Almond Acres Charter Academy

A medium-sized elementary school in Paso Robles, California, Almond Acres Charter Academy is part of Almond Acres Charter Academy District. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend, and enrollment is 478 students.

Almond Acres Charter Academy is administered by Almond Acres Charter Academy District.

White students make up a majority at Almond Acres Charter Academy, at 53%. Other students are 36% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. That is lower than the 69% White share among all San Luis Obispo County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Federal staffing data show 18 full-time-equivalent teachers at Almond Acres Charter Academy and a ratio of 26.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 47% of enrollment.

Census estimates describe San Luis Obispo County this way: the median household income is $97,446, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, San Luis Obispo County has 83 public schools and roughly 33,339 students.

Winifred Pifer Elementary is located about 0.2 miles from Almond Acres Charter Academy. The five-mile area around Almond Acres Charter Academy holds at least 8 other public schools.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small. Almond Acres Charter Academy is one of the charter schools in California.

Enrollment records show 306 in 2020-21 and 478 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 26.6:1, from 21.9:1.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Almond Acres Charter Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.