Matrix for Success Academy

Matrix for Success Academy operates as a rural-scale high school in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Matrix for Success Academy District. Current enrollment sits at 259 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 69% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

Matrix for Success Academy District is the operating authority for Matrix for Success Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Matrix for Success Academy shows that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Matrix for Success Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, 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%. Matrix for Success Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Synergy Charter Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, Matrix for Success Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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