KIPP Corazon Academy: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
KIPP Corazon Academy posts 36% meeting the standard and 15.6% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
KIPP Corazon Academy scores 38 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 38th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “36% proficient” and call it done. KIPP Corazon Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in South Gate, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
As a charter, KIPP Corazon Academy enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
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 rises 7.3pp across grades; the floor rises 22.9pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 5 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.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 58
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 18.6pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
Frequently asked questions
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For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
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 | 111 | 10% | 12% | 37% | 41% | 22% | −22 |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% | 22% | 26% | 35% | 39% | −6 |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 17% | 27% | 21% | 34% | 45% | −3 |
| Grade 6 | 125 | 12% | 27% | 28% | 33% | 39% | −7 |
| Grade 7 | 115 | 18% | 26% | 28% | 28% | 44% | −3 |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 13% | 36% | 29% | 23% | 49% | +2 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 111 | 11% | 23% | 27% | 39% | 34% | −11 |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 23% | 22% | 23% | 31% | 46% | +4 |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 16% | 16% | 25% | 44% | 31% | −4 |
| Grade 6 | 123 | 10% | 14% | 28% | 49% | 24% | −11 |
| Grade 7 | 115 | 17% | 15% | 26% | 43% | 31% | −3 |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 11% | 15% | 23% | 51% | 26% | −7 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 230 | 13% | 19% | 54% | 15% |
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 | 600 | 38.1% | −3 | −0 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 678 | 38.9% | −2 | +0 |
| Students with Disabilities | 148 | 12.9% | −3 | −4 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP Corazon Academy ← | — | 38 | 15.6% | 36.0% | +9.8 | 0.1% |
| Aspire Firestone Academy Charter | 1.9 mi | 61 | 15.2% | 41.5% | +9.2 | 0.1% |
| Maywood Elementary | 3.2 mi | 59 | 27.2% | 54.3% | −4.7 | 0.1% |
| Teresa Hughes Elementary | 1.7 mi | 56 | 18.0% | 40.9% | +1.1 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.