Bert Corona Charter

Bert Corona Charter is a tight-knit 6-8 campus in Pacoima, California, overseen by Bert Corona Charter District. The school serves 345 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 48% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Bert Corona Charter is a school of Bert Corona Charter District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Bert Corona Charter shows that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Bert Corona Charter reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.0:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Bert Corona Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Montague Charter Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bert Corona Charter.

Bert Corona Charter operates from a downtown location. Bert Corona Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On allk12, members of the Bert Corona Charter community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.