Latino College Preparatory Academy

As a small high school in San Jose, California, Latino College Preparatory Academy serves 421 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Latino College Preparatory Academy District. Enrollment runs roughly 50% below the state mean of about 838.

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

On the student-mix side, Latino College Preparatory Academy shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.6:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Latino College Preparatory Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Mt. Pleasant, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Latino College Preparatory Academy operates from an inner-city location. Latino College 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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