Test Scores and API History

API scores over 800 for all years since 2003!

Even though ACLC and Nea do not make a practice of "teaching to the test," self-directed learning fosters remarkable academic achievement. Learners' Academic Performance Index (API) scores at both schools have exceeded 800 for the past decade.

Click here for detailed API data from ACLC.

Click here for detailed API data from Nea.

By any measure, CLCS Schools are consistently among the highest performing in Alameda.

Community Learning Center Schools, Inc. (CLCS) is a non-profit charter school management corporation in Alameda, California.

CLCS manages two schools:
Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC) — Grades 6-12
Nea Community Learning Center (Nea) — Grades K-12

CLCS schools are based on an educational model of learner empowerment. CLCS is actively engaged in disseminating this model by school creation and redesign.

Community Learning Center Schools, Inc. is the nonprofit corporation that manages the 6-12 Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC) and the K-12 Nea Community Learning Center (Nea), both charter schools in Alameda, California. The CLCS schools are based on an educational model of learner empowerment. CLCS is actively engaged in disseminating this model by school creation and redesign.

CLCS’s mission is to provide corporate leadership, conceptual oversight, and business and legal services to the CLCS charter school Governing Boards. CLCS charter schools serve as educational models that empower all youth to take ownership of their educational experience, to celebrate their diverse community, and to actively participate as members in a democratic society.