Kinetic Academy

As a compact primary school in Huntington Beach, California, Kinetic Academy teaches 361 students from grades K through 8, one of the schools within Kinetic Academy District. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Kinetic Academy sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

Kinetic Academy District is the operating authority for Kinetic Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Kinetic Academy logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 43% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Kinetic Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Huntington Beach High, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. Kinetic Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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