Aspire Monarch Academy

Located at 1445 101st Ave., in Oakland, California, Aspire Monarch Academy is a low-enrollment elementary campus that hosts 374 students (grades K through 5), operated by Aspire Monarch Academy District.

Aspire Monarch Academy sits inside Aspire Monarch Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Aspire Monarch Academy reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). Other groups include 3% Black. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Aspire Monarch Academy has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, census data for Alameda County shows median household earnings sit near $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Aspire Monarch Academy is one.

Elmhurst United Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Aspire Monarch Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, members of the Aspire Monarch Academy community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.