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Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy
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About Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy
Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in Huntington Park, California, operated by Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy District, with 327 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.
Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy sits inside Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Demographically, Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy records that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 28.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.
In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy is one.
Aspire Titan Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy 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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