Accelerated

Located at 4000 South Main St., in Los Angeles, California, Accelerated is a sizable K-5 school that serves 729 students (grades K through 8), operated by Accelerated District. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 57% above typical.

Operationally, Accelerated answers to Accelerated District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Accelerated records that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, On paper, Accelerated has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at Accelerated qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Accelerated is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wallis Annenberg High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Accelerated is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.