Alma Fuerte Public

Alma Fuerte Public is an elementary-level community of small scale in Pasadena, California, operated by Alma Fuerte Public District, works with 227 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Alma Fuerte Public sits 51% below that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, Alma Fuerte Public lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at Alma Fuerte Public qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Alma Fuerte Public is one campus in the mix.

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

The campus sits in a high-density setting. As a public charter, Alma Fuerte Public runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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