Lashon Academy

Lashon Academy is a reasonably sized elementary school in Van Nuys, California, part of Lashon Academy District. The school serves 595 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Lashon Academy records that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 4% Asian, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lashon Academy has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lashon Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Lashon Academy is one campus in the mix.

Robert Fulton College Preparatory is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lashon Academy.

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

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