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Ednovate - South LA College Prep

Los Angeles, CA · Grades 9-12 · 394 students · Los Angeles Unified

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51% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 13% in math. 90.0% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

13%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

51%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

394

Total enrollment

Graduation

90.0%

Four-year graduation rate

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

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0%25%50%75%100%2023: 12%2024: 18%2025: 13%2023: 60%2024: 56%2025: 51%2023202420250%25%50%75%100%2023: 12%2024: 18%2025: 13%2023: 60%2024: 56%2025: 51%202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
202312%60%
202418%56%
202513%51%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2023 to 2025

Slipped from the 62nd to the 43rd percentile since 2023.

Most rating sites would stop at “32% proficient” and call it done. Ednovate - South LA College Prep deserves a closer read. Two-thirds of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Ednovate - South LA College Prep's low-income kids hit 50.0% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.

As a charter, Ednovate - South LA College Prep enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.

94 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

Ednovate - South LA College Prep scores 51 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 43rd percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
Year detailsYear2023 · 62nd percentile · Scope Score 56 of 1002024 · 58th percentile · Scope Score 55 of 1002025 · 43rd percentile · Scope Score 51 of 100
ELAOrange(Declined Significantly)MathRed(Declined Significantly)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade202320242025
Grade 1160%56%51%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade202320242025
Grade 1112%18%13%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in four of students here meet the standard. One in ten clear it by a lot.

ELA51% met or exceeded
Exceeded 15%Met 36%Nearly Met 22%Not Met 27%
Math13% met or exceeded
Exceeded 3%Met 9%Nearly Met 16%Not Met 72%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2023–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCollege readinessAbsenceSuspension
This school519%32%90.0%70.0%30.5%4.5%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope5154
% Exceeded9%20%
% Met+32%43%
Grad rate90.0%92.5%
College readiness70.0%43.0%
Absence30.5%23.1%
Suspension4.5%3.3%

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

50.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 32% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 32%, district —, state 43%32%
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 32%, district 36%, state 32%32% · +0 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 32%, district 36%, state 32%32% · +1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 34%, district 41%, state 42%34% · +2 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 29%, district 42%, state 44%29% · −3 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 5%, district 9%, state 11%5% · −27 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 14%, district 14%, state 15%14% · −17 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 32%, district 30%, state 26%32% · +0 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: too few students to report‹11
this school district, same group California, same group
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Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

See the published graduate records below. Missing destination counts are not treated as zero.

College destinations and the full graduate record
Where graduates go · 2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

UC application funnel — one destination of six, tracked in detail because UC is the only source with 30 years of history

In fall 2025, 11 of Ednovate - South LA College Prep's 81 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Irvine the most common landing, with 5 enrollees.

Applied36fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted24
Enrolled11
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Where they landed (fall 2025)

7 of 9 campuses are masked below UC's privacy floor — a protection, not a verdict.

Campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several.

UC is one road of many — this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private, or an out-of-state campus. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom.

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 19 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Ednovate - South LA College Prep's teachers are authorized to teach 8 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Statistics, Spanish Language and Culture, and Spanish Literature and Culture.

Students per teacher19 · district 20
Teaching staff29 teachers
Avg. experience6.2 years
Fully credentialed38%
First-year teachers7%
Intern / emergency permit12.5%
PrincipalJaron Roberson
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Teacher salary schedule$60,420 – $122,706
Principal salary$154,576 – $170,030
Superintendent salary$440,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course breadth
AP exam qualifiers49 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
Advanced coursework
AP subjects taught8
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Math & Computer Science (1)Statistics
English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science (3)African American Studies · U.S. Government and Politics · World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures (2)Spanish Language and Culture · Spanish Literature and Culture

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended more, than the state average.

30.5% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 23.1% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — worth asking about on a tour.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 30.5%, district 22.8%, state 23.1%30.5% · +7.4pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 4.5%, district —, state 3.3%4.5% · +1.2pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

Its district spends $18,180 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $18,180, CA average $14,491$18,180 · district average
District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,292 per student
District averageCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 52%Instruction support 16%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$18,180 per pupil
2019$16,355 per pupil
2018$15,793 per pupil
2017$13,247 per pupil
2016$13,549 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Two-thirds of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 394 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 23% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino82.5% · district 73.2% · CA 56.1%
White1.0% · district 9.9% · CA 19.9%
Black14.5% · district 7.2% · CA 4.8%
Other2.0% · district 6.3% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch66.8% · CA 64%
Median income$53K · CA $85K
Median home value$692K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+35% · CA 35%
ZIP population30,172
Median age33 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

