strengths in supporting specific student groups, with its African American and Special Education students performing closer to the state average.

Comparisons with nearby schools reveal that similar challenges do not predetermine outcomes. For instance, Today's Fresh Start-Compton, a charter school, achieves higher academic proficiency with significantly lower per-student spending. This suggests that factors like school leadership, teaching quality, and program implementation are crucial. For parents, this indicates that while YES Academy serves a high-need community, its current academic results and attendance issues are significant, and its performance trajectory differs markedly from other elementary options in the area.

462

Students ?

21.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$30,160

Per pupil spending ?

97%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3140 Hyde Park Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90043-4117

(323) 778-4992

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend YES Academy usually attend:

High:	Crenshaw Sci Technical Engr Math and Med Magnet
	Horace Mann UCLA Community

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

62.1%

African American:

29.0%

Two or more races:

7.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 4th percentile in 2013 → 9th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (19% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (43% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg39%

California avg41%

5,330^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 1% (2015) to bottom 9% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

480^th of 487Elementary Schools in the Los Angeles Unified

791^st of 1,543Los Angeles Unified 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	14.3	5330 of 5857	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	5573 of 5869	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.0	5560 of 5859	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.3	5861 of 5883	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.1	5726 of 5789	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.5	5556 of 5662	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.9	5627 of 5692	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	5.7	5588 of 5614	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	9.0	5532 of 5611	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	9.2	5331 of 5530	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	10.5	5179 of 5390	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	5.2	5341 of 5377	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	3.7	5290 of 5314	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	3.2	5175 of 5193	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	6.4	5058 of 5113	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	7.3	5036 of 5113	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	7.6	4715 of 4818	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	6.1	4786 of 4822	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	6.5	4774 of 4809	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.4	332 of 569	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.1	478 of 593	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.4	459 of 661	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	17.4	634 of 663	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.4	646 of 747	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.1	628 of 700	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	16.5	2214 of 2227	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.6	2417 of 2585	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	32.5	1331 of 2128	37.5%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	30.0	2552 of 3162	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.5	2910 of 3245	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.5	3275 of 3311	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	3230 of 3275	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.1	3102 of 3246	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.0	5104 of 5597	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	5134 of 5612	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	5216 of 5609	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.7	5576 of 5635	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.5	5421 of 5492	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.1	5315 of 5413	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.7	4404 of 5107	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.8	4541 of 5107	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.8	4564 of 5087	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.9	5036 of 5084	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.8	4885 of 4963	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.7	4657 of 4830	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	4770 of 5460	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.7	5102 of 5517	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.9	4905 of 5363	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.6	5231 of 5264	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.3	5110 of 5173	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.8	4963 of 5084	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.6	5070 of 5628	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.4	5462 of 5643	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.8	5384 of 5638	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.5	5657 of 5663	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.7	5482 of 5510	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.0	5356 of 5431	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.8	1614 of 2847	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.0	2002 of 2635	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	2273 of 2420	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)43rd percentile+34 vs school

African American (2025)42nd percentile+33 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)19th percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)14th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)10th percentile~ school

Female (2025)9th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy22%-26 vs state

