YES Academy
Los Angeles Unified
70
Needs SupportScope Score · 16th percentile
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YES Academy and Fifty-Ninth Street
Fifty-Ninth Street scores 74 and YES Academy 70 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Fifty-Ninth Street’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Fifty-Ninth Street Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
74
DevelopingScope Score · 46th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Fifty-Ninth Street has the highest share and YES Academy has the lowest.
Biggest difference
17points
in English. 35% of Fifty-Ninth Street students scored Proficient or Advanced. At YES Academy it was 18%.
Lowest absence
20in 100
students at Fifty-Ninth Street missed 10% or more of school days. It was 41 in 100 at YES Academy.
Low-income families
97%
of YES Academy’s students are from low-income families. At Fifty-Ninth Street it is 93%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California elementary schools. Chronic absence is the 2025–26 school year. Students from low-income families are students eligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25.
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
YES Academy18%Advanced: 5%
Fifty-Ninth Street35%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 18%, clearly ahead
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
YES Academy22%Advanced: 5%
Fifty-Ninth Street36%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 21%, clearly ahead
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?
Fifty-Ninth Street’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 13% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 35%.
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 tests2017201820192022202320242025202618%YES Academy35%Fifty-Ninth Street46%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202622%YES Academy36%Fifty-Ninth Street42%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
YES Academy41 in 100210 of 508 students
Fifty-Ninth Street20 in 100Clearly ahead44 of 219 students
Average school17 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
YES Academy0%0 of 528 students
Fifty-Ninth Street0%0 of 226 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
YES Academy+2points
Fifty-Ninth Street+1point
Math
Points against the expected score
YES Academy0points
Fifty-Ninth Street+31points
- YES AcademyThe state calls both results Average. 128 students in English, 129 in math.
- Fifty-Ninth StreetThe state calls the English result Average and the math result Exceptional. 62 students.
Grades 4–5, spring 2025. Students with scores in both years. The measure describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education growth model.
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 | YES Academy | Fifty-Ninth Street |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | YES Academy57%LAUSD 77% · 141 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street72%LAUSD 77% · 76 answers |
| Students: Belonging | YES Academy56%LAUSD 68% · 134 to 142 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street70%LAUSD 68% · 72 to 76 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | YES Academy68%LAUSD 75% · 130 to 141 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street78%LAUSD 75% · 73 to 75 answers |
| Families: Safety | YES Academy79%LAUSD 91% · 179 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street89%LAUSD 91% · 150 answers |
| Families: Belonging | YES Academy87%LAUSD 94% · 179 to 199 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street95%LAUSD 94% · 150 to 157 answers |
| Staff: Safety | YES Academy89%LAUSD 97% · 66 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street97%LAUSD 97% · 39 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | YES Academy17 | Fifty-Ninth Street15 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | YES Academy14% | Fifty-Ninth Street0% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | YES Academy | Fifty-Ninth Street |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | YES Academy61%LAUSD 68% · 133 to 141 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street70%LAUSD 68% · 74 to 76 answers |
| Students: High expectations | YES Academy82%LAUSD 84% · 135 to 137 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street84%LAUSD 84% · 74 to 76 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | YES Academy31%LAUSD 24% · 134 to 142 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street23%LAUSD 24% · 74 to 76 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | YES Academy87%LAUSD 94% · 195 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street96%LAUSD 94% · 151 to 152 answers |
| Families: Engagement | YES Academy82%LAUSD 91% · 193 to 199 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street96%LAUSD 91% · 153 to 157 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | YES Academy71%LAUSD 80% · 191 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street80%LAUSD 80% · 149 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | YES Academy74%LAUSD 89% · 69 to 71 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street95%LAUSD 89% · 38 to 39 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | YES Academy84%LAUSD 95% · 68 to 69 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street97%LAUSD 95% · 37 to 38 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | YES Academy57%LAUSD 86% · 68 answers | Fifty-Ninth Street92%LAUSD 86% · 38 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?
Both schools are run by Los Angeles Unified. Ask the district which school serves your address.
| Measure | YES Academy | Fifty-Ninth Street |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | YES Academy462 | Fifty-Ninth Street202 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | YES Academy97%448 of 462 students | Fifty-Ninth Street93%188 of 202 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | YES Academy21 | Fifty-Ninth Street17 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | YES Academy | Fifty-Ninth Street |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | YES AcademyTK–5 | Fifty-Ninth StreetTK–5 |
| Who runs the school | YES AcademyLos Angeles Unified | Fifty-Ninth StreetLos Angeles Unified |
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).