ISANA Achernar Academy

Located at 310 East El Segundo Blvd., in Compton, California, ISANA Achernar Academy is a reasonably sized K-5 school that enrolls 407 students (grades K through 8), one of the schools within ISANA Achernar Academy District.

ISANA Achernar Academy is a school of ISANA Achernar Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ISANA Achernar Academy lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school records 30% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at ISANA Achernar Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), ISANA Achernar Academy is one campus in the mix.

Jefferson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ISANA Achernar Academy.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. ISANA Achernar Academy 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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