2018–2019 School Accountability Report Card

PUC Nueva Esperanza Charter Academy, founded in 2009, is an independent public charter school sponsored by the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is the fourth middle school that Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC) started in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. The school was established, by Dr. Jacqueline Elliot, as a response to the community and the need for a charter alternative to the existing public middle schools serving the Northeast San Fernando Valley. In the Fall of 2011, PUC NECA moved to an independent facility on 1218 Fourth St, San Fernando, CA 91340, where the campus is currently located.

PUC NECA is situated in an urban area within the Northeast San Fernando Valley on the outskirts of Los Angeles County. The San Fernando area is characterized with low-achieving schools and with average English and Math scores in Orange on the California Dashboard. In the school community the bulk of our parents are first-generation immigrants and twenty-two percent of our parents within the school community reported not having finished high school. Ninety-eight percent of the students at NECA report their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino with the next largest racial group being 0.8 percent of students as White, and 0.3 percent American Indian or Alaskan Native and 0.8 percent not reported. NECA qualifies for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) which allows all of our students to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost to families.

We believe it is the responsibility of the school with the families to identify the strengths and talents of every student and to support their individual development. At PUC NECA, we believe in the potential of every student. By building positive relationships with all stakeholders and implementing an equitable educational program we will equip students with the critical thinking skills and emotional intelligence needed to thrive in high school and beyond. In order to maximize the effectiveness of those programs, PUC NECA aligns the school’s mission to PUC’s Three Commitments ensuring that students graduate as leaders, citizens and scholars in order to be prepared for college and career success.