California iInspire Academy

California iInspire Academy, an expansive K-5 school in Orange, California, run under Orange Unified, caters to 699 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 50% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Orange Unified runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 23,790 students. California iInspire Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, California iInspire Academy logs that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 3% White, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the income-and-resources front, California iInspire Academy logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, California iInspire Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.0%; this one delivers 36.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), California iInspire Academy is one campus in the mix.

Yorba Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), California iInspire Academy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.7%.

California iInspire Academy operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. California iInspire Academy's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 603 (now 699).

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