Independent charter school · San Jose Unified · San Jose, California

ACE Inspire Academy — Rating & test scores

San Jose · 5–8 · 205 students (2024–25)

1155 East Julian Street, 95112acecharter.org ↗(408) 295-6008

17thpercentileNeeds Support

The dots are California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

ACE Inspire Academyhigher than 17 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

ACE Inspire Academyhigher than 17 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

ACE Inspire Academyhigher than 17 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 21% and 19% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 203 in English, 206 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

This rating covers grades 6–8. ACE Inspire Academy teaches 5–8: grade 5 results ↓

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31 in 100 students (76 of 244) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a half times the rate at the average San Jose Unified middle school.

Sources

The sentence above: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 244. District and California figures are averages of school rates (8 San Jose Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask ACE Inspire Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is ACE Inspire Academy a good middle school?

ACE Inspire Academy scores higher than 17 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 17th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 31 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average San Jose Unified middle school. 3.9% of students (10 of 256) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 5–8 scored −21 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Minimal. In math, they scored +12 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Included in this measure: 174 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 20% of low-income students in grades 5–8 at ACE Inspire Academy in San Jose scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $2.8 million is planned for 14 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 68% of its $4.1 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 21% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 19% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 203 in English, 206 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grades 6–8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English, 1,254,800 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.

AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 203 tested

Advanced: 4%
Proficient: 17%
Below the standard: 79%

This school21%

California49%

San Jose Unified49%

21% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 206 tested

Advanced: 8%
Proficient: 11%
Below the standard: 81%

This school19%

California37%

San Jose Unified42%

19% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 5–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grade 5: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	27%
Advanced	0%
Proficient	27%
Developing level	6%
Minimal	67%
Tested	15
California	49%
Difference	−22

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	21%	25%	17%
Advanced	5%	6%	2%
Proficient	16%	19%	15%
Developing level	27%	21%	18%
Minimal	52%	54%	65%
Tested	80	63	60
California	48%	51%	49%
Difference	−27	−26	−32

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grade 5: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	7%
Advanced	0%
Proficient	7%
Developing level	46%
Minimal	47%
Tested	15
California	37%
Difference	−30

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	23%	22%	10%
Advanced	7%	13%	3%
Proficient	16%	9%	7%
Developing level	20%	16%	22%
Minimal	57%	62%	68%
Tested	83	63	60
California	37%	38%	36%
Difference	−14	−16	−26

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How do the elementary grades do?

In grade 5, spring 2026, 27% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 7% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

English

Grade 5 · spring 2026 · 15 tested

Advanced: 0%
Proficient: 27%
Below the standard: 73%

This school27%

California49%

San Jose Unified52%

27% Proficient or Advanced in grade 5.

Math

Grade 5 · spring 2026 · 15 tested

Advanced: 0%
Proficient: 7%
Below the standard: 93%

This school7%

California37%

San Jose Unified42%

7% Proficient or Advanced in grade 5.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 18% to 21% and math from 21% to 19%.

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

202518%179 tested

→

202621%203 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 49%2025 → 2026 · 1,266,619 → 1,254,039 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

202521%179 tested

→

202619%206 tested

This school

California, same grades36% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 1,272,526 → 1,254,800 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, yes. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 5–8 scored −21 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Minimal. In math, they scored +12 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 5–8: 174
Comparison: Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 5–8 · 2025 · 174 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

−21 pts

English

The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

+12 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts

Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grades 6–8 · This school	4%	17%	22%	57%	203
English, grades 6–8 · California	19%	30%	23%	28%	1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Jose Unified	19%	30%	22%	29%	5,232
Math, grades 6–8 · This school	8%	11%	19%	62%	206
Math, grades 6–8 · California	21%	16%	23%	40%	1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Jose Unified	27%	15%	21%	37%	5,233
English, grade 5 · This school	0%	27%	6%	67%	15
English, grade 5 · California	23%	26%	20%	31%	410,249
English, grade 5 · San Jose Unified	27%	25%	17%	31%	1,674
Math, grade 5 · This school	0%	7%	46%	47%	15
Math, grade 5 · California	21%	16%	24%	39%	411,080
Math, grade 5 · San Jose Unified	28%	14%	23%	35%	1,679

