Summary:
The Luis Valdez Leadership Academy District consists of a single public charter high school, Luis Valdez Leadership Academy, which serves grades 9-12 and has a total enrollment of 270 students. While the school has maintained a relatively high graduation rate and low dropout rate, it faces significant academic and socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by its low proficiency rates on state assessments and high chronic absenteeism rate.
Luis Valdez Leadership Academy has a school ranking of 1589 out of 2323 California high schools and a 2-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic performance, particularly in Mathematics and Science, is significantly lower than the statewide averages, with only 36.67% of 11th-grade students proficient in English Language Arts compared to the statewide average of 55.73%. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the student population faces significant socioeconomic challenges.
Despite these challenges, the school has maintained a 95.3% four-year graduation rate, which is higher than the statewide average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 21.8% is also higher than the statewide average, which may be a contributing factor to the academic performance concerns. Overall, the data suggests that the Luis Valdez Leadership Academy District and its sole school, Luis Valdez Leadership Academy, face significant challenges in addressing the academic and socioeconomic needs of their student population.
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