Extera Public School No. 2, Los Angeles CA

Original Research by School Decision on Extera Public School No. 2

Extera Public School No. 2 is a charter school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Los Angeles, located in the 90023 zip code area. The school enrolls a small cohort of students across its six grade bands, with a heavily concentrated demographic profile: nearly all students are Hispanic, and the vast majority qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a community with acute economic need.

On California state assessments administered in spring 2025, the school's proficiency results across tested subjects and grades fall well below both state medians and the middle of the pack among districts in Los Angeles County. In mathematics, overall proficiency sits in the bottom quartile for county schools, with proficiency varying notably by grade: third grade shows modest performance, fourth grade shows particularly low results, and fifth grade reaches the school's highest math proficiency level. In English language arts, results follow a similar pattern, with third grade performing better than fourth but fifth grade recovering somewhat. A science assessment in fifth grade shows low proficiency as well. When proficiency metrics are averaged across subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index ranks it in the bottom quarter of county elementary schools.

The school's data does not include chronic absenteeism or graduation rates, as these measures do not apply to elementary schools. Similarly, breakdowns on the rates of students with disabilities or English learners were not available in the data provided.

The school sits in Los Angeles, a sprawling, polycentric city where residential, commercial, and industrial uses are distributed across many neighborhood centers rather than concentrated in a downtown core. The immediate area around South Lorena Street in the 90023 zip code is a densely populated, working-class neighborhood with strong Latino cultural and commercial presence. Housing values in the zip code are below California's state median, and the region's economic context includes a moderate unemployment rate and rising rents, though mortgage rates remain elevated. Major employers in Los Angeles include the county and city governments, the school district itself, and large institutions like UCLA and Kaiser Permanente, alongside aerospace, entertainment, and healthcare sectors.

The school operates as a charter within the Extera Public School No. 2 District. No recent parent-relevant changes to the district were documented in available sources. A family considering this school should be prepared for significantly below-average performance on state assessments, and would benefit from direct conversation with the school about its instructional approach, support systems for students, and strategies for addressing proficiency gaps in reading and mathematics. The school's small enrollment and community composition may be important factors in how families experience its culture and teaching, and those details would be worth exploring directly.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 330%

School 30% · district not reported

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 415%

School 15% · district not reported

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · district not reported

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 340%

School 40% · district not reported

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

Grade 424%

School 24% · district not reported

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

Grade 539%

School 39% · district not reported

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

Science

Grade 522%

School 22% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 5 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.