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20187 tested years shown · Grades 6–8 are well below California. Grade 5 is also well below it

Chart and table: 2018–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20182022202621%49%

Math top two levels, grades 6–8

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20182022202619%37%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 6–8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 36% in 2018 to 21% in 2026. In math, it went from 26% in 2018 to 19% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 6–8
Year	This school	California
2018	36% 214 tested	49% 1,391,379 tested
2019	26% 237 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	29% 217 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	26% 212 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	16% 196 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	18% 179 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested
2026	21% 203 tested	49% 1,254,039 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
Year	This school	California
2018	26% 202 tested	37% 1,394,516 tested
2019	19% 237 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	17% 219 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	19% 213 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	12% 203 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	21% 179 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested
2026	19% 206 tested	37% 1,254,800 tested

How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 21 points below that expected score, and in math 12 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

What you can do

Who can act on ACE Inspire Academy’s results?

ACE Inspire Academy’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed ACE Inspire Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source

Where is its yearly plan?

What its plan pays for ↓

San Jose Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2031.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

31 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average San Jose Unified middle school, 20 in 100 were. 3.9% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 76 of 244 students counted for it; suspension: 10 of 256 students enrolled during the year
Comparison: Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average San Jose Unified middle school 5.7%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

31 in 100This school

20 in 100At the average San Jose Unified middle school

18 in 100At the average California middle school

76 of 244 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

3.9%

of students were suspended at least once (10 of 256). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts

Grades 5–6: 25 in 100, 27 of 108
Grades 7–8: 36 in 100, 49 of 136

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at ACE Inspire Academy

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students scored below the same groups across California.

Student groups, grades 5–8, spring 2026

20% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 16% in math (grades 5–8, spring 2026), against 39% and 25% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 20% in English and 17% in math, against 39% and 26% for the same group across California. English learners scored below the same group across California in English.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grades 5–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).

ACE Inspire AcademySame group, California

Low-incomeEnglish · 195 tested20%Same group, California 39%
Low-incomeMath · 198 tested17%Same group, California 26%
Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 210 tested20%Same group, California 39%
Hispanic or LatinoMath · 213 tested16%Same group, California 25%
English learnersEnglish · 110 tested2%Same group, California 7%
English learnersMath · 113 tested8%Same group, California 7%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 5–8, spring 2026. English learners: grades 6–8 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino96%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share4%

A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

45% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 59 of 131 English learners45%

San Jose Unified · 1,791 of 4,02744%

California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

87%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 178 of 205. California: 63%.

11teachers, 2024–25

5 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

18%in their first year, 2024–25

24%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there for Hispanic or Latino and low-income students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 5–8 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs San Jose Unified	vs California
Low-income · 195 tested in English, 198 in math
English	20%	−727%	−1939%
Math	17%	017%	−926%
Hispanic or Latino · 210 tested in English, 213 in math
English	20%	−1232%	−1939%
Math	16%	−420%	−925%
English learners · 110 tested in English, 113 in math · grades 6–8 only
English	2%	−35%	−57%
Math	8%	+35%	+17%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in San Jose Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26

Students, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	96%
White	—
Asian	—
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
Two or more races	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 24% of teaching positions, 2.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 9 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

In its own words

What does ACE Inspire Academy’s own plan commit to?

Its 2026–27 plan

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

$2.8 million

planned for 14 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 68% of its $4.1 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 75 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 60% of the money. The plan itself puts 64% of it toward staff.

High Quality Instruction $827,063
Strengthen Instruction $462,495
Safe and Clean Facilities $384,000
11 other actions

Reading, math and catch-up help

3 of the plan’s 14 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Reading $94,283
Catch-up help $178,465
English learners $18,092

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

ELA MTSS Framework Implementation$94,283
MTSS (Culture) {LREBG}$84,182
English Language Development$18,092

For high-need students

It plans $848,161 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $471,677 and estimates it spent $660,607, $188,930 (40%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $587,974 (27%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Special Education, which went from $62,800 to $371,464.

