Independent charter school · Los Angeles Unified · Los Angeles, California

Arts in Action Community Middle — Rating & test scores

Los Angeles · 6–8 · 258 students (2024–25)

745 South Kern Avenue, 90022artsinactioncharter.org ↗(323) 266-4371

51stpercentileSolid

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 ↓

Arts in Action Communityhigher than 51 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

Arts in Action Communityhigher than 51 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

Arts in Action Communityhigher than 51 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: 36% and 16% 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: 237
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”).

How to enroll

Compare

Compare schools

Choose up to four middle schools.

Find another school

Type at least two characters to search.

Save

Campus map · © OpenStreetMap

Drawn from OpenStreetMap. Volunteers map it, so a new building may be missing. Buildings with no mapped height are drawn one storey high.

A picture of the campus, not an attendance boundary or a rating.

Schools maintain a closed campus policy. For students’ safety, visitors may enter a campus only with the school’s official permission; this drawing implies no permission to enter.

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 6–8 scored above what the state expected in English (+9 pts) and math (+9 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 9% of students tested in English and 7% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources

Sentence 1: CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 237 in English, 236 in math. 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.
Sentence 2: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8: 237. 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).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Arts in Action Community is an independent charter, so you apply on its own application, not through LAUSD Choices. It sets its own deadline and lottery date. Find both on the school’s site or ask the office. Evidence ↓

Is Arts in Action Community a good middle school?

Arts in Action Community Middle scores higher than 51 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 51st percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 21 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 24 in 100 at the average Los Angeles Unified middle school. 1.5% of students (4 of 269) 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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored +9 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +9 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Included in this measure: 237 students in English, 236 in math

Evidence ↓

How does grade 7 do in math?

Grade 7 stands apart in math: 30% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 16% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 36% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Arts in Action Community Middle in Los Angeles 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, $8.7 million is planned for 9 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 85% of its $10.1 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead after 8th grade?

Arts in Action Community Middle is an independent charter, so no next school is assigned from it by an attendance boundary. Families choose the next school and apply or register there. 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, 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 16% 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: 237
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 · 237 tested

Advanced: 9%
Proficient: 27%
Below the standard: 64%

This school36%

California49%

Los Angeles Unified47%

36% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 237 tested

Advanced: 7%
Proficient: 9%
Below the standard: 84%

This school16%

California37%

Los Angeles Unified35%

16% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	25%	44%	39%
Advanced	10%	13%	5%
Proficient	15%	31%	34%
Developing level	33%	25%	32%
Minimal	42%	31%	29%
Tested	73	71	93
California	48%	51%	49%
Difference	−23	−7	−10

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, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	15%	30%	7%
Advanced	4%	11%	5%
Proficient	11%	19%	2%
Developing level	28%	19%	29%
Minimal	57%	51%	64%
Tested	72	71	94
California	37%	38%	36%
Difference	−22	−8	−29

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 →

School pattern · grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Grade-to-grade gainsFrom grade 6 in spring 2024 to grade 8 in spring 2026, results here rose more than at the average California middle school. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children. The Score factors record below gives the figure.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 20 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 29% to 36% and math from 14% to 16%.

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

202529%248 tested

→

202636%237 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

202514%247 tested

→

202616%237 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?

Yes, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored +9 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +9 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 237 in English, 236 in math
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 6–8 · 2025 · 237 students in English, 236 in math, with scores in both years

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

+9 pts

English

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

+9 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	9%	27%	30%	34%	237
English, grades 6–8 · California	19%	30%	23%	28%	1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Los Angeles Unified	17%	30%	23%	30%	106,147
Math, grades 6–8 · This school	7%	9%	26%	58%	237
Math, grades 6–8 · California	21%	16%	23%	40%	1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Los Angeles Unified	19%	16%	23%	42%	106,060

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 · English and math have stayed well below California in every tested year since 2018

Chart and table: 2018–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20182022202636%49%

Math top two levels, grades 6–8

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20182022202616%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 18% in 2018 to 36% in 2026. In math, it went from 7% in 2018 to 16% 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	18% 122 tested	49% 1,391,379 tested
2019	28% 139 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	20% 239 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	26% 242 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	21% 243 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	29% 248 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested
2026	36% 237 tested	49% 1,254,039 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
Year	This school	California
2018	7% 122 tested	37% 1,394,516 tested
2019	22% 139 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	11% 239 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	12% 242 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	10% 242 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	14% 247 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested
2026	16% 237 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 9 points above that expected score, and in math 9 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 Arts in Action Community’s results?

