Gompers Preparatory Academy

Located at 1005 47th St., in San Diego, California, Gompers Preparatory Academy is a mid-sized senior high that teaches 1,175 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within Gompers Preparatory Academy District. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Gompers Preparatory Academy sits 40% above that benchmark.

Gompers Preparatory Academy sits inside Gompers Preparatory Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Gompers Preparatory Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school records 3% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.9:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household income runs about $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Gompers Preparatory Academy is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Millennial Tech Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

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

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