- 2079 Saturn Ave.
- Huntington Park, CA 90255
- (323) 826-9616
Charter | Grades 4-12 | Los Angeles Unified
About Centennial College Preparatory Academy
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Centennial College Preparatory Academy is located in Huntington Park, CA and is one of 824 schools in Los Angeles Unified. It is a charter school that serves 402 students in grades 4-12.
Charter schools are public schools, but differ from traditional public schools in that they are independent and are operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, or others. Funding for charter schools is based on designated local or state educational organizations. Those organizations are responsible for monitoring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of education, but permit the schools to operate outside of the traditional public school education system.
Centennial College Preparatory Academy made AYP in 2009. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Centennial College Preparatory Academy's test results to learn more about school performance.
A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.
Centennial College Preparatory Academy had an API growth score of 786 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Centennial College Preparatory Academy's 2009 base score was 761 and the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, Centennial College Preparatory Academy had 27 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Centennial College Preparatory Academy's students and teachers.
Centennial College Preparatory Academy Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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Hispanic
92 %
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Pacific Islander
7 %
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Asian
< 1 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Female 51%
- Male 49%
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