Big Picture Educational Academy

Big Picture Educational Academy is one of the average-sized combined-grade schools in Fresno, California, part of Big Picture Educational Academy District, with 520 students on its rolls from grades K through 12.

Big Picture Educational Academy is a school of Big Picture Educational Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Big Picture Educational Academy records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 14% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Fresno County put median household income runs about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Big Picture Educational Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Columbia Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Big Picture Educational Academy operates from a downtown location. Big Picture Educational Academy 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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