California Creative Learning Academy

California Creative Learning Academy is one of the compact elementary schools in Los Angeles, California, run under California Creative Learning Academy District, with 330 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so California Creative Learning Academy sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

California Creative Learning Academy District is the operating authority for California Creative Learning Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, California Creative Learning Academy lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 34% White, 15% multiracial, 7% Asian, 5% Black. That is noticeably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting California Creative Learning Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which California Creative Learning Academy is one.

The closest other public school is California Creative Learning Academy MS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around California Creative Learning Academy.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. California Creative Learning 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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