About Century Academy For Excellence
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Century Academy For Excellence is located in Inglewood, CA and is one of 3 middle schools in Lennox Elementary. It is a charter school that serves 244 students in grades 6-8.
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.
Century Academy For Excellence did not make 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 Century Academy For Excellence'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.
Century Academy For Excellence had an API growth score of 614 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Century Academy For Excellence's 2009 base score was 647 and the school did not meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, Century Academy For Excellence had 19 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Century Academy For Excellence's students and teachers.
Century Academy For Excellence Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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Black
92 %
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Hispanic
7 %
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White
< 1 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Male 50%
- Female 50%
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