King-Chavez Preparatory Academy

Set in San Diego, California, King-Chavez Preparatory Academy is an one-room-style middle school, one of the schools within King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District. It caters to 201 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 69% smaller than the state mean of about 659.

Operationally, King-Chavez Preparatory Academy answers to King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, King-Chavez Preparatory Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. King-Chavez Preparatory Academy is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Kimbrough Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. King-Chavez Preparatory Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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