BRIDGES Charter

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Thousand Oaks, California, BRIDGES Charter enrolls 420 students from grades K through 8, overseen by BRIDGES Charter District.

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

Looking at the student body, BRIDGES Charter records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Ventura County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, BRIDGES Charter shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at BRIDGES Charter qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ventura County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, Ventura County reports that median household earnings sit near $109,797, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BRIDGES Charter is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ladera STARS Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRIDGES Charter.

BRIDGES Charter operates from a downtown location. BRIDGES Charter 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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