DREAM Academy

DREAM Academy is an elementary-level community of one-room-style scale in Lakeside, California, part of Lakeside Union Elementary, works with 138 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so DREAM Academy sits 70% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Lakeside Union Elementary, which oversees 10 schools and 4,742 students, DREAM Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, DREAM Academy reports that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 33% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, DREAM Academy has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 39% of students at DREAM Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which DREAM Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Lakeside Farms Elementary, roughly 1.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

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