Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Crete Academy
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
About Crete Academy
Crete Academy is one of the intimate elementary campuss in Los Angeles, California, run under Crete Academy District, with 284 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 39% leaner than typical.
Crete Academy District is the operating authority for Crete Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
Looking at the student body, Crete Academy shows that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Crete Academy records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Crete Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 95% of students at Crete Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Crete Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).
Nearest neighbor: YES Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crete Academy.
Crete Academy operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, Crete Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
- Alexander Hamilton Senior HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Eagle Rock HighHigh · 2,031 students
- John C. Fremont Senior HighHigh · 1,889 students
- John Marshall Senior HighHigh · 1,842 students
- YES Academy0.3 mi · 462
- ICEF View Park Preparatory High0.4 mi · 313
- Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy0.6 mi · 399
- Alliance Renee and Meyer Luskin Academy High0.6 mi · 525
- Fifty-Ninth Street Elementary0.7 mi · 202
- ICEF View Park Preparatory Middle0.7 mi · 256