Largest cuts

Family Engagement and Involvement Program−⁠$65,905
ELA MTSS Framework Implementation−⁠$52,115
High Quality Instruction−⁠$46,866

Largest increases

Special Education+⁠$308,664
Strengthen Instruction+⁠$205,295
Community Engagement+⁠$112,019

New in the 2026–27 plan

MTSS (Culture) {LREBG}$84,182
Assessments & Data Analysis$15,000

Ask: What did Family Engagement and Involvement Program pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $65,905 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 6–8 only: 21% in English and 19% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure	2024–25	2025–26	Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 2	18%	22%	up 4 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 2	20%	18%	down 2 pts
Chronically absentGoal 1	25 in 100	31 in 100	6 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 1	9.8%	3.9%	down 5.9 pts

Goal 3 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts

High Quality Instruction · $827,063
Strengthen Instruction · $462,495
Safe and Clean Facilities · $384,000

The full plan3 goals, 25 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($2.8 million).

Where does the money go?

68% to Goal 2. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

fell 25% or more
fell 10–25%
fell 2–10%
within 2%
grew 2–10%
grew 10–25%
grew 25% or more
new or renamed title
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1School structures and systems will promote a positive school culture as well as growth-mindset and sense of…$691,07325% of action budgets

“School structures and systems will promote a positive school culture as well as growth-mindset and sense of optimism in students that further promotes engagement, increasing attendance while decreasing chronic absence, suspension, and expulsion rates” p. 11 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $609,547 (+⁠$81,526)

Largest funded actions

Safe and Clean Facilities$384,000action 1.4 · p. 37 ↗
Social Emotional Learning$117,817action 1.2 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Attendance Intervention$105,074action 1.1 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
MTSS (Culture) {LREBG}$84,182action 1.3 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $35,729 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Social Emotional Learning+⁠$92,817$25,000 → $117,817 · p. 37 ↗
Attendance Intervention+⁠$29,750$75,324 → $105,074 · p. 37 ↗
Safe and Clean Facilities−⁠$15,400$399,400 → $384,000 · p. 37 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

MTSS (Culture) {LREBG} · $84,182 · p. 37 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 9 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 11 ↗.

Goal 2College Readiness - Students will gain the academic knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond$1.9 million68% of action budgets

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.4 million (+⁠$474,334) · p. 17 ↗

Largest funded actions

High Quality Instruction$827,063action 2.1 · p. 37 ↗
Strengthen Instruction$462,495action 2.8 · p. 38 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $427,437 is state funding counted toward those services
Special Education$371,464action 2.7 · p. 37 ↗
Curriculum and Materials$110,018action 2.2 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $56,138 is state funding counted toward those services
ELA MTSS Framework Implementation$94,283action 2.5 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $53,331 is state funding counted toward those services

2 more funded actions in this goal

English Language Development · action 2.6 · p. 37 ↗$18,092
Assessments & Data Analysis · action 2.3 · p. 37 ↗$15,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Special Education+⁠$308,664$62,800 → $371,464 · p. 37 ↗
Strengthen Instruction+⁠$205,295$257,200 → $462,495 · p. 38 ↗
ELA MTSS Framework Implementation−⁠$52,115$146,398 → $94,283 · p. 37 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

High Quality Instruction · $873,929 → $827,063 · p. 37 ↗−⁠$46,866
Curriculum and Materials · $66,300 → $110,018 · p. 37 ↗+⁠$43,718
English Language Development · $17,454 → $18,092 · p. 37 ↗+⁠$638
Assessments & Data Analysis · $15,000 · p. 37 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 12 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 17 ↗.

