ACE Charter Schools
ACE Charter Schools Headquarters Location
San Jose
About ACE Charter Schools
Since 2008, ACE has operated charter schools serving 5th-12th grade students in East San Jose with one goal: our students will confidently choose to attend and graduate from college.
We are the only charter school in California that strategically recruits students and families that have been left behind by the current education system. As a result, 92% of our students are considered low-income and 50% are classified as English-Learners. 20% of ACE students qualify for Special Education services compared to 10-12% in neighborhood schools. ACE students are considered to be performing below grade-level. ACE is truly a 5th grade through college model and we take time to celebrate growth along the way.
After 10 years, the ACE model is beginning to see results. 95% of the ACE High School Class of 2016 have persisted to their 2nd year of college. Many ACE alumni are eager to return to ACE and share their stories with the next generation of ACE student.
Our Origin StoryWe are the only charter school in California that strategically recruits students and families that have been left behind by the current education system. As a result, 92% of our students are considered low-income and 50% are classified as English-Learners. 20% of ACE students qualify for Special Education services compared to 10-12% in neighborhood schools. ACE students are considered to be performing below grade-level. ACE is truly a 5th grade through college model and we take time to celebrate growth along the way.
After 10 years, the ACE model is beginning to see results. 95% of the ACE High School Class of 2016 have persisted to their 2nd year of college. Many ACE alumni are eager to return to ACE and share their stories with the next generation of ACE student.
The ACE Public School Network was started by a group of community organizers and parent leaders from the organization PACT (People Acting in Community Together). PACT had started an organizing movement in East San Jose around quality public schools that eventually led to the opening of several small District schools where principals and families were given the power to design their own schools from the ground up.
However, political considerations threatened the success of those schools, and Greg Lippman, along with Susan Hammer (former mayor of San Jose), founded ACE Charter Schools to build on the community movement that the first ACE had started, and to create charter schools specifically designed for the most marginalized students and families in San Jose.
In 2008, the first ACE school opened with 95 5th and 6th graders. In 2017, the first class of ACE high school alumni headed off to college.
ACE Charter Schools has grown by leaps and bounds since opening in 2008, and now numbers four schools (three middle schools and one high school) with over 1,200 students and over 100 alumni in college.
Why Work For UsHowever, political considerations threatened the success of those schools, and Greg Lippman, along with Susan Hammer (former mayor of San Jose), founded ACE Charter Schools to build on the community movement that the first ACE had started, and to create charter schools specifically designed for the most marginalized students and families in San Jose.
In 2008, the first ACE school opened with 95 5th and 6th graders. In 2017, the first class of ACE high school alumni headed off to college.
ACE Charter Schools has grown by leaps and bounds since opening in 2008, and now numbers four schools (three middle schools and one high school) with over 1,200 students and over 100 alumni in college.
Realize the ACE mission.
Our teachers, leaders and staff are wholeheartedly committed to the ACE mission: to serve the most marginalized students and families and support them on the path to college.
"If you want to obtain that "rewarding" feeling of being a teacher, work here!" - ACE Teacher
The ACE Impact
ACE staff believe in a community-driven school model of consistent support and inclusion for all students and families. After 10 years, we finally have data to show that the ACE model works.
- 80% of ACE Graduates choose to attend college.
- 98% of ACE Graduates will be first in their family to graduate college.
- 90%+ of ACE graduates have persisted to their second year of college.
Shift outcomes for East San Jose. Join the ACE family!
Our teachers, leaders and staff are wholeheartedly committed to the ACE mission: to serve the most marginalized students and families and support them on the path to college.
"If you want to obtain that "rewarding" feeling of being a teacher, work here!" - ACE Teacher
The ACE Impact
ACE staff believe in a community-driven school model of consistent support and inclusion for all students and families. After 10 years, we finally have data to show that the ACE model works.
- 80% of ACE Graduates choose to attend college.
- 98% of ACE Graduates will be first in their family to graduate college.
- 90%+ of ACE graduates have persisted to their second year of college.
Shift outcomes for East San Jose. Join the ACE family!
Number of Employees in ACE Charter Schools
11 to 50
ACE Charter Schools Revenue
$5M to $25M (USD)
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