Arts in Action Community’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed Arts in Action Community 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 ↓

Los Angeles Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

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?

21 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. 1.5% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Context Close to the 24 in 100 at the average Los Angeles Unified middle school: a pattern across the district.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 56 of 263 students counted for it; suspension: 4 of 269 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 Los Angeles Unified middle school 0.8%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

21 in 100This school

24 in 100At the average Los Angeles Unified middle school

18 in 100At the average California middle school

56 of 263 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.5%

of students were suspended at least once (4 of 269). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

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

Grade 6: 21 in 100, 17 of 82
Grades 7–8: 22 in 100, 39 of 181

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Arts in Action Community

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 ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questions Responder en español

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students scored below the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grades 6–8, spring 2026

17% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 17% in math, against 25% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grades 6–8; 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).

Arts in Action CommunitySame group, California

Low-income222 tested17%Same group, California 26%
Hispanic or Latino236 tested17%Same group, California 25%
Students with disabilities63 tested6%Same group, California 10%
English learners44 tested2%Same group, California 7%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 2% to 36%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino100%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share<1%

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?

60% 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 · 33 of 55 English learners60%

Los Angeles Unified · 24,781 of 47,33052%

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?

95%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 244 of 258. California: 63%.

15teachers, 2024–25

6 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

7%in their first year, 2024–25

47%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

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

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Los Angeles Unified	vs California
Low-income · 222 tested
English	36%	−743%	−339%
Math	17%	−1431%	−926%
Hispanic or Latino · 236 tested
English	36%	−642%	−339%
Math	17%	−1431%	−825%
English learners · 44 tested
English	2%	−35%	−57%
Math	2%	−68%	−57%
Students with disabilities · 63 tested
English	13%	−215%	−114%
Math	6%	−511%	−410%

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

Homeless students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander 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	100%
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: 47% of teaching positions, 7 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 15 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

In its own words

What does Arts in Action Community’s own plan commit to?

Its 2026–27 plan

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

$8.7 million

planned for 9 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 85% of its $10.1 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, 77 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Highly Qualified Educators; Rigorous Education; and School Facilities in Good Repair and Highly Trained Operations and Maintenance Team take 69% of the money. The plan itself puts 71% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

No action title in this plan names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners.

For high-need students

It plans $2.5 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $3.0 million and estimates it spent $3.1 million, $0.1 million (2%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $4.6 million (112%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. We couldn’t match $5.7 million of this $8.7 million plan to individual actions in last year’s plan. These lists cover the rest.

Largest increases

Highly Qualified Educators+⁠$1.6 million

New in the 2026–27 plan

Rigorous Education$1.8 million
School Facilities in Good Repair and Highly Trained Operations and Maintenance Team$1.2 million
Curriculum and Instructional Supplies$405,860

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: 36% in English and 16% 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 1	29%	36%	up 7 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1	14%	16%	up 2 pts
Chronically absentGoal 2	25 in 100	21 in 100	4 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2	1.1%	1.5%	up 0.4 pts

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

Highly Qualified Educators · $2,957,122
Rigorous Education · $1,806,496
School Facilities in Good Repair and Highly Trained Operations and Maintenance Team · $1,214,473

The full plan2 goals, 14 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 ($8.7 million).

Where does the money go?

92% to Goal 1. 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 1Arts in Action will provide educational justice for all learners through rigorous, culturally responsive…$7.9 million92% of action budgets

“Arts in Action will provide educational justice for all learners through rigorous, culturally responsive, multi-tiered academic instruction with integrated arts opportunities” p. 9 ↗

6 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

Highly Qualified Educators$3.0 millionaction 1.1 · p. 39 ↗
Rigorous Education$1.8 millionaction 1.5 · p. 39 ↗
School Facilities in Good Repair and Highly Trained Operations and Maintenance Team$1.2 millionaction 1.6 · p. 39 ↗
Curriculum and Instructional Supplies$0.4 millionaction 1.4 · p. 39 ↗
Highly Developed Educators$0.1 millionaction 1.3 · p. 39 ↗

1 more action is in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 39 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Highly Qualified Educators+⁠$1.6 million$1.3 million → $3.0 million · p. 39 ↗

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

Rigorous Education · $1.8 million · p. 39 ↗new or renamed
Title not confirmed · $1.5 million · p. 39 ↗not compared
School Facilities in Good Repair and Highly Trained Operations and Maintenance Team · $1.2 million · p. 39 ↗new or renamed
Curriculum and Instructional Supplies · $405,860 · p. 39 ↗new or renamed
Highly Developed Educators · $66,578 · p. 39 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 8 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 9 ↗.