Mathematics18%-19 vs state

Science12%-21 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
YES Academy	Public	K-5	3140 Hyde Park Blvd.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 778-4992	462	22	21.0	97.0%	2 (0.4%)	134 (29.0%)	287 (62.1%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.4%)	14.3	5330^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.0%		11.7	5573^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	5.0%	243	12.0		12.0	20.8	22.5	23.7				22.3	24.0	21.1	9.3				18.1	92.7	95.8	96.9	94.8	93.8	96.9	$30,160	$7,017	$23,143
Crete Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	6103 Crenshaw Blvd.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Crete Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 791-1600	284	15	19.4	94.7%	0 (0.0%)	183 (64.4%)	90 (31.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	4.9	5838^th of 5857 public elementary schools	0.3%		7.2	5801^st of 5869 public elementary schools	1.2%	37	3.5		3.5	2.7	10.2	6.9	10.8			7.9	5.4	4.2	6.7	5.1			5.2							$21,122	$1,844	$19,278
Fifty-Ninth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	5939 Second Ave.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 294-5118	202	12	16.8	93.1%	2 (1.0%)	44 (21.8%)	140 (69.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.9%)	33.5	3682^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	37.1%		23.4	4534^th of 5869 public elementary schools	22.7%	852	9.1		9.1	42.2	18.2	24.2				29.7	45.7	57.6	9.1				38.4	82.7	96.2		90.4	86.5	94.2	$42,234	$10,809	$31,425
Learning by Design Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	7019 South Van Ness Ave.	Los Angeles	90047	Los Angeles County	Learning by Design Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 903-5712	114	5	22.8	78.1%	0 (0.0%)	63 (55.3%)	48 (42.1%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	19.8	4841^st of 5857 public elementary schools	17.3%		56.4	2219^th of 5869 public elementary schools	62.2%	2622	3.6		3.6	6.3		39.3				27.8	46.7		7.1				20.8							$22,449	$729	$21,720
Seventy-Fourth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	2112 West 74th St.	Los Angeles	90047	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 753-2338	377	18	20.9	92.6%	2 (0.5%)	185 (49.1%)	149 (39.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.9%)	38.6	3307^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.5%		28.8	4042^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	31.1%	735	14.8		14.8	28.1	45.5	44.4				38.7	40.0	40.0	33.3				37.9							$30,068	$5,970	$24,098
ICEF View Park Preparatory Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	5311 South Crenshaw Blvd.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	ICEF View Park Preparatory Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 290-6960	411	15	28.3	98.5%	2 (0.5%)	363 (88.3%)	36 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	28.6	4083^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	30.3%		22.2	4655^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.7%	572	11.9		11.9	36.1	40.3	37.3				37.9	37.7	24.2	15.3				25.8							$24,396	$4,676	$19,720
Centinela	Public	K-8	1123 Marlborough Ave.	Inglewood	90302	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5440	577	20	28.6	94.1%	5 (0.9%)	83 (14.4%)	477 (82.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	27.8	4154^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.1%		32.8	3711^th of 5869 public elementary schools	36.8%	443	25.4	26.7	26.1	37.1	26.8	40.7	19.1	35.3	47.4	34.4	35.5	31.0	25.4	14.9	25.0	42.1	29.3	88.7	90.3	95.2	90.3	90.3	90.3
Angeles Mesa Elementary	Public	K-5	2611 West 52nd St.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 294-5103	297	17	17.4	95.6%	8 (2.7%)	82 (27.6%)	186 (62.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (6.1%)	20.9	4746^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.0%		23.7	4500^th of 5869 public elementary schools	23.3%	246	11.1		11.1	17.1	34.6	30.6				26.2	21.4	44.4	13.9				24.8	89.3	92.9		91.1	91.1	91.1	$30,238	$5,698	$24,540
Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary	Public	K-6	5501 South Eileen Ave.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 294-5275	209	13	16.0	94.7%	1 (0.5%)	107 (51.2%)	56 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (21.5%)	50.2	2583^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	55.9%		56.8	2197^th of 5869 public elementary schools	62.6%	386	17.4		17.4	32.5	57.1	54.4				46.7	52.5	61.9	32.6				45.8	85.1	87.2		89.4	87.2	89.4	$37,334	$7,311	$30,023
Western Avenue Technology Magnet	Public	K-8	1724 West 53rd St.	Los Angeles	90062	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 295-3261	563	30	18.6	98.4%	4 (0.7%)	85 (15.1%)	434 (77.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.4%)	21.7	4693^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	19.9%		23.4	4545^th of 5869 public elementary schools	22.6%	148	16.1	22.6	18.4	19.2	33.9	23.2	39.2	38.8	39.3	30.7	24.7	23.7	10.7	29.4	16.3	19.4	21.0	91.8	95.3	96.5	95.3	92.9	95.3	$27,550	$6,849	$20,701

Frequently Asked Questions about YES Academy

Is YES Academy a good school?

YES Academy ranks in the bottom 9.0% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of YES Academy?

Students at YES Academy are 62% Hispanic, 29% African American, 7% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of YES Academy attend?

Students who attend YES Academy usually go on to attend:

High : Crenshaw Sci Technical Engr Math and Med Magnet
High : Horace Mann UCLA Community

What district is YES Academy in?

Los Angeles Unified

How many students attend YES Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 462 students attended YES Academy.

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