Barack Obama Charter

Barack Obama Charter is a primary school of intimate scale in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Barack Obama Charter District, educateing 360 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Operationally, Barack Obama Charter answers to Barack Obama Charter District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Barack Obama Charter records that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 48% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Barack Obama Charter has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Barack Obama Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. 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, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Barack Obama Charter is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Animo Compton Charter 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. Barack Obama Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Barack Obama Charter typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.