School Overview
Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy is based in Huntington Park California, which comes under the Los Angeles unified district. The school supports over 547 students across the grades 6 to 8. It is a public school with a student-teacher ratio of 23.7:1 and about 90.1% of the students are economically disadvantaged.
Demographics
Methodology
We conducted a study to understand the impact of Lumos Learning programs on student achievement. We have compared the state ranking of Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy in 2016-17 and 2017-18 as indicated in schooldigger and California State Department of Education.
The school used Lumos StepUp program in 2017-18 to support student’s Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium preparation.
Improvement in State Ranking
There are 2480 middle schools in California and Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy was ranked 1351 in the 2016-17 academic year. In 2017-18, the school adopted Math program for Grade 6. About 180 students used the Lumos StepUp program for SBAC Math practice. In the 2017-18 SBAC tests, Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy rank improved by 417 positions.
Grade 6 SBAC Test Scores
Compared to 2016-17, the percentage of 6th graders who met state expectations in 2017-18 SBAC Math increased by 27.3%.
Overall Result
- Grade 6 students in Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy have surpassed the state average in SBAC Math tests in 2017-18.
- The use of Lumos StepUp for SBAC Math practice in 6th grade in 2017-18 influenced an increase in the percentage of students who have met the standards.
- The overall school ranking improved by 417 positions from 1351 in 2017 to 934 in 2018.