Isana Octavia Academy, Los Angeles CA

Original Research by School Decision on Isana Octavia Academy

ISANA Octavia Academy is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Los Angeles, located in the 90065 zip code. The school enrolls a small cohort of students distributed fairly evenly across its grade span. A very large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with very small enrollments of Asian, Black, White, and multiracial students.

In academic terms, the school's performance shows a mixed picture across subjects and grades. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from roughly one-quarter of students in third and fourth grades to around three-fifths in seventh and eighth grades, suggesting stronger performance at the middle-school level. Mathematics proficiency is notably lower, ranging from roughly one-quarter to just under one-half of students across grades three through eight, with fourth and eighth grade showing the weakest results. Science proficiency, where tested, falls below both ELA and math, at around one-quarter to just under one-third of students. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency sits below the midpoint among the districts in Los Angeles County, a position that reflects the academic challenges facing the school relative to its peers in the county. A parent may want to look into the school's specific support strategies in math and science, where proficiency gaps appear most pronounced.

The school is positioned in Los Angeles, a sprawling, polycentric city with neighborhoods that vary sharply in character and density. The area around the school is part of a region with housing values and rents that have risen modestly year-over-year, set against a backdrop of ongoing zoning reforms and housing development goals countywide. Los Angeles operates an extensive transit system including Metro rail and bus lines, along with bike and scooter shares, though the city remains car-dependent in many areas. The region's economy is anchored by large public employers, healthcare and life sciences, aerospace and defense, and entertainment.

Data on specific student supports, such as English learner services or special education enrollment rates, was not available, so a parent may want to inquire directly with the school about those programs. The school's district brief yielded no recent, dated changes of parent-relevant impact. The school's enrollment is small enough that year-to-year fluctuations in proficiency across individual grades should be interpreted with some caution.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 348%

School 48% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · district not reported

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

Grade 646%

School 46% · district not reported

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

Grade 745%

School 45% · district not reported

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

Grade 833%

School 33% · district not reported

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

English language arts

Grade 334%

School 34% · district not reported

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

Grade 428%

School 28% · district not reported

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

Grade 552%

School 52% · district not reported

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

Grade 640%

School 40% · district not reported

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

Grade 761%

School 61% · district not reported

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

Grade 859%

School 59% · district not reported

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · district not reported

▼ 2 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.