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George Ellery Hale Charter Academy

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

School overview

Enrollment
1,776 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
43%
Teachers
73 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+9.0 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+5.8 pts DFS change

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic30.2%
White40.8%
Asian13.1%
Black4.7%
Other11.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for George Ellery Hale Charter Academy
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard30.9%
Met Standard28.0%
Below Standard41.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "59% proficient" for George Ellery Hale Charter Academy and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

30.9% of students exceeded standard while 28.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.6 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 12.0 points above the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. Compared to the 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 12.8 points higher (vs 18.1% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 4.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year.

Chronic absenteeism is 16.9%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →
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Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
30.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
58.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+4.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
16.9%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
3,206
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th51232.2%31.8%17.6%18.4%64.1%
7th54328.6%37.4%15.7%18.4%65.9%
8th55326.4%39.1%20.6%13.9%65.5%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th51231.6%18.4%22.3%27.7%50.0%
7th53931.0%20.0%23.9%25.1%51.0%
8th54735.5%21.2%20.8%22.5%56.7%
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