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Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy

Middle School
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
368 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
15:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
92%
Teachers
24 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+27.0 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+27.5 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
11.3%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 108 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic73.1%
White1.4%
Black23.9%
Other1.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard5.0%
Met Standard11.8%
Below Standard83.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "17% proficient" for Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

5.0% of students exceeded standard while 11.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 12.3 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 13.9 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 8.6% exceeded — 3.6 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 4.7 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased significantly and Math increased significantly year-over-year. 11.3% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 32.8%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
5.0%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
16.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-4.7pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
32.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
580
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8
Math Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1028.8%17.6%23.5%50.0%26.5%
7th944.3%17.0%17.0%61.7%21.3%
8th865.8%13.9%24.4%55.8%19.8%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1085.6%8.3%23.1%63.0%13.9%
7th1001.0%7.0%27.0%65.0%8.0%
8th904.4%6.7%17.8%71.1%11.1%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score