Libertas College Preparatory Charter

Located at 5101 South Western Ave., in Los Angeles, California, Libertas College Preparatory Charter is a small intermediate school that educates 301 students (grades 4 through 8), one of the schools within Libertas College Preparatory Charter District. That puts it 54% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

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

On demographics, Libertas College Preparatory Charter logs that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 21% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at Libertas College Preparatory Charter qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Libertas College Preparatory Charter is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Invictus Leadership Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Libertas College Preparatory Charter operates from a city-core location. As a public charter, Libertas College Preparatory Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Libertas College Preparatory Charter typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.