Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle

Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle is a small junior high in Los Angeles, California, part of Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle District. The school educates 437 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle is a school of Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle lists that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 97% of students at Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Animo Pat Brown is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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