About Promise Charter School
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Promise Charter School is located in San Diego, CA and is one of 214 schools in San Diego Unified. It is a charter school that serves 173 students in grades K-7.
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.
Promise Charter School 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 Promise Charter School'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.
Promise Charter School had an API growth score of 775 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Promise Charter School's 2009 base score was 791 and the school did not meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, Promise Charter School had 19 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Promise Charter School's students and teachers.
Promise Charter School Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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Hispanic
95 %
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Asian
2 %
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Black
2 %
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White
< 1 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Female 57%
- Male 43%
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- Population Median Age 34 years
- Median Household Income $45,733
- Average Household Size 2.61 persons
- % of Homes with Kids 29%
- % Owning / % Renting 50% / 50%
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