Luis Valdez Leadership Academy

Luis Valdez Leadership Academy is an one-room-style secondary school in San Jose, California, operated by Luis Valdez Leadership Academy District. The school hosts 225 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 73% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Luis Valdez Leadership Academy District is the operating authority for Luis Valdez Leadership Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Luis Valdez Leadership Academy records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Luis Valdez Leadership Academy has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at Luis Valdez Leadership Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Luis Valdez Leadership Academy is one campus in the mix.

College Connection 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 Luis Valdez Leadership Academy.

The campus sits in an urban setting. As a public charter, Luis Valdez Leadership Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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