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B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy
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About B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy
As a very small senior high in San Jose, California, B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy enrolls 261 students from grades 9 through 12, run under B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy District. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy sits 69% smaller than that benchmark.
Operationally, B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy answers to B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
For racial and ethnic makeup, B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy records that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).
The closest other public school is Latino College Preparatory Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a city-core setting. B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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