City Language Immersion Charter, Los Angeles CA

Original Research by School Decision on City Language Immersion Charter

City Language Immersion Charter is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school in Los Angeles serving a small student population with a mission rooted in language immersion. The enrollment is stable at around a small size typical of early-grade charters, with the student body reflective of the city's demographics: the vast majority identify as Hispanic, with substantial numbers of Black and Asian students, and a small White enrollment. About two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of economic need in the school's immediate community.

The school occupies a Venice Boulevard address in the mid-city area of Los Angeles, a neighborhood characterized by mixed residential and commercial zoning. The housing market in the 90019 zip code is moderately priced relative to the broader metro area, with home values trending slightly downward year-over-year and monthly rents holding stable. This is working-to-middle-income terrain, neither the high-cost Westside nor the deeper affordability challenges of some inland areas.

On state testing, the school's proficiency rates tell a pattern of academic struggle. In English language arts, third-graders meet proficiency at rates below state benchmarks, though by fifth grade proficiency climbs substantially and approaches or touches the midline for many districts statewide. Mathematics is the weaker subject across all tested grades, with proficiency rates well below state standards at every level, with fifth grade showing the lowest performance of all grades tested. Science proficiency, measured only in fifth grade, sits below the state norm. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among the districts measured in Los Angeles County.

This performance picture suggests the school is working with a population facing significant academic headwinds. A parent considering this school should understand that the proficiency data does not show the school meeting or approaching county or state averages in any tested subject at any grade level. The upward trend in ELA from third to fifth grade is noteworthy and may reflect cumulative language development, yet mathematics proficiency remains low across all grades. The school's language-immersion mission, which presumably shapes curriculum and instruction, does not appear in these results to be yielding proficiency gains that match or exceed those of other schools in the county.

The school is a charter operating under its own district governance, which means it has autonomy in curriculum, hiring, and budget, though it remains accountable to the state for academic and fiscal performance. No data on attendance, discipline, special education enrollment, or English learner identification are available, so a parent inquiring about support services for students with disabilities, multilingual learners, or attendance patterns would need to contact the school directly.

For families drawn to the immersion model and committed to a small, community-rooted school environment in a central Los Angeles location, City Language Immersion Charter offers that pedagogical structure. However, the test results indicate that proficiency gains have not yet materialized at rates competitive with other schools in the county. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, specifically what instructional strategies are in place to address the mathematics gap and why ELA shows improvement in upper grades while mathematics does not.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 326%

School 26% · district not reported

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 418%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 515%

School 15% · district not reported

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 329%

School 29% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · district not reported

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

Grade 551%

School 51% · district not reported

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

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · district not reported

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 6 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income26%Higher-income37%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income20%Higher-income60%40 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income74%41 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income21%Higher-income37%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income0%Higher-income48%48 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income7%Higher-income26%19 pp gap