Goal 3ACE Families are empowered through structures that recognize and support them in being full partners in their…$206,6547% of action budgets

“ACE Families are empowered through structures that recognize and support them in being full partners in their children’s education and promote their agency and voice in the life of the school” p. 27 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $174,540 (+⁠$32,114)

Largest funded actions

Community Engagement$154,019action 3.2 · p. 38 ↗
Family Engagement and Involvement Program$32,635action 3.1 · p. 38 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Family Communication$20,000action 3.3 · p. 38 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Community Engagement+⁠$112,019$42,000 → $154,019 · p. 38 ↗
Family Engagement and Involvement Program−⁠$65,905$98,540 → $32,635 · p. 38 ↗
Family Communication−⁠$14,000$34,000 → $20,000 · p. 38 ↗

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 27 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Next steps

What comes after ACE Inspire Academy, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

ACE Inspire Academy is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary
Anne Darling Elementary
1st · Needs Support · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
Middle · this school
ACE Inspire Academy
Grades 5–8
High
San Jose High
9th · Needs Support · 2025Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Anne Darling Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
1st percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026
Selma Olinder Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
20th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026
Grant Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
1st percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

High-school links

San Jose High
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
9th percentile · Needs Support · high · 2025
Abraham Lincoln High
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
43rd percentile · Developing · high · 2025
Willow Glen High
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
55th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

How do I get in?

Ask ACE Inspire Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades: Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery: What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics: What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

School website: acecharter.org ↗Office: (408) 295-6008Administrator: Kennedy Hilario

Location and visiting

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1155 East Julian Street, San Jose 95112

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 31 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (76 of 244 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 79% in English and 81% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (203 tested in English, 206 in math); California: 51% and 63%
When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
What did Family Engagement and Involvement Program pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $65,905 less?
What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 2% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (110 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?

Office (408) 295-60081155 East Julian Street, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

Sunrise MiddleSanta Clara County Office of Education · 0.0 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
75thStrongScope Score 50
ACE Empower AcademySanta Clara County Office of Education · 1.5 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
11thNeeds SupportScope Score 22
Renaissance at MathsonAlum Rock Union Elementary · 1.5 mi
34thDevelopingScope Score 32
Muwekma Ohlone Middle1.6 mi
19thNeeds SupportScope Score 26
KIPP Heartwood AcademyAlum Rock Union Elementary · 1.9 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
90thStrongScope Score 65

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,084 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #7 of 8 in San Jose Unified

Score factors, 2025–26
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Advancedaverage of English and math	6%	37	42%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math	20%	34	23%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)	+44 scale-score pts	45	20%
Chronically absent	31 in 100	34	5%
Suspension rate	3.9% (10 of 256)	50	5%
English learners: top level	15%	41	5%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2025–26	25	17	#2084	California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School year	Chronic absence	Suspension	Grade gap (points)
2018–19	not on file	not on file	+9
2021–22	not on file	not on file	−1
2022–23	not on file	not on file	+6
2023–24	27 in 100	7.0% (17 of 244)	+9
2024–25	25 in 100	9.8% (22 of 224)	+3
2025–26	31 in 100	3.9% (10 of 256)	−9

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	218	4%	22%
2026 · Math	221	7%	18%
2025 · English	193	3%	18%
2025 · Math	193	8%	20%
2024 · English	210	1%	15%
2024 · Math	218	2%	11%
2023 · English	234	4%	24%
2023 · Math	235	6%	17%
2022 · English	234	6%	28%
2022 · Math	236	6%	16%
2019 · English	257	7%	28%
2019 · Math	258	5%	19%
2018 · English	246	11%	37%
2018 · Math	235	10%	25%
2017 · English	185	8%	37%
2017 · Math	187	13%	27%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 5 · English	14	14%
2025 · Grade 6 · English	62	11%
2025 · Grade 7 · English	54	17%
2025 · Grade 8 · English	63	25%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math	14	7%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	62	31%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	54	9%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	63	22%
2024 · Grade 5 · English	14	0%
2024 · Grade 6 · English	65	9%
2024 · Grade 7 · English	59	14%
2024 · Grade 8 · English	72	24%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	15	7%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	70	7%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	60	18%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	73	11%
2023 · Grade 5 · English	22	0%
2023 · Grade 6 · English	66	24%
2023 · Grade 7 · English	77	18%
2023 · Grade 8 · English	69	36%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	22	0%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	66	20%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	77	17%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	70	20%
2022 · Grade 5 · English	17	18%
2022 · Grade 6 · English	77	23%
2022 · Grade 7 · English	69	30%
2022 · Grade 8 · English	71	34%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	17	0%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	78	24%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	70	13%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	71	13%
2019 · Grade 5 · English	20	50%
2019 · Grade 6 · English	74	19%
2019 · Grade 7 · English	76	24%
2019 · Grade 8 · English	87	34%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	21	19%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	74	16%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	76	21%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	87	18%
2018 · Grade 5 · English	32	50%
2018 · Grade 6 · English	69	35%
2018 · Grade 7 · English	83	35%
2018 · Grade 8 · English	62	37%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math	33	21%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	56	27%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	84	25%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	62	26%
2017 · Grade 5 · English	39	33%
2017 · Grade 6 · English	84	44%
2017 · Grade 7 · English	62	31%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math	41	24%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	84	26%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	62	31%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026

