Century Community Charter

Century Community Charter, a close-knit 6-8 campus in Inglewood, California, one of the schools within Century Community Charter District, caters to 441 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 33% smaller than typical.

Operationally, Century Community Charter answers to Century Community Charter District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Century Community Charter reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 13% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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 median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Century Community Charter is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Beulah Payne STEAM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Century Community Charter.

The school occupies a suburban site. As a public charter, Century Community Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On this page, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.