Los Angeles College Prep Academy

Located at 625 Coleman Ave., in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles College Prep Academy is a rural-scale high school that teaches 41 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Los Angeles College Prep Academy District. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 95% smaller than typical.

Operationally, Los Angeles College Prep Academy answers to Los Angeles College Prep Academy District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Los Angeles College Prep Academy shows that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.7:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Los Angeles College Prep Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bushnell Way Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Los Angeles College Prep 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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