Community Schools Impact on Student Outcomes: Evidence From California

Findings from a recent research study conducted by The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) have found that newly funded community schools saw positive student outcomes regarding test scores, attendance, and reduced suspensions for all students, with particularly strong gains among historically underserved students. Read the LPI report Community Schools Impact on Student Outcomes: Evidence From California to learn more about the study and findings and consult the LPI resource pages to learn more about community schools’ frameworks, policies, practices, and evidence base.

Read The Learning Policy Institute report: Community Schools Impact on Student Outcomes: Evidence From California.

For lessons learned from San Francisco Unified School District’s experience developing and sustaining community schools, check out our blog: It takes a community: How a community school can serve the whole child and family.

Community Schools Impact on Student Outcomes: Evidence From California by Walker Swain, Melanie Leung-Gagné, Anna Maier, and Cassandra Rubinstein is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Published September 2025.

Topics: Academic outcomes External Partner Resource Partnerships and family engagement School-Community Partnerships

Tags: Community schools


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