Today's Fresh Start-compton, Los Angeles CA

Original Research by School Decision on Today's Fresh Start-compton

Today's Fresh Start-Compton is a small charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in south-central Los Angeles. The school serves a student body of about four hundred, with a composition that is roughly equally divided between Black and Latino students, and nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating high economic need in the student population.

The school's academic performance reflects a school working with significant challenges. In English language arts, proficiency on state tests ranges from around the low-to-mid forties in the upper elementary grades to roughly four in ten by eighth grade. Math proficiency is lower, ranging from roughly one in five in sixth grade to about one in two in third grade, with proficiency dropping considerably in the middle grades. Science proficiency, measured in fifth and eighth grade, shows roughly four in ten students meeting standards in fifth grade and about one in four by eighth grade.

These results sit below the midpoint among tested schools in Los Angeles County. The pattern across grades suggests the school faces particular difficulty sustaining student gains as they move into the middle grades; proficiency tends to decline noticeably in sixth and eighth grade, especially in mathematics. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what supports exist for students at the grade-six transition and what specific instructional strategies are being deployed in math.

The school has only one year of state testing data available, so trend information is not yet present. This limits visibility into whether performance is improving, stable, or shifting year to year.

Today's Fresh Start-Compton operates as a charter school within the Today's Fresh Start-Compton District. The school's location on Crenshaw Boulevard places it in an area of Los Angeles with significant housing cost increases despite broader economic headwinds; rents have risen notably while mortgage rates remain elevated and unemployment is relatively stable. The neighborhood context is predominantly working-class and immigrant, consistent with the school's student composition and the high rate of economic need. The school serves the grades immediately before high school transition, ending at eighth grade.

The name "Fresh Start" suggests a focus on opportunity and reset, though specific program details were not available to review. Parents considering this school should inquire directly about curriculum approach, whether the school offers enrichment or tutoring in math given the proficiency gaps, whether there are structures to support the sixth-grade transition, and what the school's strategic priorities are for improvement.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 349%

School 49% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · district not reported

even with state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 621%

School 21% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 741%

School 41% · district not reported

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

Grade 815%

School 15% · district not reported

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

English language arts

Grade 347%

School 47% · district not reported

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

Grade 451%

School 51% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 621%

School 21% · district not reported

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

Grade 737%

School 37% · district not reported

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

Grade 842%

School 42% · district not reported

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

Science

Grade 544%

School 44% · district not reported

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median · even with 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.