Goal 2To foster an inclusive and affirming school community that supports the academic, social-emotional, and…$716,0938% of action budgets

“To foster an inclusive and affirming school community that supports the academic, social-emotional, and physical needs of the whole child through meaningful collaboration with staff, students and families” p. 25 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $594,130 (+⁠$121,963)

Largest funded actions

CommunityEngagement Coordinator, Support Staff and Family Workshops/Trainings$340,241action 2.2 · p. 40 ↗
Additional Social-Emotional Staffing and Services$304,984action 2.1 · p. 39 ↗
Attendance Team and Support Staff$70,868action 2.3 · p. 40 ↗

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

CommunityEngagement Coordinator, Support Staff and Family Workshops/Trainings · $340,241 · p. 40 ↗new or renamed
Additional Social-Emotional Staffing and Services · $304,984 · p. 39 ↗new or renamed
Attendance Team and Support Staff · $70,868 · p. 40 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 25 ↗.

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 Arts in Action Community, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

Arts in Action Community 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
Ford Boulevard Elementary
60th · Solid · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
Middle · this school
Arts in Action Community Middle
Grades 6–8
High
James A. Garfield Senior High
62nd · Solid · 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

Ford Boulevard Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
60th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
Humphreys Avenue Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
67th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
KIPP Raices Academy
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

High-school links

James A. Garfield Senior High
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
62nd percentile · Solid · high · 2025
Monterey Continuation
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
7th percentile · Needs Support · high · 2025 · within continuation schools
Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
87th percentile · Strong · 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.

Ask Arts in Action Community how it admits students.

Applying to Arts in Action Community for 2027–28

Arts in Action Community is an independent charter, so you apply on its own application, not through LAUSD Choices.
It sets its own deadline and lottery date. Find both on the school’s site or ask the office.

Compare with other schools

How Choices, lotteries and waitlists work

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: artsinactioncharter.org ↗Office: (323) 266-4371Administrator: Kalin Balcomb

Location and visiting

Get directions

745 South Kern Avenue, Los Angeles 90022

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

Questions for your visit

What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 64% in English and 84% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (237 students tested in each); California: 51% and 63%
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (323) 266-4371745 South Kern Avenue, 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

Griffith Middle0.6 mi
49thDevelopingScope Score 38
KIPP Academy of Innovation1.0 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
60thSolidScope Score 42
Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter Middle1.3 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
55thSolidScope Score 40
Eastmont IntermediateMontebello Unified · 1.3 mi
44thDevelopingScope Score 35
Belvedere Middle1.5 mi
47thDevelopingScope Score 37

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

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,238 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #116 of 225 in Los Angeles Unified

Score factors, 2025–26
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Advancedaverage of English and math	8%	40	42%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math	27%	39	23%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)	+65 scale-score pts	73	20%
Chronically absent	21 in 100	46	5%
Suspension rate	1.5% (4 of 269)	59	5%
English learners: top level	33%	65	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	38	51	#1238	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	24 in 100	3.0% (8 of 268)	+12
2024–25	25 in 100	1.1% (3 of 273)	+2
2025–26	21 in 100	1.5% (4 of 269)	+3

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	237	9%	36%
2026 · Math	237	7%	16%
2025 · English	248	4%	29%
2025 · Math	247	6%	14%
2024 · English	243	5%	21%
2024 · Math	242	2%	10%
2023 · English	242	7%	26%
2023 · Math	242	4%	12%
2022 · English	239	4%	20%
2022 · Math	239	3%	11%
2019 · English	139	5%	28%
2019 · Math	139	6%	22%
2018 · English	122	1%	18%
2018 · Math	122	0%	7%
2017 · English	61	5%	10%
2017 · Math	61	0%	5%

