Mojave River Academy - National Trails

Mojave River Academy - National Trails, a moderately sized multi-level school in Colton, California, one of the schools within Mojave River Academy - National Trails District, teaches 801 students, covering grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 33% bigger than typical.

Mojave River Academy - National Trails District is the operating authority for Mojave River Academy - National Trails, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Mojave River Academy - National Trails logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Mojave River Academy - National Trails higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) shows that median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Mojave River Academy - National Trails is one campus in the mix.

Woodrow Wilson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mojave River Academy - National Trails.

The school occupies a suburban site. As a public charter, Mojave River Academy - National Trails runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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