Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community

Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community, an one-room-style K-12 campus in El Centro, California, operated by Imperial County Office of Education, hosts 11 students, covering grades K through 12. That puts it 98% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Imperial County Office of Education comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 462 students; Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community is among them.

In terms of who attends, Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). By comparison, Imperial County as a whole is about 86% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, Imperial County reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,681 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Imperial County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students), of which Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community is one.

Imperial Pathways Charter 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.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community has increased 83%, going from 6 students in 2018 to 11 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 100% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 6.0:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.

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