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 6 · English	75	24%
2025 · Grade 7 · English	102	25%
2025 · Grade 8 · English	71	38%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	76	20%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	101	12%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	70	10%
2024 · Grade 6 · English	91	12%
2024 · Grade 7 · English	71	23%
2024 · Grade 8 · English	81	31%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	90	7%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	71	13%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	81	12%
2023 · Grade 6 · English	80	19%
2023 · Grade 7 · English	90	29%
2023 · Grade 8 · English	72	29%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	80	11%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	90	13%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	72	12%
2022 · Grade 6 · English	87	24%
2022 · Grade 7 · English	77	18%
2022 · Grade 8 · English	75	19%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	87	10%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	77	9%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	75	13%
2019 · Grade 6 · English	46	28%
2019 · Grade 7 · English	52	35%
2019 · Grade 8 · English	41	20%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	46	20%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	52	35%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	41	10%
2018 · Grade 6 · English	52	23%
2018 · Grade 7 · English	42	14%
2018 · Grade 8 · English	28	14%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	52	12%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	42	5%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	28	0%
2017 · Grade 6 · English	42	12%
2017 · Grade 7 · English	19	5%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	42	7%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	19	0%

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	93	0%	13%	59%	28%

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	222	36%	−7	−3
Hispanic or Latino	236	36%	−6	−3
Students with disabilities	63	13%	−2	−1

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	+9	237	Accelerated	+9	236	Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino	+9	235	Accelerated	+10	234	Accelerated
Low-income	+6	228	Accelerated	+8	227	Accelerated
English learners	+1	106	Average	+11	106	Accelerated
English-only students	+12	84	not categorized	+1	82	not categorized
Students with disabilities	−7	58	Moderate	−9	57	Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English	+11	56	not categorized	+16	56	not categorized
English learners only	−14	50	not categorized	+2	50	not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)	−4	49	Average	+7	49	Accelerated
Homeless	+13	27	Accelerated	+6	27	Accelerated

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 6–8. 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 · 12% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2024 · 91 English test records with scores

English · 2026 · Grade 8

Advanced · 39% Proficient or Advanced

CDE CAASPP 2026 · 93 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 91 (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+9 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

237 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

State model · math+9 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

236 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 6–8, 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 · 21 in 100 · −4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.1% (3 of 273) → 2025–26 · 1.5% (4 of 269) · +0.4 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	—	27 in 100	—
Male	—	16 in 100	—
Hispanic or Latino	—	21 in 100	—
Students with disabilities	—	28 in 100	—
English learners	—	18 in 100	—
Homeless	—	18 in 100	—
Low-income	—	22 in 100	—
All students	—	21 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$18,180 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 460,633 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$29,292 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 52%Instruction support 17%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$5,655,379,384	51.81%	52%
Instruction support	$1,791,152,348	16.41%	17%
Student services	$1,344,873,232	12.32%	12%
Administration	$763,652,780	7.00%	7%
Buildings & maintenance	$1,099,649,062	10.07%	10%
Other	$260,356,595	2.39%	2%
Total	$10,915,063,400	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $10,915,063,400 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$18,180 per pupil

2020$16,355 per pupil

2019$15,793 per pupil

2018$13,247 per pupil

2017$13,549 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 holders26.6%

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 90022 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90022 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$67,967
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	10%
ZIP-area population	60,343
Median age	34.6 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 90022 →

Downloads, embed and methodologyCSV · embed code · sources · corrections

Embed this scorecard

<iframe
  src="https://schoolscope.co/embed/school/arts-in-action-community-middle-4205"
  width="100%" height="210" loading="lazy"
  style="border:0;border-radius:12px"
  title="Arts in Action Community Middle — SchoolScope scorecard">
</iframe>

Free to embed with the credit link. Data updates automatically.

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

How we analyze · Request a correction

Arts in Action Community Middle — Rating & test scores

Compare schools

Spring 2026 state test results

Common questions

How do I get in?

Is Arts in Action Community a good middle school?

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

Did students here score above what the state expected?

How does grade 7 do in math?

How do kids like mine do here?

What does its own plan pay for?

Where does it lead after 8th grade?

What should I ask on a visit?

How did students here do on state tests?

English

Math

How does math compare with English?

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 Arts in Action Community’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 Arts in Action Community’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 Arts in Action Community, and how do I get in?

Elementary links

High-school links

Applying to Arts in Action Community for 2027–28

Before you apply

Location and visiting

Questions for your visit

Source records

Scope Score

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

Per-pupil spending

Additional workforce records

Embed this scorecard

Did you find what you were looking for?