Aspire Inskeep Academy Charter, Los Angeles CA

Original Research by School Decision on Aspire Inskeep Academy Charter

Aspire Inskeep Academy Charter is a small charter school serving kindergarten through sixth grade in South Los Angeles, in a neighborhood where the majority of students live below the poverty line and face substantial academic challenges.

The school enrolls a student body that is nearly entirely Hispanic and Black, with almost all students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is modest in size. This is a working-class neighborhood with a housing market considerably below the state average, though home values have remained relatively stable. The school itself sits within the Aspire Inskeep Academy Charter District, a single-school charter operator.

On state tests administered in 2024-25, the school's proficiency rates are low across both reading and math. In reading, third-graders showed the highest performance at around a third of students meeting proficiency; fifth graders performed better at roughly forty-five percent; and sixth graders were near that level. In math, performance is weaker. Third graders reached about a third of students proficient, but fourth and fifth graders fell to single digits, with fifth grade particularly low. Sixth graders recovered slightly to under a fifth. Science testing in fifth grade showed proficiency below a fifth of students. Across both reading and math taken together, the school sits in the bottom quartile among the schools across Los Angeles County for overall proficiency.

The school has only one year of testing data in this system, so no trend is available yet. A parent may want to look into what instructional changes or supports the school is working on in math, where performance is notably weaker than in reading.

The school's location in South LA situates it near what are publicly reported to be economically stressed neighborhoods with limited walkability in the immediate area, though parts of central Los Angeles have seen revitalization in recent years. The broader city is in an active housing and zoning transformation driven by statewide housing policy, with notable development activity downtown and expanding transit access, though the immediate school neighborhood has not been identified as a focal point of that change. The cost of living in the area remains a real constraint for families, particularly renters, even as the region's major employers and civic institutions anchor the wider metropolitan economy.

The school is open and operating. No specific information about programming, staffing, curriculum, or school culture was available in the data. A parent considering enrollment would want to speak with the school directly about its academic approach, class sizes, school day structure, and how it is working to improve outcomes in the areas where students are currently struggling.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · district not reported

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

Grade 411%

School 11% · district not reported

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 514%

School 14% · district not reported

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

Grade 618%

School 18% · district not reported

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

English language arts

Grade 327%

School 27% · district not reported

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

Grade 415%

School 15% · district not reported

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · district not reported

even with state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 649%

School 49% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Science

Grade 518%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 9 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.