Accelerated Charter Elementary, Los Angeles CA

Original Research by School Decision on Accelerated Charter Elementary

Accelerated Charter Elementary is a kindergarten-through-sixth-grade charter school located in South Los Angeles. The school's population is very largely Hispanic and, in terms of economic need, among the most economically disadvantaged in the state: nearly all students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school does not magnet or selectively enroll; charter status means it is independently governed but operates within the public system.

In state testing on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress across the most recent school year, the school's proficiency rates place it below the midpoint relative to other schools and districts within Los Angeles County. In English language arts, students across the tested grades (three through six) show proficiency ranging from the low forties in grade four and five to the upper forties in grades three and six. Math proficiency is notably lower, ranging from the low twenties in grade five to the mid-to-upper thirties in other tested grades, with a solitary stronger result in grade three in the upper fifties. A single science assessment in grade five shows proficiency in the low twenties. The overall proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades falls in the lower half of the county comparison group.

Only one year of test data is available, so a trend cannot be established. A parent may want to look into further whether the school is working on improvement strategies in mathematics, where performance is notably weaker than in language arts.

The school's enrollment of roughly five hundred students is fairly evenly distributed across grades, with kindergarten cohorts somewhat larger. The student body is economically highly concentrated and racially very homogeneous: nearly all students are Hispanic, with single-digit numbers from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. The school's special-population breakdowns, including rates of students with individualized education plans and English learners, were not available in the data, so a parent should ask the school directly about support structures for these groups.

Housing in the surrounding neighborhood (the 90037 zip code around South Main Street) is valued in the mid-to-high hundreds of thousands and has declined slightly year-over-year. Monthly rents hover in the mid-to-high thousands. The immediate area is part of the South Los Angeles community, historically industrial and working-class, now experiencing incremental residential development as the city pursues new housing. Public transportation connects the school to broader metro access.

The school district itself bears the school's name and operates primarily through the charter model; no substantive recent changes to programming or operations were found in available sources, though the school's historical curriculum structure has included a dual-language immersion model. A parent seeking enrollment or wanting to understand the school's current instructional approach should connect directly with the school to understand curriculum specifics and support services in place.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 358%

School 58% · district not reported

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · district not reported

even with state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · district not reported

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 635%

School 35% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 346%

School 46% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 440%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 649%

School 49% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · district not reported

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.