Crete Academy
Hyde Park, Los Angeles · Independent Schools
Mission: serve homeless and impoverished students PreK-1st grade meeting physical/mental/emotional needs. Fetched About page frames it as a school on Crenshaw; verify current grade span and charter vs private status directly. Included as Crenshaw-corridor lead, not a Black-led claim.
Crete Academy program details
- Program type
- Independent Schools
- Ages / grades
- PreK-1
- When
- School-day (homeschool)
- Cost
- Free
- Focus
- early-childhood · homeless-and-low-income-families · PreK-1
- Where
- 6103 Crenshaw Blvd, Hyde Park, Los Angeles, 90043
- School district
- LAUSD
Where this came from
Last verified 2026-09-12. We re-check listings quarterly — program details change, so confirm with the program before you plan around them.
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