Alma Fuerte Public

Alma Fuerte Public sits in Pasadena, California, and is classified as an elementary school. It reported 227 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 51% below average.

Alma Fuerte Public is run by Alma Fuerte Public District.

The student body at Alma Fuerte Public is 77% Hispanic. The school is also 15% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.

Alma Fuerte Public reports a ratio of 18.9 students per teacher, from 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Lunch program data show 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

American Community Survey estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Alma Fuerte Public.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Aveson School of Leaders, is the closest to Alma Fuerte Public. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Alma Fuerte Public has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.

Alma Fuerte Public reported 105 students in 2020-21 and 227 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. By 2024-25, the school had 18.9 students per teacher, compared with 21.0 in 2020-21.

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