Brea Online Academy

Brea Online Academy, a tiny elementary campus in Brea, California, operated by Brea-Olinda Unified, serves 13 students, covering grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 97% smaller than typical.

Across the 10 schools in Brea-Olinda Unified (5,740 students total), Brea Online Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Brea Online Academy logs that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% multiracial, 15% Asian, 8% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, Brea Online Academy lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Brea Online Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Laurel Elem Magnet Sch of Innovation and Career Explr, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brea Online Academy.

Brea Online Academy operates from an outer-ring location. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.