Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy

Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy is an elementary-level community of intimate scale in Whittier, California, part of Whittier City, hosting 338 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Within Whittier City, which oversees 12 schools and 5,288 students, Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy shows that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% White, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.3%; this one delivers 35.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate 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%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Evergreen Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy's enrollment has ticked down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 338). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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