La Paloma Academy (Lakeside)

Located at 8140 E GOLF LINKS RD, in TUCSON, Arizona, La Paloma Academy (Lakeside) is a high-enrollment elementary-level community that works with 855 students (grades K through 8), part of Arizona Community Development Corporation (79947). Enrollment runs roughly 90% larger than the state mean of about 451.

La Paloma Academy (Lakeside) is one of 3 schools operated by Arizona Community Development Corporation (79947), a district that hosts 1,988 students overall.

Looking at the student body, La Paloma Academy (Lakeside) records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 25% White, 13% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pima County put median household earnings sit near $70,315, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which La Paloma Academy (Lakeside) is one.

Arizona Online Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. La Paloma Academy (Lakeside) is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. La Paloma Academy (Lakeside)'s enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 845 (now 855). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 47% to 56%.

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