Grandview College Preparatory Academy

Grandview College Preparatory Academy operates as a tight-knit middle-grades school in Valinda, California, part of Hacienda la Puente Unified. Current enrollment sits at 388 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 41% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Across the 35 schools in Hacienda la Puente Unified (16,260 students total), Grandview College Preparatory Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Grandview College Preparatory Academy reports that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 7% Asian, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Grandview College Preparatory Academy has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.0:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at Grandview College Preparatory Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Grandview College Preparatory Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grandview College Preparatory Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wing Lane Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grandview College Preparatory Academy. On composite proficiency, Grandview College Preparatory Academy comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 29.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Grandview College Preparatory Academy's enrollment has edged down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 567 (now 388). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

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