KIPP Ignite Academy
Charter school · Los Angeles
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KIPP Ignite Academy and Russell
Russell has a Scope Score of 74 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
We have no Scope Score for KIPP Ignite Academy this year. Its published results are below.
Russell Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
74
DevelopingScope Score · 44th percentile
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Test results
How do their test results compare?
The dark part of each bar is students who scored Advanced. The light part is students who scored Proficient. The dashed line is California for the same grades.
English: Proficient or Advanced
Reading and writing
KIPP Ignite Academy19%Advanced: 8%grades 3 and 4
Russell39%Advanced: 17%
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
KIPP Ignite Academy22%Advanced: 10%grades 3 and 4
Russell33%Advanced: 15%
California42%Advanced: 21%
Grades 3–5, spring 2026. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.
Year by year
How have their results changed?
Russell’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 32% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 39%.
Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026
Grades 3–5. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202619%KIPP Ignite Academy39%Russell46%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202622%KIPP Ignite Academy33%Russell42%California
The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional. Each figure is our combination of the grades’ published results, weighted by students tested. Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.
Life at school
Do students show up and stay in class?
A shorter bar is better here. The dashed line is the average California elementary school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
KIPP Ignite Academy38 in 100203 of 534 students
Russell30 in 100209 of 693 students
Average school17 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
KIPP Ignite Academy0.2%1 of 554 students
Russell0%0 of 721 students
Average school1.6%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California elementary school we score. Source: California Department of Education.
State growth measure
How did results compare with what the state expected?
The state sets an expected score for each student from that student’s earlier scores. A bar to the right means students scored above it.
English
Points against the expected score
KIPP Ignite Academy+10points
Russell−3points
Math
Points against the expected score
KIPP Ignite Academy+10points
Russell+14points
- KIPP Ignite AcademyGrade 4. The state calls both results Accelerated. 62 students.
- RussellGrades 4–6. The state calls the English result Average and the math result Accelerated. 280 students.
Spring 2025. Students with scores in both years. The measure describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education growth model.
Culture
How does each school describe itself?
Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.
KIPP Ignite Academy
“We are committed to providing a challenging academic program while focusing on character development and civic responsibility.”
From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026
Russell
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Culture, side by side
What do the school, its families and the records say?
A school’s words are its claims. The district’s survey and the staffing records are evidence.
| Measure | KIPP Ignite Academy | Russell |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | KIPP Ignite Academy
| RussellNot read yet |
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell64%LAUSD 77% · 261 answers |
| Students: Belonging | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell60%LAUSD 68% · 255 to 260 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell68%LAUSD 75% · 251 to 261 answers |
| Families: Safety | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell88%LAUSD 91% · 248 answers |
| Families: Belonging | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell95%LAUSD 94% · 248 to 256 answers |
| Staff: Safety | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell93%LAUSD 97% · 82 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | KIPP Ignite Academy5 | Russell22 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | KIPP Ignite Academy5% | Russell3% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | KIPP Ignite Academy | Russell |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell59%LAUSD 68% · 252 to 257 answers |
| Students: High expectations | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell80%LAUSD 84% · 257 to 258 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell33%LAUSD 24% · 254 to 260 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell96%LAUSD 94% · 251 to 252 answers |
| Families: Engagement | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell90%LAUSD 91% · 251 to 255 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell78%LAUSD 80% · 250 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell72%LAUSD 89% · 83 to 87 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell86%LAUSD 95% · 81 to 82 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | KIPP Ignite AcademyNo survey on file | Russell65%LAUSD 86% · 83 answers |
School statements are from each school’s own website on the date shown. A survey figure averages the questions on that subject: the share who agreed, or for student bullying the share it happened to. Teacher records are from the California Department of Education. Nothing here is about a named person.
Who attends
Who attends, and how big are they?
The table shows how many students each school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | KIPP Ignite Academy | Russell |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | KIPP Ignite Academy448 | Russell739 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | KIPP Ignite Academy87%390 of 448 students | Russell97%720 of 739 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | KIPP Ignite Academy21 | Russell20 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | KIPP Ignite Academy | Russell |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | KIPP Ignite AcademyTK–4 | RussellTK–6 |
| Who runs the school | KIPP Ignite AcademyA charter school | RussellLos Angeles Unified |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | KIPP Ignite AcademyLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2028 | RussellNot a charter |
Sources
Sources and definitions
75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How we score schools
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026. Each figure is the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, for one subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades.
“Clearly ahead” marks a figure that is ahead of the others by more than twice the margin of error. On chronic absence, ahead means lower.
Chronic absence and suspensions are the California Department of Education’s 2025–26 counts. “Chronically absent” means a student missed 10% or more of school days. The average school is the average California school we score at these schools’ level, with each school counted once.
The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores. It covers grades 4–8 and comes from the state’s spring 2025 release.
The year-by-year chart shows each spring’s results for grades 3–5. Each year is a different group of students, so the chart does not show how the same students changed.
Students and students per teacher are from the federal school directory, 2024–25. Students from low-income families are students counted as eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the California Department of Education’s 2024–25 count.
Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only). A charter’s approver is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.