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California Title I schools beating the odds

California public schools where 60%+ of students qualify for free or reduced lunch AND the school's composite proficiency ranks in the top quartile of all California schools. The intersection that matters most for equity.

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CALIFORNIA · TITLE I BEATING THE ODDS

#	School	City	District	% FRL	% Proficient	State %ile
1	Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy	Wilmington	Los Angeles Unified	65.5%	94.3%	100
2	Chin (John Yehall) Elementary	San Francisco	San Francisco Unified	75.5%	88.1%	100
3	Richardson PREP HI Middle	San Bernardino	San Bernardino City Unified	88.0%	84.1%	100
4	A. G. Cook Elementary	Garden Grove	Garden Grove Unified	64.6%	80.6%	100
5	Sixth Street Prep	Victorville	Victor Elementary	74.2%	79.8%	100
6	Manchester Gate	Fresno	Fresno Unified	73.4%	77.4%	100
7	Willowbrook Middle	Compton	Compton Unified	88.8%	75.7%	100
8	Sarah McGarvin Intermediate	Westminster	Garden Grove Unified	72.7%	75.1%	100
9	Reedley Middle College High	Reedley	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	71.0%	75.0%	100
10	Stockton Early College Academy	Stockton	Stockton Unified	64.5%	74.7%	100
11	Eagle Canyon Elementary	Chino Hills	Chino Valley Unified	61.3%	74.3%	100
12	Duff Language Magnet Academy	Rosemead	Garvey Elementary	81.4%	73.7%	100
13	Monterey Vista Elementary	Monterey Park	Garvey Elementary	67.2%	73.7%	100
14	Horace Mann Elementary	Glendale	Glendale Unified	62.5%	73.0%	100
15	San Onofre Elementary	San Clemente	Fallbrook Union Elementary	63.4%	72.7%	100
16	Middle College High	San Pablo	West Contra Costa Unified	65.0%	72.2%	100
17	La Quinta High	Westminster	Garden Grove Unified	76.2%	72.0%	100
18	Merced Elementary	West Covina	West Covina Unified	76.7%	71.5%	100
19	Washington Middle College High	West Sacramento	Washington Unified	68.4%	71.4%	100
20	Excelsior Elementary	Garden Grove	Garden Grove Unified	80.5%	71.0%	100
21	Thomas Paine Elementary	Garden Grove	Garden Grove Unified	72.2%	70.6%	100
22	Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy	San Bernardino	San Bernardino City Unified	89.2%	70.5%	100
23	Middle College High	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	88.6%	70.5%	100
24	University Preparatory	Victorville	Victor Valley Union High	74.6%	70.4%	99
25	Mayall Street Elementary	North Hills	Los Angeles Unified	65.0%	69.9%	99
26	Temescal Valley Elementary	Corona	Corona-Norco Unified	64.4%	69.7%	99
27	Harmony Magnet Academy	Strathmore	Porterville Unified	73.1%	69.7%	99
28	Glen A. Wilson High	Hacienda Heights	Hacienda la Puente Unified	65.2%	69.5%	99
29	Nye Elementary	San Diego	San Diego Unified	71.7%	69.2%	99
30	Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary	Downey	Downey Unified	76.2%	68.6%	99
31	John Murdy Elementary	Garden Grove	Garden Grove Unified	71.3%	68.5%	99
32	Lincoln Elementary	Oakland	Oakland Unified	79.2%	68.1%	99
33	Hillside Elementary	San Bernardino	San Bernardino City Unified	90.3%	68.0%	99
34	Hawthorne Math and Science Academy	Hawthorne	Hawthorne	83.1%	67.8%	99
35	Edison Computech	Fresno	Fresno Unified	70.9%	67.4%	99
36	Hoover Street Elementary	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	98.0%	66.8%	99
37	Edison Elementary	Ontario	Ontario-Montclair	72.8%	66.6%	99
38	W. A. Kendrick Elementary	Bakersfield	Greenfield Union	92.8%	66.2%	99
39	Star View Elementary	Westminster	Ocean View	67.3%	66.0%	99
40	Pacific Law Academy	Stockton	Stockton Unified	61.3%	65.9%	99
41	Compton Early College High	Compton	Compton Unified	85.4%	65.4%	99
42	Susan B. Anthony Elementary	Westminster	Garden Grove Unified	73.2%	65.2%	99
43	Mill School and Technology Academy	Whittier	Whittier City	63.3%	65.1%	99
44	Charles H. Kim Elementary	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	93.4%	65.1%	99
45	Manzanita Elementary	Covina	Covina-Valley Unified	62.8%	65.0%	99
46	Gridley High	Gridley	Gridley Unified	70.6%	64.9%	99
47	College Connection Academy	San Jose	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	65.3%	64.9%	99
48	Redlands Senior High	Redlands	Redlands Unified	60.7%	64.5%	99
49	Shelyn Elementary	Rowland Heights	Rowland Unified	64.0%	64.5%	99
50	Allesandro Elementary	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	85.0%	64.3%	99

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