Leadership & Public Service Virtual Academy is an alternative public virtual school serving grades K-12 in Los Angeles, CA, with 929 students. The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is ranked 871 out of 1,568 school districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The data suggests that Leadership & Public Service Virtual Academy is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its students, with significantly lower performance across key metrics compared to nearby schools. The school had a 63.4% four-year graduation rate in 2022-2023, which is significantly lower than the nearby schools of City of Angels (37.0%), Computer Science Virtual Academy (60.0%), and the district average of 93.5% at New Open World Academy K-12 and 100.0% at Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts and Foshay Learning Center.
The school also had an 11.8% dropout rate in 2022-2023, which is higher than the nearby schools, and an 84.5% chronic absenteeism rate, which is significantly higher than the district averages. Additionally, the school's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are consistently lower than the Los Angeles Unified School District and California state averages across all grade levels. Addressing these challenges should be a priority for the district and school leadership.
In the 2023-24 school year, 672 students attended Leadership & Public Service Virtual Academy.
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Students at Leadership & Public Service Virtual Academy are 72% Hispanic, 16% African American, 8% White, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.
Leadership & Public Service Virtual Academy ranks in the bottom 15.7% of California alternative schools.