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Young Oak Kim Academy

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

School overview

Enrollment
768 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
98%
Teachers
35 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Maintained
-0.2 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+15.5 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
27.8%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 144 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic94.5%
White1.9%
Asian0.8%
Black1.3%
Other1.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Young Oak Kim Academy
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard10.1%
Met Standard20.9%
Below Standard69.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "31% proficient" for Young Oak Kim Academy and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

10.1% of students exceeded standard while 20.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 7.2 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 8.7 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 11.7% exceeded — about the same. 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 8.9 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 maintained and Math increased significantly year-over-year. 27.8% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 11.7%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
10.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
31.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+8.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
11.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,423
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th2216.3%23.1%28.1%42.5%29.4%
7th25912.0%31.3%20.9%35.9%43.2%
8th2329.9%32.8%27.2%30.2%42.7%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th2208.6%10.4%22.7%58.2%19.1%
7th25912.7%15.1%22.8%49.4%27.8%
8th23211.2%12.5%23.3%53.0%23.7%
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