# Literacy First Charter

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060209810374`
- **School name**: Literacy First Charter
- **Location**: El Cajon, CA 92020
- **Address**: 799 East Washington Ave.
- **District**: Literacy First Charter District (LEAID `0602098`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Other
- **Grade range**: 0–12
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 32.78725, -116.95261
- **Phone**: (619)579-7232

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 2,160
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 95
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 22.7:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 52.3%

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

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 55.1% proficient — 1,139 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 80.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 66.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2024**: 95.2% (cohort of 63)
- **2021**: 87.0% (cohort of 63)

## SAT/ACT participation (2020)
- **SAT/ACT takers**: 12

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 6.6% (117 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 5.3% (99 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**: 0.2%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 23.7%
- **Black/African American**: 35.6%
- **Asian**: 2.7%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 34.3%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.1%
- **Two or more races**: 3.6%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 55.0%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 7.4% — 151 students
- **English Learners**: 26.7% — 548 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Advanced Placement (AP)

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $12,833,419
- **Federal share**: 5.4%
- **State share**: 70.0%
- **Local share**: 24.6%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $5,156,812

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $46,267
- **Poverty rate**: 30.6%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 22.3%
- **Unemployment**: 8.1%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,895
- **Foreign-born residents**: 47.2%
- **Single-parent households**: 18.5%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 42.3 miles (CAMP PENDLETON MARINE CORPS BASE)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 22
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.61 miles (KKAR SMOG AND AUTO SERVICES)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: Sycuan
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2019-09-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 9.25112 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 0.5 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **El Cajon Valley High** — 0.9 mi away, 3.53% (this school: 6.6%)
- **EJE Elementary Academy Charter** — 1.0 mi away, 3.3% (this school: 6.6%)
- **EJE Middle Academy** — 1.0 mi away, 6.2% (this school: 6.6%)
- **Elite Academy** — 1.1 mi away, 0% (this school: 6.6%)
- **REACH Academy** — 1.1 mi away, 0% (this school: 6.6%)

### ela proficiency
- **Murdock Elementary** — 2.7 mi away, 69.65% (this school: 67.55%)
- **College Preparatory Middle** — 3.1 mi away, 75.25% (this school: 67.55%)
- **Grossmont Middle College High** — 3.7 mi away, 79.2% (this school: 67.55%)
- **Steele Canyon High** — 4.3 mi away, 73.25% (this school: 67.55%)
- **Benchley/Weinberger Elementary** — 4.7 mi away, 70.6% (this school: 67.55%)

### graduation rate
- **Bostonia Global** — 2.0 mi away, 95.8% (this school: 95.2%)
- **Steele Canyon High** — 4.3 mi away, 98.3% (this school: 95.2%)
- **Helix High** — 5.4 mi away, 97.9% (this school: 95.2%)
- **Henry High** — 5.8 mi away, 97.1% (this school: 95.2%)
- **The O'Farrell Charter** — 8.8 mi away, 99.1% (this school: 95.2%)

### math proficiency
- **Lexington Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **College Preparatory Middle** — 3.1 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **Benchley/Weinberger Elementary** — 4.7 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **Helix High** — 5.4 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **Green Elementary** — 5.4 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/literacy-first-charter-el-cajon/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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