New Open World Academy K-12: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
New Open World Academy K-12 posts low test scores — and test scores are one lens among several. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32 | 7% | 24% | -7.7 | 21.3% | 1.4% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
New Open World Academy K-12 scores 32 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 23rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “24% proficient” and call it done. New Open World Academy K-12 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.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 14th to the 23rd percentile since 2019 — past roughly 300 elementary schools.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 24% meet the standard today, versus 28% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 25% | 28% | 24% | 25% | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 34% | 26% | 32% | 26% | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 28% | 26% | 24% | 22% | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 17% | 30% | 24% | 31% | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 36% | 32% | 23% | 13% | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 37% | 35% | 28% | 10% | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 38% | 48% | 45% | 37% | 51% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 37% | 26% | 33% | 31% | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 26% | 19% | 26% | 28% | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 16% | 9% | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 13% | 24% | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 20% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 13% | 15% | 5% | 14% | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 15% | 8% | 14% | 6% | 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 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- 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 New Open World Academy K-12 in Los Angeles, 31.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. New Open World Academy K-12 trails its district average for low-income students by 9.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (19.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (30.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 28.3 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 441 students tested.
8 of 15 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 falls by 7.3pp 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 twice the rate of Grades 7–8 students (32.8% vs 18.6%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
New Open World Academy K-12 serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$2,039 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
At 911 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 13% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 72
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
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 | 54 | 13% | 20% | 19% | 48% | 33% | −10 |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 5% | 18% | 11% | 65% | 24% | −21 |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 9% | 17% | 33% | 41% | 26% | −22 |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 2% | 19% | 16% | 63% | 21% | −26 |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 7% | 26% | 30% | 36% | 33% | −14 |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 6% | 18% | 25% | 51% | 24% | −22 |
| Grade 11 | 88 | 20% | 31% | 27% | 22% | 51% | +4 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 57 | 7% | 18% | 33% | 42% | 25% | −21 |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 3% | 17% | 31% | 49% | 20% | −21 |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 2% | 14% | 31% | 53% | 16% | −19 |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 10% | 12% | 21% | 57% | 22% | −13 |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 3% | 13% | 14% | 70% | 16% | −18 |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 4% | 10% | 19% | 67% | 14% | −18 |
| Grade 11 | 88 | 5% | 22% | 20% | 53% | 26% | +3 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 220 | 2% | 10% | 68% | 20% |
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 | 441 | 31.4% | −10 | −7 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 406 | 30.1% | −11 | −9 |
| English Learners | 119 | 1.7% | −5 | −9 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Open World Academy K-12 ← | — | 32 | 6.6% | 24.1% | −7.7 | 1.4% |
| Third Street Elementary | 2.3 mi | 90 | 68.3% | 88.9% | +1.1 | 0.1% |
| Charles H. Kim Elementary | 1.1 mi | 63 | 40.2% | 61.1% | +8.7 | 0.1% |
| Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet El | 1.2 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 | 28 | 14 | #4746 | 9.1% | 27.8% | 15.8% | 0.3% | -9.1pp |
| 2022 | 25 | 21 | #4557 | 7.8% | 22.3% | 33.4% | 0.0% | -9.9pp |
| 2023 | 31 | 29 | #4060 | 8.0% | 25.2% | 26.0% | 0.0% | -9.9pp |
| 2024 | 29 | 15 | #4860 | 8.1% | 24.5% | 22.7% | 0.4% | -9.4pp |
| 2025 | 32 | 23 | #4410 | 6.6% | 24.1% | 21.3% | 1.4% | -7.7pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 15.0% | 21.9% | +6.9pp |
| Male | 16.4% | 21.4% | +5.0pp |
| Asian | 28.3% | 11.8% | -16.5pp |
| Black/African American | 33.3% | 31.3% | -2.0pp |
| White | 4.0% | 0.0% | -4.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 15.0% | 21.8% | +6.8pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 25.0% | 24.1% | -0.9pp |
| English Learners | 17.5% | 26.0% | +8.5pp |
| Foster Youth | 42.9% | — | — |
| Homeless | 39.4% | 48.5% | +9.1pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 15.9% | 21.9% | +6.0pp |
| All Students | 15.8% | 21.6% | +5.8pp |
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