Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson H: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson H posts 37.5% meeting the standard — versus 35.7% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56 | 13% | 38% | 96.6% | 87.5% | 19.4% | 0.8% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson H scores 56 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 78th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “38% proficient” and call it done. Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson H deserves a closer read. It sits at the 78th percentile of 2,160 California high schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson H's low-income kids hit 53.6% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 78th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 38% of students meet the standard today, above the 31% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 51% | 49% | 58% | 68% | 59% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 10% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 16% |
The story this school is actually telling
Of 100 students here: 38 are proficient by 11th grade → 97 graduate → 88 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson H's most underrated number
53.6% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson H in Carson, 53.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson H outperforms its district average for low-income students by 12.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (15.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (62.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 35.4 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 84 students tested.
7 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$894 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 25% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 120 | 22% | 38% | 25% | 16% | 59% | +12 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 120 | 4% | 12% | 23% | 61% | 16% | −8 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 119 | 4% | 21% | 69% | 6% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 84 | 53.6% | +13 | +15 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 74 | 62.2% | +21 | +23 |
| Students with Disabilities | 21 | 23.8% | +8 | +7 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson H ← | — | 56 | 12.9% | 37.5% | — | 0.8% |
| Academy of Medical Arts at Carson High | 0 mi | 56 | 17.9% | 52.8% | — | 0.4% |
| Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles | 2.3 mi | 56 | 24.6% | 49.2% | — | 0.7% |
| Carson Senior High | 0 mi | 53 | 19.7% | 48.6% | — | 0.2% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 55 | 70 | #603 | 7.4% | 30.6% | 26.8% | 0.7% | — |
| 2022 | 52 | 72 | #590 | 5.9% | 26.7% | 35.6% | 1.1% | — |
| 2023 | 55 | 77 | #495 | 9.7% | 35.1% | 25.2% | 0.9% | — |
| 2024 | 58 | 82 | #380 | 15.9% | 39.2% | 20.7% | 0.8% | — |
| 2025 | 56 | 78 | #474 | 12.9% | 37.5% | 19.4% | 0.8% | — |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 30.2% | 18.6% | -11.6pp |
| Male | 23.5% | 17.3% | -6.2pp |
| Black/African American | 27.3% | 27.6% | +0.3pp |
| White | 22.0% | 8.7% | -13.3pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 25.6% | 16.8% | -8.8pp |
| Pacific Islander | 51.4% | 31.3% | -20.1pp |
| Two or More Races | 33.3% | — | — |
| Students with Disabilities | 35.4% | 21.9% | -13.5pp |
| English Learners | 26.7% | — | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 28.8% | 19.3% | -9.5pp |
| All Students | 26.8% | 17.9% | -8.9pp |
| Asian | — | 15.0% | — |
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