AeroSTEM Academy

A small high school in Yuba City, California, AeroSTEM Academy is part of AeroSTEM Academy District. Students in grades 5 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 116 students. The school's enrollment is 86% smaller than the 838 average for high schools in California.

AeroSTEM Academy is part of AeroSTEM Academy District.

A majority of students at AeroSTEM Academy, 53%, are White. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Sutter County's residents are about 45% White, 8 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at AeroSTEM Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.

Its teaching staff equals 6.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.7:1. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is about 18.2:1. Around 77% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 17 points above the 60% average for public schools in Sutter County.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Sutter County show that median household income is about $79,704, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. AeroSTEM Academy is one of 46 public schools in Sutter County, which together enroll about 23,784 students.

Nearest public school: Yuba City Charter, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around AeroSTEM Academy holds at least 8 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. AeroSTEM Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 139 to 116. Students per teacher fell from 23.2 in 2020-21 to 18.7 in 2024-25.

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