Puc Milagro Charter, Los Angeles CA

Original Research by School Decision on Puc Milagro Charter

PUC Milagro Charter is a small elementary school in Los Angeles that serves kindergarten through fifth grade, with enrollment distributed evenly across grade levels. The school is located in the northeast Los Angeles area and operates as a charter school independent of the traditional LAUSD structure.

The student body is overwhelmingly Latino, with a very high share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a neighborhood of substantial economic need. The school draws from a community where housing costs are moderately above the state average, though rents have risen noticeably over the past year. This is a school serving a working-class, immigrant-origin neighborhood with limited household income cushion.

Academically, PUC Milagro shows mixed strength across its grade span. In third grade, the school is exceptionally strong in mathematics, with proficiency well above typical performance. Fourth grade shows a notable drop in math proficiency, and fifth grade recovers somewhat but does not reach third-grade levels. English language arts tells a different story: third grade performs solidly, fourth grade climbs substantially higher, and fifth grade remains above the state median but lower than fourth. In science, fifth-grade proficiency sits in the middle range of state performance.

When averaged across tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among districts in Los Angeles County. This is a meaningful position. The strength appears concentrated in the upper elementary grades for reading and the younger tested grades for math, but the variability across grades and subjects suggests the school may have pockets of strong instruction alongside areas where students struggle to meet grade-level benchmarks. A parent may want to understand more directly what happens in fourth-grade mathematics, where the drop is pronounced, and how the school approaches intervention or differentiation there.

The school sits in a dense, working-class part of Los Angeles with limited walkability to other amenities but reasonable access to the broader transit network. Most families are likely car-dependent, though bus service exists. Housing in the area is becoming less affordable, with modest year-over-year rental increases.

No data was available on the school's special education identification rate, English learner population share, chronic absenteeism, or discipline patterns, so a reader interested in those specifics should contact the school directly. The school operates under PUC Milagro Charter District, a single-school charter operator, meaning governance decisions rest with the school's own board rather than a larger district office. Recent changes to the school or district strategic direction were not found in available records.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 398%

School 98% · district not reported

▲ 55 pts above state median · ▲ 52 pts above county median

Grade 470%

School 70% · district not reported

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 572%

School 72% · district not reported

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 383%

School 83% · district not reported

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 488%

School 88% · district not reported

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 44 pts above county median

Grade 575%

School 75% · district not reported

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Science

Grade 565%

School 65% · district not reported

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above 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.