Aspen Ridge Public

Aspen Ridge Public is a secondary school of one-room-style scale in Fresno, California, operated by Aspen Ridge Public District, enrolling 246 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 71% below typical.

Aspen Ridge Public sits inside Aspen Ridge Public District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Aspen Ridge Public reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate median household income runs about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Aspen Ridge Public is one.

Nearest neighbor: Manchester Gate, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. Aspen Ridge Public is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, the feed for Aspen Ridge Public typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.