Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter

Everyone is provided with a handbook at orientation even before the kids attend their first class, and yet there will always be someone who violates the dress code and feigns ignorance, or doesn’t turn in homework, or can’t seem to understand the code of conduct. To those who complain that too great an emphasis is placed on standardized testing, if the children learn nothing more than what was being tested, they'd still learn a great deal more than children in other schools.

An Inglewood school is one of the top 10 independent charter campuses among more than 800 statewide, according to a report released last week by USC. The USC School Performance Dashboard, put out by the university's Center on Educational Governance, is a comprehensive report on the performance of charter schools. In its fifth year, the report ranks schools on 12 indicators, including financial resources and investment, school quality, student performance and academic productivity. Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter was highlighted as the 10th of 10 top charter schools, as measured by the highest combined ratings. It was the only school singled out from Los Angeles County, which has the greatest concentration of charter schools in the country. The largely African-American school is a K-8 campus that opened in 2003. The school is on North La Brea Avenue.

Wilders is a beautiful school. That prepares us students and even helps the parents with the children. Show some appreciation please. I truly believe that the Wilders love us all. So I will be the first to stand up and say Thank you Wilders Prep. You are truly appreciated by me..

Staff is great. My son is very happy and the material was not BS. Believe me, I achieved and make 6 figures.

My family and I just moved to the area. I could not be happier we decided to send our two girls to Wilder's. It seems that the behavioral problems we had with our youngest have dissipated and I have Wilder's to that for that! I also really like our girls teachers, they both seem to really like teaching and find interesting ways to engage their students.

My daughter recently graduated from Wilder's preparatory. She originally went to public school and it was not working out for her. She felt as if she was not receiving adequate attention in her classes. At Wilder's she received all that she asked for and then some. The staff was very friendly and genuinely cared about the students.

I'm the parent of a child in Kindergarten at Wilder. We explored many schools (private, charter, public) before making our decision. I know I chose the best school.

I am a parent to a 5th grader at Wilder's Prep. My daughter has been in attendance since Kindergarten and does EXCEPTIONALLY well. I will admit there is a lot of change at the administration level not quite sure why this is, but as long as my daughter continues to excel and does well I have no complaints. Her education is my priority! Hats off to my daughter and the Wilder's!!!

I recently visited the kindergarten campus and was very impressed with the staff. The students were well behaved and their writing skills are excellent. I could not believe the kindergarten children are writing cursive. My child will be coming here next year.

The curriculm is challenging,I've said before and I;ll say it again, am very pleased with this school. From the staff, to the teachers all the way to it;s leaders, thank you so much for a job well done. Looking forward to a new school year ahead. Keep up the good work!