Fenton Primary Center

Fenton Primary Center is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in Pacoima, California, part of Fenton Primary Center District, with 489 students on its rolls from grades K through 2.

Fenton Primary Center District is the operating authority for Fenton Primary Center, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fenton Primary Center records that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Fenton Primary Center logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 80% of students at Fenton Primary Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate 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%. Fenton Primary Center is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: PUC Inspire Charter Academy, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Fenton Primary Center operates from a city-core location. Fenton Primary Center is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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