Keppel Academy

Keppel Academy, a minimally staffed 6-8 campus in Littlerock, California, part of Keppel Union Elementary, instructs 225 students, covering grades 5 through 8. That puts it 66% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Within Keppel Union Elementary, which oversees 6 schools and 2,784 students, Keppel Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Keppel Academy records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). The remainder reads as 12% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Keppel Academy records 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 28.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Keppel Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.8%; this one delivers 26.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Keppel Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Alpine Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Keppel Academy. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Keppel Academy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Keppel Academy's enrollment has edged down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 330 (now 225). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 81% to 86%.

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