Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies posts 35% meeting the standard and 11.2% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44 | 11% | 35% | -3.9 | 18.7% | 0.1% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies scores 44 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 54th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “35% proficient” and call it done. Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies deserves a closer read. The school sits in Los Angeles, where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 67th to the 54th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 35% meet the standard today, versus 39% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 36% | 21% | 28% | 38% | 38% |
| Grade 4 | 41% | 39% | 30% | 32% | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 54% | 41% | 44% | 40% | 40% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 33% | 15% | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 30% | 29% | 25% | 35% | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 39% | 25% | 36% | 35% | 26% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding holds steady across grades; the floor rises 2.0pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies in Los Angeles, 35.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies trails its district average for low-income students by 5.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (33.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (36.3% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 24.7 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 181 students tested.
6 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 0.5pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly one and a half times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (29.9% vs 19.7%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$2,817 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 21% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 47 | 11% | 28% | 23% | 38% | 38% | −5 |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% | 15% | 25% | 44% | 32% | −13 |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 10% | 31% | 21% | 39% | 40% | −8 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 47 | 9% | 28% | 23% | 40% | 36% | −10 |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 10% | 26% | 30% | 34% | 36% | −6 |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% | 14% | 32% | 42% | 26% | −9 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 72 | 4% | 17% | 56% | 24% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 181 | 35.9% | −5 | −2 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 179 | 36.3% | −5 | −3 |
| Students with Disabilities | 47 | 14.9% | −1 | −2 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies ← | — | 44 | 11.2% | 34.7% | −3.9 | 0.1% |
| Third Street Elementary | 2.3 mi | 90 | 68.3% | 88.9% | +1.1 | 0.1% |
| Charles H. Kim Elementary | 2.2 mi | 63 | 40.2% | 61.1% | +8.7 | 0.1% |
| Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet El | 2.9 mi | 62 | 34.4% | 60.8% | −9.0 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 50 | 67 | #1810 | 18.0% | 38.9% | 18.2% | 0.3% | +11.9pp |
| 2022 | 42 | 63 | #2129 | 11.7% | 28.5% | 51.3% | 0.0% | +15.0pp |
| 2023 | 43 | 58 | #2377 | 13.3% | 32.8% | 37.9% | 0.2% | +9.3pp |
| 2024 | 55 | 76 | #1368 | 15.5% | 36.1% | 24.5% | 0.6% | +0.8pp |
| 2025 | 44 | 54 | #2657 | 11.2% | 34.7% | 18.7% | 0.1% | -3.9pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 16.4% | 17.9% | +1.5pp |
| Male | 19.8% | 19.8% | +0.0pp |
| Black/African American | 40.0% | 30.8% | -9.2pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 16.9% | 18.6% | +1.7pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 23.6% | 24.7% | +1.1pp |
| English Learners | 15.0% | 8.5% | -6.5pp |
| Homeless | 39.5% | 35.7% | -3.8pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 18.2% | 19.0% | +0.8pp |
| All Students | 18.3% | 18.8% | +0.5pp |
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