Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences

Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences is a compact K-5 school in El Centro, California, run under Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences District. The school enrolls 230 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 51% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences is a school of Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). The wider county runs roughly 86% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Imperial County) reports that median household income runs about $57,681, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Imperial County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students), of which Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences is one.

Nearest neighbor: Margaret Hedrick Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences operates from a metropolitan location. Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences 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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