The top reported proficiency rate is 27% in English language arts. The lowest is 14% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Arts in Action Community Charter
Arts In Action Community Charter is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade charter school located in the East Los Angeles zip code of 90022, authorized by and operating within the broader Los Angeles Unified ecosystem. It serves a small elementary-sized enrollment distributed fairly evenly across six grade levels. The student body is nearly entirely Hispanic, and the great majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic character of the surrounding neighborhood. Data on English learner rates and special education enrollment was not reported in the available data, so a parent who needs those specifics would want to ask the school directly.
The school's defining identity is arts integration. Publicly reported information describes the organization as a TK-8 program, and the district has added a separate middle school serving grades 6 through 8 that has grown steadily in enrollment. That means a family entering kindergarten here now has a potential pathway through eighth grade within the Arts in Action network without a midstream transfer, a structural feature worth weighing at enrollment time.
On California's CAASPP state assessments, the school's tested grades show proficiency rates in English language arts and mathematics that are low in absolute terms and fall in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Los Angeles County. ELA proficiency across tested grades sits in the upper twenties as a share of students; math runs somewhat lower, and fifth-grade science results on the CAST are lower still. Only one year of data is available, so no trend line can be drawn from what is reported here. A parent who wants to understand whether scores have been moving should ask the school for its own year-over-year data. These results are a candid piece of the picture, and a parent may want to explore with the school what academic support structures are in place for students who are not yet at grade level.
One live institutional question involves charter renewal. Publicly reported information indicates that Arts in Action has submitted renewal petitions to LAUSD, and the outcome of that process governs whether the schools remain open for another multi-year term. The board vote outcome was not confirmed in the available material. Families considering enrollment should check on where that process stands, since approval is the condition for program continuity.
The school sits in a neighborhood where home values are meaningfully below the statewide median, making housing somewhat more accessible than across California broadly, though rents in the zip code have pulled back modestly in the past year while the overall Los Angeles market remains expensive relative to national norms. The surrounding city is dense, polycentric, and served by an extensive Metro bus and rail network, which matters for families commuting across the grid.
The broader Los Angeles context is worth holding in mind: the city is in an active housing production and rezoning phase tied to the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics, with downtown transformation and major mixed-use development underway. Major employers span county government, healthcare systems, aerospace, entertainment, and higher education anchors like UCLA and USC. The everyday texture of this part of the city is dense and predominantly Latino, with the street life and commercial character of East Los Angeles as the backdrop.
Arts in Action is a school built around an arts-integrated philosophy, drawing a student body that is economically and ethnically representative of its immediate neighborhood. Its academic proficiency numbers are a real soft spot, and that is the most important thing to examine closely alongside whatever the school can show about its trajectory and its supports for students still working toward grade-level standards.
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