Mission Academy

Set in Lancaster, California, Mission Academy is a compact high school, run under Mission Academy District. It serves 694 students across grades 6 through 12.

Mission Academy sits inside Mission Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Mission Academy shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%; the rest reads as 20% White, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Mission Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, 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 Mission Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Assurance Learning Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mission Academy.

Mission Academy operates from a suburban location. Mission Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

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