About Excel Charter Academy
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Excel Charter Academy is located in Los Angeles, CA and is one of 165 middle schools in Los Angeles Unified. It is a charter school that serves 178 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.
Excel Charter 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 Excel Charter 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.
Excel Charter Academy had an API growth score of 770 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Excel Charter Academy's 2009 base score was 701 and the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, Excel Charter Academy had 16 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Excel Charter Academy's students and teachers.
Excel Charter Academy Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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Hispanic
96 %
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Black
2 %
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Asian
1 %
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White
1 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Male 54%
- Female 46%
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CA Dept. of Education
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