Science (CAST)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	75	1%	5%	49%	44%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California

Group · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	195	20%	−7	−19
Hispanic or Latino	210	20%	−12	−19
English learners (grades 6–8 only)	110	2%	−3	−5

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score

Group	English	n	CDE category	Math	n	CDE category
All students	−21	174	Minimal	+12	174	Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino	−21	170	Minimal	+12	170	Accelerated
Low-income	−22	155	Minimal	+10	155	Accelerated
English learners	−24	137	Minimal	+7	137	Accelerated
English learners only	−26	110	not categorized	+5	110	not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)	−19	69	Moderate	+3	69	Average
Students with disabilities	−24	36	Minimal	−13	36	Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English	−9	27	not categorized	+9	27	not categorized
English-only students	−11	24	not categorized	+18	24	not categorized

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 5–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6

exceeded standard · 9% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2024 · 65 English test records with scores

English · 2026 · Grade 8

Advanced · 17% Proficient or Advanced

CDE CAASPP 2026 · 60 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 60 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−21 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 5–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 5–8

174 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

State model · math+12 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 5–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 5–8

174 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 5–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 25 in 100 → 2025–26 · 31 in 100 · +6 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.8% (22 of 224) → 2025–26 · 3.9% (10 of 256) · −5.9 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	—	34 in 100	—
Male	—	28 in 100	—
Hispanic or Latino	—	32 in 100	—
Students with disabilities	—	38 in 100	—
English learners	—	34 in 100	—
Homeless	—	42 in 100	—
Low-income	—	32 in 100	—
All students	—	31 in 100	—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,878 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 27,430 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,059 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation

Instruction 59%Instruction support 12%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 3%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$292,468,761	58.97%	59%
Instruction support	$61,768,387	12.45%	12%
Student services	$49,263,853	9.93%	10%
Administration	$31,175,239	6.29%	6%
Buildings & maintenance	$48,304,567	9.74%	10%
Other	$13,019,001	2.62%	3%
Total	$495,999,808	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $495,999,808 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$13,878 per pupil

2020$12,931 per pupil

2019$12,414 per pupil

2018$11,570 per pupil

2017$11,975 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95112 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95112 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$89,103
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	38%
ZIP-area population	57,373
Median age	31.9 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95112 →

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ACE Inspire Academy — Rating & test scores

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Spring 2026 state test results

Common questions

How do I get in?

Is ACE Inspire Academy a good middle school?

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

Did students here score above what the state expected?

How do kids like mine do here?

What does its own plan pay for?

What should I ask on a visit?

How did students here do on state tests?

English

Math

How do the elementary grades do?

English

Math

Have results changed?

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

Did students here score above what the state expected?

English

Math

Each year’s results and tested counts

Who can act on ACE Inspire Academy’s results?

Where is its yearly plan?

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

Chronically absent, 2025–26

Suspensions, 2025–26

How do kids like mine do here?

Who are the students?

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

Who are the families and teachers?

What does ACE Inspire Academy’s own plan commit to?

The 2026–27 plan in short

Where the money goes

Reading, math and catch-up help

For high-need students

What changed

What its goals measure

Where does the money go?

Every goal, in the plan’s order

What comes after ACE Inspire Academy, and how do I get in?

Elementary links

High-school links

How do I get in?

Before you apply

Location and visiting

Questions for your visit

Source records

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Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

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