California Academy of Learning CS
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
About California Academy of Learning CS
California Academy of Learning CS, a tiny multi-level school in Coal Center, Pennsylvania, part of California Academy of Learning CS, works with 153 students, covering grades K through 10. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 1,819 students each, so California Academy of Learning CS sits 92% below that benchmark.
California Academy of Learning CS is the operating authority for California Academy of Learning CS, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
On demographics, California Academy of Learning CS lists that White students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school records 12% Black, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, California Academy of Learning CS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 58.3%; actual is 16.9%, a gap of -41.4 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household income runs about $78,958, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. California Academy of Learning CS is one of 56 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 26,079 students).
California Area El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, California Academy of Learning CS comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting. As a public charter, California Academy of Learning CS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
On the community side, the feed for California Academy of Learning CS typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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