Higher Learning Academy

Higher Learning Academy, an average-sized multi-level school in Sacramento, California, one of the schools within Higher Learning Academy District, works with 519 students, covering grades K through 12.

Higher Learning Academy District is the operating authority for Higher Learning Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Higher Learning Academy shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 20% Asian, 16% Black, 12% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Higher Learning Academy lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 33.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Higher Learning Academy is one campus in the mix.

Futures High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

In the discussion threads here, members of the Higher Learning Academy community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.