KIPP Iluminar Academy

KIPP Iluminar Academy operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within KIPP Iluminar Academy District. Current enrollment sits at 593 students spanning grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 28% larger than the state mean of about 465.

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

Looking at the student body, KIPP Iluminar Academy reports that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which KIPP Iluminar Academy is one.

KIPP Sol Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP Iluminar Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. KIPP Iluminar Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.