Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy

Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy is a junior high of intimate scale in Huntington Park, California, run under Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy District, teacheing 527 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy sits 20% smaller than that benchmark.

Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy is a school of Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Alliance Collins Family College-Ready High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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