The top reported proficiency rate is 29% in English language arts. The lowest is 6% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Perseverance Preparatory District
Perseverance Preparatory District no longer exists as an enrollment option. The district's sole school, Perseverance Preparatory, a public charter middle school serving grades through in San Jose, closed permanently in June 2023.
The school was authorized by the California State Board of Education rather than by a local district, after San Jose Unified and the Santa Clara County Office of Education had denied its charter application. Its authorization term ended concurrently with its closure, so there is no successor school under this district name.
According to publicly reported accounts, the school faced a sequence of operational and financial difficulties that culminated in closure. The school failed to submit required student address documentation on time, a lapse that resulted in a loss of state funding. This setback compounded earlier challenges including funding shortfalls and the loss of a planned facility location. The school's leadership ultimately accepted the district's decision to shutter operations.
For the single school year in which state assessment data is available, the results show very weak performance across subjects and grades. In mathematics, proficiency ranged from no students meeting standards in grade five, to a small proportion of students in grades six and eight reaching proficiency levels. Grade seven math proficiency was also well below the state norm. English language arts showed more variation: grades five and six had low proficiency, while grades seven and eight showed moderate proficiency, approaching midrange performance. In science, proficiency was minimal, with no students in grade five and only a handful in grade eight meeting standards. The school was small, with fewer than a few dozen students per grade level in most cases.
Because the district and its school have closed, families seeking middle-school enrollment should look elsewhere. A parent may want to contact the San Jose Unified School District or the Santa Clara County Office of Education for information about current charter and district-operated middle-school options in the area.
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