ISANA Cardinal Academy

Located in Sun Valley, California, ISANA Cardinal Academy is a small elementary school. A federal count lists 294 students at the school, in kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.

ISANA Cardinal Academy District is the district for ISANA Cardinal Academy.

Hispanic students make up 95% of enrollment at ISANA Cardinal Academy. Other students are 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.6:1, with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 89% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.

Within Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides ISANA Cardinal Academy, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.

Sun Valley Magnet is the public school closest to ISANA Cardinal Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

ISANA Cardinal Academy is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.

The school enrolled 294 students in 2024-25, 36 fewer than the 330 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 27.5:1 to 22.6:1.

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