Original Research by School Decision on T.i.m.e. Community
T.I.M.E. Community is a charter high school in Montebello, California, authorized by the California State Board of Education after both Montebello Unified and the Los Angeles County Office of Education denied its founding petition. The school's stated mission, as publicly reported, was college-preparatory STEM and visual and performing arts, with a career-based curriculum aimed at preparing graduates for four-year university eligibility. It was the single school operated by the T.I.M.E. Community District.
The most important thing a family needs to know is that the NCES record for this school carries a status of closed, and the school's own authorization was a five-year term running through 2025. In 2023, its authorizer moved toward a Notice of Revocation, a step the California Charter Schools Association publicly opposed at the time, citing facilities disputes rooted in the school's Proposition 39 rights. Third-party directories began listing the school as closed around that period. Whether the school completed its term, renewed, or was revoked could not be fully confirmed from the available data, and families would need to contact the school or the Los Angeles County Office of Education directly to determine its current status before making any enrollment decision.
Academic performance data is not available. State assessment results, enrollment figures, demographic composition, and staffing information are all missing from the record, likely a combination of the school's very small enrollment and its current closed status in NCES data. The school served only high school grades, so metrics like graduation rate and course access would normally apply, but no data exists to report on those measures here.
The surrounding community is Montebello, a mid-sized Los Angeles County city with a blended residential, commercial, and light-industrial character. The city's dominant commercial corridor along Whittier Boulevard is pedestrian-friendly, with frequent bus service and a mix of retail, dining, and neighborhood services. The broader economy leans on logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, and retail, with the school district, a regional hospital, and a major commercial coffee-equipment manufacturer among publicly reported employers. Newer hillside development, including a master-planned community built by national homebuilders, has added higher-priced inventory to a housing market that otherwise runs heavily on postwar single-family stock. Home values in the area are well above the California statewide midpoint and substantially above the national figure, with rents also running at a premium. Both have continued to move upward in the recent period.
For any family that was drawn to this school because of its STEM and arts focus or its charter independence, the practical question is whether it is still operating. Given the closed designation in official records and the unresolved revocation history, the data as assembled here does not support treating T.I.M.E. Community as an active enrollment option without direct verification.
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