Birmingham Community Charter High

Set in Lake Balboa, California, Birmingham Community Charter High is a well-populated senior high, part of Birmingham Community Charter High District. It caters to 3,162 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 277% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Birmingham Community Charter High District is the operating authority for Birmingham Community Charter High, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Birmingham Community Charter High records that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 5% White, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, The school employs 140 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Birmingham Community Charter High is one.

High Tech LA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Birmingham Community Charter High.

Birmingham Community Charter High operates from a city-core location. As a public charter, Birmingham Community Charter High runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.