Summary:
OCS - South is a public charter elementary school located in Altadena, California, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 342 students. This high-performing school is part of the Pasadena Unified district, which is ranked 109 out of 1,560 districts in California and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
OCS - South consistently outperforms the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across all grade levels. In the 2022-2023 school year, 70.37% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 46.66%, and 60.32% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 34.62%. The school's performance in Science, as measured by the CAST assessment, is also strong, with 60% of students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 30.18%. OCS - South performs exceptionally well for its Hispanic and White student subgroups, ranking in the top 500 schools in California for both groups, and its ranking for male students is also strong, placing in the top 700 schools in the state.
While OCS - South's chronic absenteeism rate of 32.0% is lower than some of the nearby schools, such as Madison Elementary and Washington Elementary, it is still higher than the state average and could be an area for improvement. The school's diverse student population, with a mix of White (39.18%), Hispanic (33.92%), and Asian (8.77%) students, is a strength, and its relatively low student-teacher ratio of 20.1 is also noteworthy. However, the nearby private school, Paradise Canyon Elementary, has significantly higher academic performance than OCS - South across all subject areas.
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Detail:
Public, Charter K-8
District:
OCS - South District
SchoolDigger Rank:
899th of 5,874 California Elementary Schools
Student/teacher ratio: 20.1
Number of students: 342
Racial breakdown:
White:
39.2%
Hispanic:
33.9%
Two or more races:
9.1%
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Asian:
8.8%
African American:
8.5%
Not Specified:
0.6%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 28.9%
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