Life Learning Academy

Overview

Admission Probability
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Student:Teacher
6:1
Diversity Rank
56
API Rank
N/A

Charter School

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Specialty: Coed; Charter

651 Eighth Street
San Francisco, CA 94130
p: 415.397.8957
Email: cakizziah@aol.com
Website: Visit School Website

Life Learning Academy, a diploma granting San Francisco Unified School District Charter School is designed to serve 60 high-school aged youths who have not been successful in other school settings for a variety of reasons. Class size is 6-8 students. Advisor interviews are held with students prior to the beginning of each new semester. At the integrated curriculum that combines all traditional academic classes-English, social science, mathematics, science, and foreign languages with project-based vocational activities to model learning as it happens in the real world. The Academy's mission is to instill in our students a love of learning, and to teach them the skills necessary to be productive and healthy members of society.

Test Assessments

Academic Performance Index (API)

  • API Score: 571
  • API Ranking Index: N/A

California Standards Test (STAR)

  • STAR Students Scoring Proficient/Above (Math): 4.4 %
  • STAR Students Scoring Proficient/Above (English): 20.7 %
  • STAR Students Scoring Proficient/Above (History): 11.5 %

Student Body

  • Enrollment: 48
  • Student to Teacher Ratio: 6.10
  • Male / Female Ratio: 38.8% M / 61.2% F
  • Diversity Index: 56.00
  • English Language Learners: 33.30
  • Average Daily Attendance: 0.0 %
    • Excused Absences: 0.0 %
    • Unexcused Absences: 0.0 %
  • Immunization Exemptions: N/A
  • Drop-out Rate: 14.8 %

Student Demographics

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Faculty

  • Total Number of Teachers (FTE): 7.90
  • Average Years of Service: 5.70 years
  • Average Age of Teachers: 37.50 years
  • Average Annual Teacher's Salary: N/A

Programs

  • Technology:
    • Total Number of Computers: 40
    • Students per Computer: 1.20
    • Rooms with Internet Access: 10
  • Special Education: 0.0 % of Students
  • GATE: 4.1 % of Students
  • Free or Reduced Lunch: 75.5 % of Students

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