Fortune

Set in Sacramento, California, Fortune is a sizable combined-grade school, part of Fortune District. It serves 1,698 students across grades K through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so Fortune sits 182% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Fortune shows that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 9% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fortune has 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. The state averages about 18.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sacramento County shows median household earnings sit near $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Fortune is one.

The closest other public school is Camellia Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fortune.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. Fortune operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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