Original Research by School Decision on Equitas Academy 4 District
Equitas Academy 4 District serves grades five through eight as a small, specialized district in Los Angeles County. With an enrollment of a few hundred students across the middle grades, the district operates a single school, Equitas Academy 4, which serves an overwhelmingly Hispanic student population. Demographic data shows that substantially all students identify as Hispanic, with a very small number of students of multiple races represented.
State testing data and graduation rates are not available for this district. The grade band explains the absence of graduation data, since the district serves only middle grades. For proficiency metrics, the data was not provided, so the academic performance picture from standardized assessment is incomplete here. A parent seeking information about how Equitas Academy 4 students perform on California state assessments may want to contact the district directly or consult publicly available state testing dashboards for more recent results.
Among Los Angeles County's districts, Equitas Academy 4 sits slightly above the median on chronic absenteeism rates, meaning attendance challenges are modestly less severe here than at the typical county district, though the rate indicates room for improvement. The district's per-pupil spending falls in the upper-middle range for county districts, positioning it above the midpoint in resource allocation.
A major structural change arrives in the 2025-2026 school year. Equitas Academy 4 is entering a partnership with Collegiate Charter High School, creating a TK-12 continuum that families have requested for years. Under this arrangement, Equitas Academy 4 will relocate to a new building but remain its own distinct school with its own principal, while Collegiate High School will occupy Equitas's former site. The school name is expected to change as part of this transition. For families in the current district, this shift means a new location, the addition of a high school option within the Equitas network, and a rebranding that reflects the partnership.
Concurrently, the school has adopted the California Community Schools model, supported by a state partnership grant. This pedagogical approach centers the school on whole-child development, integrating social-emotional learning, community-based partnerships, and multi-tiered systems of support into the academic program. A new Community Schools Coordinator role has been added to the staff to implement these services. The school's stated values, joy, community, belonging, advocacy, and growth, reflect this shift toward a broader mission than academics alone.
The district's data footprint is sparse on the details parents often use to compare schools: free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, and disciplinary climate are not reported in the materials available. Attendance rates, course offerings, and staffing composition are similarly absent. This gap means a parent exploring Equitas Academy 4 would benefit from reaching out directly to the school to understand student support services, academic program breadth, and the student composition beyond race and ethnicity.
The partnership launch and pedagogical reorientation represent substantive, lasting changes to the student experience. Families considering Equitas Academy 4 should expect to navigate a transition year in 2025-2026 and may want to clarify with the school how the name change, relocation, and Community Schools model will affect day-to-day operations, transportation, and available supports.
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