Equitas Academy 5

Located at 1612 West Pico Blvd., in Los Angeles, California, Equitas Academy 5 is an one-room-style elementary-level community that hosts 184 students (grades K through 4), overseen by Equitas Academy 5 District. Enrollment runs roughly 60% below the state mean of about 465.

Operationally, Equitas Academy 5 answers to Equitas Academy 5 District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Equitas Academy 5 lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%); the rest looks like 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Equitas Academy 5 has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Equitas Academy 5 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, 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 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 Equitas Academy 5 is one.

Equitas Academy 6 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Equitas Academy 5.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Equitas Academy 5 runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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