# Luis Valdez Leadership Academy

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060203813815`
- **School name**: Luis Valdez Leadership Academy
- **Location**: San Jose, CA 95122
- **Address**: 1855 Lucretia Ave.
- **District**: Luis Valdez Leadership Academy District (LEAID `0602038`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: High
- **Grade range**: 9–12
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 37.32040, -121.84856
- **Phone**: (408)479-0253

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 225
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 13
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 17.3:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 83.6%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Yellow
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Yellow
  - math: Red
  - college_career: Yellow
  - ela: Orange
  - graduation: Green

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 39.8% proficient — 58 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 38.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2024**: 92.2% (cohort of 51)
- **2021**: N/A (cohort of 77)

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 4.7% (16 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.3%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 96.8%
- **Black/African American**: 0.3%
- **Asian**: 0.6%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 1.7%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 0.3%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 74.4%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 21.4% — 50 students
- **English Learners**: 40.6% — 95 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Advanced Placement (AP)

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $14,108,553
- **Federal share**: 8.2%
- **State share**: 66.6%
- **Local share**: 25.2%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $7,506,579

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $48,750
- **Poverty rate**: 13.4%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 20.5%
- **Unemployment**: 6.0%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,125
- **Foreign-born residents**: 58.2%
- **Single-parent households**: 18.1%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 0.9 miles (LORENTZ BARREL DRUM CO)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 3
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 52
- **Nearest brownfield**: 1.62 miles (950 SOUTH THIRD STREET)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: SAN JOSE WATER
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 2
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2023-06-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 7.386 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 1.2 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### ela proficiency
- **College Connection Academy** — 0.0 mi away, 64.45% (this school: 38.9%)
- **Shirakawa (George Sr.) Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 41.75% (this school: 38.9%)
- **Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 40.45% (this school: 38.9%)
- **Stonegate Elementary** — 1.0 mi away, 42.5% (this school: 38.9%)
- **KIPP Heartwood Academy** — 1.3 mi away, 49.95% (this school: 38.9%)

### graduation rate
- **Apollo High** — 1.2 mi away, 97.2% (this school: 92.2%)
- **Downtown College Preparatory** — 1.4 mi away, 96% (this school: 92.2%)
- **University Preparatory Academy Charter** — 2.5 mi away, 98% (this school: 92.2%)
- **Silver Creek High** — 2.6 mi away, 95.8% (this school: 92.2%)
- **Latino College Preparatory Academy** — 3.2 mi away, 99% (this school: 92.2%)

### math proficiency
- **College Connection Academy** — 0.0 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%)
- **Shirakawa (George Sr.) Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **KIPP Heartwood Academy** — 1.3 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Rocketship Alma Academy** — 1.7 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/luis-valdez-leadership-academy-san-jose/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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