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School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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Is Ednovate - South LA College Prep a good high school?
Ednovate - South LA College Prep has a Scope Score of 51 out of 100, placing it in the 43rd percentile of California high schools and ranked #936 statewide. 9.0% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 10.8 percentage points below the California average of 19.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Ednovate - South LA College Prep's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 31.9% of students at Ednovate - South LA College Prep met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 9.0% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 22.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 9.0% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 189 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Ednovate - South LA College Prep rank in California?
Ednovate - South LA College Prep ranks #936 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 43rd percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Ednovate - South LA College Prep?
30.5% of students at Ednovate - South LA College Prep are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 4.5%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Ednovate - South LA College Prep compare to other schools in Los Angeles?
Ednovate - South LA College Prep scores 51/100 (43rd percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 394 students. Use the schools in Los Angeles page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Ednovate - South LA College Prep serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Ednovate - South LA College Prep in Los Angeles, 50.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Ednovate - South LA College Prep outperforms its district average for low-income students by 9.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (14.8% Math proficient); Hispanic students (51.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 42.0 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 80 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What AP courses are offered at Ednovate - South LA College Prep?
Ednovate - South LA College Prep's teachers are authorized to teach 8 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: African American Studies, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Spanish Language and Culture, Spanish Literature and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, World History: Modern. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.
How many students from Ednovate - South LA College Prep go to UC?
In fall 2025, 11 Ednovate - South LA College Prep graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

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What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 6 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate90.0%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard9.0%19.8%22%
College readiness70.0%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded31.9%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism30.5%23.1%5%
Suspension rate4.5%3.3%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Ednovate - South LA College Prep: reading the evidence

Ednovate - South LA College Prep posts 32% meeting the standard and 9.0% exceeding it, against 43% and 19.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

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Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Ednovate - South LA College Prep is ranked #936 statewide · #136 of 196 in Los Angeles Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate90.0%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard9.0%19.8%22%
College readiness70.0%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded31.9%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism30.5%23.1%5%
Suspension rate4.5%3.3%5%
Graduation rate
↓ vs CA 92.5% · index 54 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 19.8% · index 42 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↑ vs CA 43.0% · index 71 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 43.2% · index 47 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 23.1% · index 50 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 4.8pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.3% · index 46 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 2.9pp higher vs 2024
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 119415%36%22%27%51%+2
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 11953%9%16%72%13%−11

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide1761%22%63%14%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged8050.0%+9+12
Hispanic/Latino8251.2%+10+12
English Learners229.1%+2−1
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
Ednovate - South LA College Prep ←519.0%31.9%4.5%
Alliance Judy Ivie Burton Technology Academy High0.8 mi6624.7%53.7%0.5%
Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy2.7 mi6418.6%43.0%0.6%
Animo South Los Angeles Charter1.7 mi6018.5%40.8%0.8%
California average5419.8%43.2%3.3%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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Graduation Rate
90.0%
AP Exam Prepared
70.0%
A-G Completion
98.8%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
20235662#62215.4%36.1%30.7%1.0%
20245558#69514.1%37.1%35.3%1.6%
20255143#9369.0%31.9%30.5%4.5%
05UC admissions, universitywide2024–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
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YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
20253624113.723.854.04
20245937153.924.094.16

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table. Series shown from 2014; full record to 1994 at the UC Infocenter.

06UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
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CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202517‹3‹3
Berkeley2024255‹3
Davis2025104‹3
Davis20242112‹3
Irvine20252475
Irvine2024344‹3
Los Angeles202529‹3‹3
Los Angeles202446‹3‹3
Merced202585‹3
Merced20241111‹3
Riverside202520153
Riverside20241810‹3
San Diego2025123‹3
San Diego202433‹3‹3
Santa Barbara2025153‹3
Santa Barbara202429134
Santa Cruz20256‹3‹3
Santa Cruz20241410‹3
Universitywide2025362411
Universitywide2024593715

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

07AP course catalog2025 - 2026
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SubjectTaught by
African American Studiesthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Spanish Literature and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
World History: Modernthis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

08Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
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MeasureThis school
AP offerednot offered
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollmentnot reported
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections0
Total enrollment (CRDC)128

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,647 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · UC Infocenter (annual refresh, summer) — ‹5/‹3 = masked, never summed across campuses · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · Data updated 2026-09-18

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