Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High

Located at 1655 East 27th St., in Los Angeles, California, Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High is a close-knit senior high that serves 533 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High District. Enrollment runs roughly 36% below the state mean of about 838.

Operationally, Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High answers to Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Animo Jefferson Charter Middle, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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