ISANA Cardinal Academy

ISANA Cardinal Academy is a close-knit elementary campus in Sun Valley, California, operated by ISANA Cardinal Academy District. The school caters to 294 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 37% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Operationally, ISANA Cardinal Academy answers to ISANA Cardinal Academy District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, ISANA Cardinal Academy reports that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), ISANA Cardinal Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sun Valley Magnet, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ISANA Cardinal Academy.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. ISANA Cardinal Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On allk12, the feed for ISANA Cardinal Academy typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.